Switzerland Brahms, Dvořák: Daniil Trifonov (piano), Philharmonia Zurich / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Zurich Opera House, 30.10.2021. (JR)
Spectacular concert to start Gianandrea Noseda’s era with the Philharmonia Zurich
John Rhodes
Blistering Shostakovich with Viktoria Mullova and a swift Eroica from Järvi and the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
Switzerland Shostakovich, Beethoven: Viktoria Mullova (violin), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Paavo Järvi (conductor). Tonhalle, Zurich 29.10.2021. (JR)
Zurich’s new Il trovatore: a grotesque evening with four debuts, though not without interest
Switzerland Verdi, Il trovatore: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Zurich Opera, Zurich 24.10.2021. (JR)
Robin Ticciati and the LSO in Tonhalle Zurich introduce the Swiss to Walton’s Viola Concerto
Switzerland Walton, Brahms: Antoine Tamestit (viola), London Symphony Orchestra / Robin Ticciati (conductor). Tonhalle, Zurich, 21.10.2021. (JR)
Yoncheva and Calleja star in Zurich Opera’s revival of Carsen’s production of Tosca
Switzerland Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus and Children’s Choir of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Paolo Carignani (conductor). Zurich Opera, Zurich, 17.10.2021. (JR)
Star rebel Teodor Currentzis’s world tour of Mahler’s Fifth starts in Lucerne
Switzerland Alexei Retinsky, Mahler: musicAeterna / Teodor Currentzis (conductor). Kultur- und Kongresszentrum (KKL) Lucerne, 8.10.2021. (JR)
The pity of war: Kent Nagano’s shattering War Requiem in Zurich
Switzerland Britten, War Requiem: Georgia Jarman (soprano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Russell Braun (baritone), Zürcher Sing-Akademie (chorus master: Florian Helgath), Zürcher Sängerknaben (chorus masters: Konrad von Aarburg & Alphons von Aarburg), Tonhalle Orchestra / Kent Nagano (conductor). Tonhalle, Zurich 7.10.2021. (JR)
Krzysztof Urbański wows with Shostakovich’s Tenth at Zurich Opera
Switzerland Mozart, Penderecki, Shostakovich: Bartlomiej Niziol (violin), Lev Sivkov (cello), Philharmonia Zurich / Krzysztof Urbański (conductor). Zurich Opera House, 26.9.2021. (JR)
