SINCE 1999 A LIVE REVIEW SITE FOR OPERA, BALLET, CONCERTS, BROADCASTS, AND THEATRE
Germany Hefti, Beethoven, Richard Strauss: ‘Akademiekonzert’, Maria Mazo (piano), David Schultheiß (violin), Yves Savary (cello), Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Cornelius Meister, Nationaltheater, Munich, 21.3.2017. (MC)
Germany Smetana, Prokofiev, Dvořák: Münchner Symphoniker / Francesco Angelico (conductor), Stefan Jackiw (violin) Prinzregententheater, Munich, 20.3.2017. (MC)
Germany Verdi, Falstaff: Soloists, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Asher Fisch (conductor), Nationaltheater, 19.3.2017. (MC)
Germany Giordano, Andrea Chénier: Soloists, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Omer Meir Wellber, (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 18.3.2017. (MC)
United Kingdom Elgar: David Butt Philip (tenor), Iain Paterson (bass-baritone), Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), Hallé Choir, Hallé Youth Choir, Hallé / Sir Mark Elder (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 12.3.2017. (MC)
United Kingdom Elgar: Madeleine Shaw (mezzo-soprano), Hallé / Sir Mark Elder (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 9.3.2017. (MC)
Michael Volle talks to Michael Cookson
Michael Volle one of the leading baritones on the international stage today is a recipient of eminent German Theatre Award ‘Faust’ and in 2008 and 2014 was named ‘Singer of the Year’ by opera magazine ‘Opernwelt’. In a 2008 interview with Jim Pritchard for Seen and Heard, Volle had yet to sing Hans Sachs a role which has since established him as one of the greatest acting baritones of his generation. A pinnacle of Volle’s career was singing Sachs in Stefan Herheim’s production of Die Meistersinger at the Salzburg Festival 2013.
United Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Soloists and cast of Chisinau National Opera, Members of the Orchestra of the National Opera & Ballet Theatre of Moldova ‘Maria Biesu’ and National Philharmonic of Moldova ‘Serghei Lunchevici’ / Vasyl Vasylenko (conductor). Grand Theatre, Blackpool, Lancashire. 13.2.2017. (MC)
