Spain Britten, War Requiem: Orchestre de Paris, Orfeón Donostiarra, Orfeón Txiki / Daniel Harding (conductor), Kursaal Auditorium, San Sebastián, 21.8.2019. (JMI)
A Brilliant Performance of Britten’s War Requiem at the San Sebastián Quincena
José M. Irurzun
A Convincing Ekaterina Bakanova Stars in Peralada’s La traviata
Spain Festival Castell de Peralada [2] – Verdi, La traviata: Intermezzo Chorus, Liceu Orchestra / Riccardo Frizza (conductor), Castle Gardens Auditorium, Peralada, 5.8.2019. (JMI)
Joseph Calleja Shines in Tchaikovsky and Tosti at the Peralada Festival
Spain Festival Castell de Peralada [1] – Various: Joseph Calleja (tenor), Vincenzo Scalera (piano), Iglesia del Carme, Peralada, 4.8.2019. (JMI)
Sondra Radvanovsky and Piotr Beczala Triumph in Barcelona’s Luisa Miller
Spain Verdi, Luisa Miller: Soloists, Liceu Chorus and Orchestra / Domingo Hindoyan (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 23 & 24.7.2019. (JMI)
Three Appealing Cast Combinations for Teatro Real’s Il trovatore
Spain Verdi, Il trovatore: Soloists, Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra / Maurizio Benini (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 18, 19 & 21.7.2019. (JMI)
Plácido Domingo Stars in a Pleasing Concert Version of Verdi’s Giovanna d’Arco
Spain Verdi, Giovanna d’Arco (concert version): Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra / James Conlon (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 20.7.2019. (JMI)
Musically Brilliant Salome from Kirill Petrenko and the Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Germany Munich Opera Festival [3] – R. Strauss, Salome: Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 2.7.2019. (JMI)
Domingo Is Forced to Cancel but Munich’s La traviata Is Still a Pleasure
Germany Munich Opera Festival [2]: Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Chorus of the Bayerische Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Marco Armiliato (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 1.7.2019. (JMI)
