Switzerland Schumann: Tonhalle Orchestra, Hazel Brugger (slam poet), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Lionel Bringuier (conductor), Tonhalle Zurich, 11.02.2016. (RP)
Leif Ove Andsnes’ Lyrical Schumann ̶ Perfect with a Bit of Poetry and a Glass of Wine
Rick Perdian
Back to the Seventies! Wolfgang Rihm’s Impressive and Incomprehensible Die Hamletmaschine
Switzerland Rihm: Die Hamletmaschine: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonie Zurich, Gabriel Feltz (conductor), Zürich Opernhaus, Zurich, 07.02.2016 (RP)
(c) Tanja Dorendorf
A Truly Fine Evening of Song with Tenor Mauro Peter in Zurich
Switzerland Schubert, Rihm, Poulenc: Mauro Peter (tenor), Helmut Deutsch (piano), Zürich Opernhaus, Zurich, 4.2.2016. (RP)
Stephanie Blythe’s Joyous and Heartfelt Tribute to Kate Smith
United StatesWe’ll Meet Again: The Songs of Kate Smith: Stephanie Blythe (mezzo soprano), Craig Terry (piano), Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium, The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL, 13.1.2016. (RP)
The Met Presents Bizet’s Pearl Fishers for the First Time in a Century
United States Bizet, Les Pêcheurs de perles: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Metropolitan Opera, New York City, 4.1.2016. (RP)
Broadening the Base: A Slam Poet and Tchaikovsky in Zurich
Switzerland Tchaikovsky: Tonhalle Orchestra, Hazel Brugger (slam poet), Lionel Bringuier (conductor), Tonhalle Zurich, 10.12.2015. (RP)
Zurich’s La Bohème Is Moving and Magical, If At Times Baffling
Switzerland Puccini, La Bohème: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich, Giampaolo Bisanti (conductor), Zurich Opera, 8.12.2015. (RP)
Carillon Quartet Plays Chamber Music of Polish Composers in Zurich
Switzerland Chopin, Szymanowski: Carillon Quartet, Yoshiko Iwai (piano), Kleiner Saal, Tonhalle Zurich, 6.12.2015. (RP)