Mahler: Anja Harteros (soprano), Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/Mariss Jansons (conductor), Philharmonie, Gasteig, Munich, 13.5.2011. (MC)
Michael Cookson
A Munich Jugendkonzert with Dutilleux, Mendelssohn, Kodaly and Stravinsky
Dutilleux, Mendelssohn, Kodály, Stravinsky: Renaud Capuçon (violin), Munich Philharmonic Orchestra/Lionel Bringuier (conductor), Philharmonie, Gasteig, Munich, 11.5.2011 (MC)
A Satisfying Tosca in Munich
Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera, Keri-Lynn Wilson (conductor), National Theatre, Munich, Thursday 12.5.2011 (MC)
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra visits Manchester
Tchaikovsky: Dinara Alieva (soprano), Andrei Grigoriev (baritone), Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra/Alexei Stepanov (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 04.05.2011 (MC)
Heritage Opera’s Così fan tutte
Mozart, Così fan tutte : (Opera buffa in two acts, K.588 (1790) Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. English translation by Chris Gill 2006, revised 2010): Heritage Opera, Haigh Hall, Wigan, Lancashire: 15.4.2010 (MC)
Michelle DeYoung, Lorin Maazel Do Mahler in Manchester
Mahler: Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano) Philharmonia Orchestra/Lorin Maazel (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 11.04.2011 (MC)
Monika Henschel-Schwind interviewed by Michael Cookson
Monika Henschel-Schwind: Violist of the Henschel Quartet talks to Michael Cookson (MC)