United Kingdom Mozart, Donizetti, Tchaikovsky, Puccini, Jette Parker Young Artists Summer Performance – From Studio To Stage: Soloists, Helen Nicholas (piano), Orchestra of Royal Opera House / David Syrus, Michele Gamba and Paul Wingfield (conductors), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London 30.6.2013 (JPr)
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ENB’s Swan Lake Tugs at the Heart Strings
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky/Deane, Swan Lake: Dancers and Orchestra of English National Ballet / Tom Seligman (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 15.6.2013. (JPr)
Chelsea Opera Group Exhumes a Forgettable Early Verdi Opera
United Kingdom Verdi, Mozart: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of Chelsea Opera Group, Gianluca Marcianò (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 2.6.2013. (JPr)
DiDonato Triumphs as Lady of the Lake
United Kingdom Rossini, La donna del lago: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conducted by Michele Mariotti. Live broadcast to the Empire Cinema, Leicester Square, London, 27.5.2013. (JPr)
An Excellent Bicentennial Survey of Lesser-Known Wagner
United Kingdom London Song Festival 2013: The Complete Songs of Richard Wagner, in celebration of his bicentenary, Elisabeth Meister (soprano), Matthew Hargreaves (bass-baritone), Nigel Foster (piano), members of the London Voices, St Paul’s, Covent Garden Piazza, London 23.5.2013. (JPr)
London Celebrates Wagner at Two Hundred.
United Kingdom Wagner 200th Anniversary Concert: Soloists and Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 22.5.2013. (JPr)
Talented Cast, Joyful Accompaniment in Glyndebourne’s Falstaff
United Kingdom Verdi, Falstaff: Soloists, The Glyndebourne Chorus and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conducted by Sir Mark Elder. Glyndebourne Theatre, Sussex, 19.5.2013. (JPr)
A Shostakovich Novelty and an Unsettling Symphony
United Kingdom Shostakovich: Soloists, Philharmonia Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 16.5.2013. (JPr)