United Kingdom Donizetti, Anna Bolena (Production Premiere): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera Daniele Rustoni, conductor, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 7.9.2013 (GPu)
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Youth Opera Company Triumphs in Challenging Britten Opera
United Kingdom Britten, Paul Bunyan (Production Premiere): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Youth Opera / Alice Farnham (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 23.8.2013 (GPu)
An Intelligent and Powerful Lohengrin WNO Can Be Proud of
United Kingdom Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Lothar Koenigs (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 23.05.2013. Premiere. (GPu)
French Harpist Welcomes Spring to Wales
United Kingdom Britten, Fauré, Pécou, Scarlatti, Rossini-Bochsa: Maureen Thiébaut (harp), Weston Gallery, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 30.4.2013. (GPu)
European Integration at Its Best: ‘French’ Music in Spain
Spain Fauré, Chopin, Franck: Alba Ventura (piano), Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y Leon / Salvador Mas (conductor), Auditorio Miguel Delibes, Valladolid, Spain. 11.4.2013 (GPu)
Memorable and Exhilarating Enesco Violin Sonata
United Kingdom Brahms, Enesco: Gabrielle Painter (violin), Evgenia Startseva (piano). Reardon Smith Theatre, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 14.4.13 (GPu)
Jenkinson-Frith Duo Even Better Second Time Round
United Kingdom Stravinsky, Glazunov, Rachmaninov: Richard Jenkinson (cello), Benjamin Frith (piano). St David’s Hall, Cardiff 2.4.2013 (GPu)
Unpretentious Intelligence in Otaka’s Conducting
Panufnik, Britten, Otaka, Lutosławski: Adam Walker (flute)Anthony Marwood(violin), Lawrence Power (viola), BBC Welsh National Orchestra of Wales, Tadaaki Otaka (conductor), Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 28.3.13 (GPu)