Switzerland Walton, Brahms: Antoine Tamestit (viola), London Symphony Orchestra / Robin Ticciati (conductor). Tonhalle, Zurich, 21.10.2021. (JR)
Robin Ticciati and the LSO in Tonhalle Zurich introduce the Swiss to Walton’s Viola Concerto
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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)
Saint-Saëns mighty Organ Symphony inaugurates Zurich Tonhalle’s new organ
Switzerland Dubugnon, Connesson, Saint-Saëns: Christian Schmitt (organ), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Paavo Järvi (conductor). Tonhalle, Zurich, 23.9.2021. (JR)
Magnificent Mahler’s Third Symphony inaugurates Zurich’s renovated Tonhalle
Switzerland Mahler: Wiebke Lehmkuhl (alto), Zürcher Sängerknaben (Konrad von Aarburg, Alphons von Aarburg, chorusmasters), Ladies of the Zürcher Sing-Akademie (chorusmaster Florian Helgath, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Paavo Järvi (conductor). Tonhalle, Zurich, 16.9.2021. (JR)
New production of Salome overwhelms in Zurich
Switzerland Richard Strauss, Salome: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Simone Young (conductor). Zurich Opera, Zurich. 12.9.2021. (JR)
