Finland Mozart, Bruckner: The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Kurt Masur, Helsinki Music Centre, 16.9.2011 (GF)
Göran Forsling
Concert of the Year (so far): Brahms and Wagner played at Baltic Sea Festival in Stockholm
Sweden Brahms, Wagner – Baltic Sea Festival: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra – Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor, Victoria Mullova, violin, Nina Stemme, soprano – Berwald Hall, Stockholm, 3.9.2011 (GF)
A Björling Centenary Memorial at Opera på Skäret
Sweden Jussi Björling in Memoriam. Yana Kleyn and Sandra Lopez, soprano, Kristian Benedikt and Stuart Neill, tenor. The Opera på Skäret Orchestra, Bergslagens Musikdramatiska kör/Marcello Mottadelli and Erik Jakobsson at Opera på Skäret, Kopparberg, Sweden, 5.8.2011 (GF)
Carmen at Sweden’s Opera på Skäret
Bizet, Carmen: at Opera på Skäret , Kopparberg, Sweden, premiere on 23.7.2011 (GF)
Aged Madame Butterfly Still Delights the Eye:Latvian Production of Puccini Classic
Puccini’s Madama Butterfly at Latvian National Opera, Riga, 10.6.2011 (GF)
Farewell to Finlandia Hall:Mahler and Haydn bid adieu to Helsinki Philharmonic’s old home
Mahler, Haydn: Juhan Tralla (tenor), Gabriel Suovanen (baritone), Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra – John Storgårds (conductor) at the Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, 18.5.2011 (GF)
Come to Finland for Il Tabarro. Stay home for the rest of Il Trittico.
Puccini, Il Trittico: Finnish National Opera chorus and children’s chorus, Mikko Franck (conductor) at the Finnish National Opera, Helsinki, 17.5.2011 (GF)
Verdi’s Stiffelio in Stockholm
Verdi, Stiffelio : at the Royal Opera in Stockholm, 16.4.2011 (GF)