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AAM’s The Seasons at the Barbican was a supreme affirmation of Haydn’s masterpiece

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Haydn, The Seasons, Hob. XXI:3 (sung in English, translation McCreesh): Rachel Nichols (soprano, Hannah), Benjamin Hulett (tenor, Lucas), Jonathan Lemalu (bass, Simon), Nina Dunn Studio (video and projection design), Martin Parr (staging director), Academy of Ancient Music Chorus and Orchestra / Laurence Cummings (conductor). Barbican Centre, London, 4.10.2022. (CC)

Rachel Nichols (Hannah), Jonathan Lemalu (Simon) and Benjamin Hulett (Lucas) © Mark Allan

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Maria Agresta’s Cio-Cio-San reaches great emotional heights in an evocative Madama Butterfly revival

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Nicola Luisotti (conductor). Recorded (directed by Rhodri Huw) at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, on 27.9.2022 and shown at the Everyman Cinema, Chelmsford, Essex, 3.10.2022. (JPr)

Christine Rice (Suzuki) and Maria Agresta (Butterfly) © Tristram Kenton

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Superb Wigmore Hall concert – educational and viscerally exciting – celebrates 25 years of The Mozartists

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart’s Czech Mates – Vanhal, Gluck, Mozart, Mysliveček, G. A. Benda, Kozeluch: Chiara Skerath (soprano), The Mozartists / Ian Page (conductor). Wigmore Hall, London, 26.9.2022. (CC)

Claudia Skerath, Ian Page and The Mozartists previously at the Wigmore Hall

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RPO’s Journeys of Discovery and the rest of Vasily Petrenko’s 2022-23 season

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Vasily Petrenko

Vasily Petrenko’s 2022-23 season includes Mahler’s ‘Symphony of a Thousand’, major tours with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, debut concerts with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, returns to the Oslo Philharmonic, Berlin Radio Symphony and Cleveland orchestras and bringing the season to a close to with Bavarian State Opera’s production of Boris Godunov

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