United Kingdom Ives, Beethoven, Rachmaninov: Krystian Zimerman (piano), London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 30.6.2016 (CS)
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Opera North’s Siegfried Disappoints
United Kingdom Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists and Orchestra of Opera North / Richard Farnes (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 1.7.2016. (JPr)
Osipova’s Contemporary Dance Triple Bill at Sadler’s Wells Impresses and Disappoints
United Kingdom Natalia Osipova – Cherkaoui, Maliphan, Pita: Sergei Polunin, Jason Kittelberger, James O’Hara (Dancers), Sadler’s Wells, London, 30.6.2016. (JPr)
Iain Bell’s New Opera Gives Musical Expression to David Jones’ Epic World War I Poem
United Kingdom Bell, In Parenthesis: (sung in English, Welsh, Latin and medieval Welsh) Soloists; Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera/Carlo Rizzi (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 29.6.2016 (CC)
Superb Playing and Singing from Opera North in Die Walküre
United Kingdom Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Orchestra of Opera North, Richard Farnes (Conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 29.06.16. (RB)
Photo credit: Clive Barda.
Opera North’s Magnificent Das Rheingold Comes to London
United Kingdom Wagner Das Rheingold – semi-staged concert performance: Soloists and Orchestra of Opera North / Richard Farnes (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 28.6.2016. (CC)
© Clive Barda/ArenaPAL
A Fortepiano, Expertly Played, Illuminates Lieder by Beethoven
United Kingdom Beethoven: Matthias Goerne (baritone), Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano). Wigmore Hall, London, 27.6.2016. (MB)
A Dazzling Recital by Benjamin Grosvenor
United Kingdom Mendelssohn, Chopin, Ravel, Liszt: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 24.6.2016. (RB)