United Kingdom Stephen Sondheim, Company: RNCM Opera, The RNCM Ensemble / Julian Kelly (music director), MMU Capitol Theatre, Manchester, 25.6.2014 (MC)
RNCM Opera’s Company Has Authentic Sixties Feel
Michael Cookson
Elevated Sensitivity and Commitment from Jubilee Quartet
United Kingdom Haydn, Webern & Beethoven: Jubilee String Quartet [Tereza Privratska (violin I), Alma Olite (violin II), Stephanie Edmundson (viola), Lauren Steel (cello)],The White Church, (Fairhaven United Reformed Church), Lytham St. Annes, 19.6.2014 (MC)
Photo Courtesy of Jubilee String Quartet
Dark Mystery and Intrigue in Semperoper’s Simon Boccanegra
Germany Verdi: Simon Boccanegra: Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Mitglieder der Komparserie und Kinderkompserie, Dresden & Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden/Paolo Arrivabeni (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden 13.6.2014 (MC)
Zeljko Lucic as Simon Boccanegra © Matthias Creutziger
Decent Singing in a Frivolous, Humdrum Così fan tutte
Germany Mozart Così fan tutte:Soloists,Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden/Omer Meir Wellber (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden, 12.6.2014 (MC)
Cosi Fan Tutti, Dresden © Matthias Creutziger
Informed Bach Performances by Collegium Vocale Gent
Dresden Music Festival
Germany Johann Sebastian Bach & Johann Michael Bach: Dorothee Mields (soprano), Damien Guillon (countertenor), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Peter Kooij (bass), Collegium Vocale Gent, Barockorchester des Collegium Vocale Gent/Philippe Herreweghe (director), Frauenkirche, Dresden, 10.6.2014 (MC)
Dresden Pulls Out All the Stops to Honour Richard Strauss’ Anniversary
Richard Strauss 150th Birthday Concert:Anja Harteros (soprano), Camilla Nylund (soprano), Christine Goerke (soprano), Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden/Christian Thielemann, (conductor),Semperoper, Dresden, 11.6.2014.(MC)
Memorable Tribute to Claudio Abbado in Dresden’s Frauenkirche
Dresden Music Festival 2014
Germany Germany Memorial Concert for Claudio Abbado – Mahler, Wagner & Schumann: Waltraud Meier(mezzo-soprano), René Pape (bass), Mahler Chamber Orchestra / Daniele Gatti (conductor), Frauenkirche, Dresden, Germany, Monday 9th June 2014
Chailly and Gewandhaus Orchestra Display Adroitness of Touch
Dresden Music Festival 2014
Germany Mozart, Brahms, Richard Strauss: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig/Riccardo Chailly, Semperoper, Dresden, 9.6.2014 (MC)
