Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Julia Jones (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 16.4.2013 (MB)
London
Highs and Lows in Canada National Ballet’s Romeo
United Kingdom Prokofiev/Ratmansky, Romeo and Juliet: Dancers of the National Ballet of Canada, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / David Briskin (conductor), Sadler’s Wells, London, 17.4.2013. (JPr)
3D Specs Fail to Rescue Sunken Garden
United Kingdom Van der Aa, Sunken Garden:Cast and Orchestra of English National Opera / André de Ridder (conductor), Barbican Theatre, London, 12.4.13 (CC)
An Interesting Schoenberg-Brahms Evening with the Vienna Phil
United Kingdom Schoenberg, Brahms: Yefim Bronfman (piano), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 9.4.2013 (GD)
Imaginative Reworking of Two Stravinsky Ballets
United Kingdom Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring & Petrushka: Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre in collaboration with Sadlers Wells, Lidija Bizjak and Sanja Bizjak (piano), Sadler’s Wells, London, 12.4.2013 . (JOD)
A Superb Account of Tippett’s Fourth Symphony
United Kingdom Lloyd, Brahms, Tippett: Stephen Hough (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), The Barbican, London, 12.4.2013 (GDn)
Revelatory Bruckner from Thomas Dausgaard
United Kingdom Beethoven, Bruckner: David Fray (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 11.4.2013 (GDn)
A Recital of Distinction from Leif Ove Andsnes
United Kingdom Beethoven, Bartók, Liszt, and Chopin:Leif Ove Andsnes (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 10.4.2013 (MB)