Germany Mozart, Don Giovanni (1787): Soloists, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor, Staatskapelle Dresden/Mihkel Kütson (conductor). Semper Opera House, Dresden, Germany 19.5.2012. (MC)
Michael Cookson
Sir Mark Elder Champions Elgar’s The Apostles in Manchester
United Kingdom Elgar: Hallé Choir, Hallé Youth Choir, Hallé Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 5. 5.2012 (MC)
Ute Lemper Brings Seductive Cabaret Songs to Manchester
United Kingdom Ute Lemper : Last Tango In Berlin, Ute Lemper (vocals), Vana Gierig (piano), Marcelo Nisinman (bandoneón),Royal Northern College of Music Theatre, Manchester –3. 5. 2012 (MC)
Heritage Opera Gives Very Satisfying Account of Rigoletto
United Kingdom Verdi: Rigoletto: Heritage Opera, Jonathan Ellis (pianist/musical director), Preston Minster, 13.4.2012 (MC)
Wonderful Production of Wonderful Town
United Kingdom Leonard Bernstein: Wonderful Town, Connie Fisher (Ruth Sherwood), Singers, Ensemble, Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder, Lyric Theatre, The Lowry, Salford Quays, 4.4.2012 (MC)
St Petersburg Philharmonic Perform Stunning All-Russian Programme
United Kingdom Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich: Dmitri Alexeev (piano), St. Petersburg Philharmonic,Yuri Temirkanov (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 1.4.2012 (MC)
Macedonian Pianist Provides High Voltage Saint-Saëns
United Kingdom Debussy, Saint–Saëns, Berlioz: Simon Trpčeski (piano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ,Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Guildhall, Preston 26.3.2012. (MC)
Anne-Sophie Mutter in Recital in Manchester
United Kingdom Mozart, Schubert, Lutosławski, Saint-Saëns: Anne Sophie Mutter (violin), Lambert Orkis (piano), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 20.3.2012 (MC)