Switzerland Donizetti, L’elisir d’amore: Soloists, Philharmonia Zurich / Nikolas Nägele (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich, 23.10.2020. (JR)
Disappointing Covid version of L’elisir d’amore at Zurich Opera
John Rhodes
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra makes quality impression as coronavirus strikes twice in Zurich
Switzerland Schumann, Schubert: Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Lausanne Chamber Orchestra / Simone Young (conductor), Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 19.10.2020. (JR)
Hugely inventive Jan Philipp Gloger production of Die Csárdásfürstin at Zurich Opera
Switzerland Kálmán, Die Csárdásfürstin: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Lorenzo Viotti (conductor). Zurich Opera, Zurich, 25.9.2020. (JR)
Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich season opens with mysterious Pärt and ebullient Beethoven
Switzerland Pärt, Beethoven: Andreas Janke (violin), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Paavo Järvi (conductor), Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 24.9.2020. (JR)
Ingenious performance of Boris Godunov at Zurich Opera, current envy of the operatic world
Switzerland Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Kirill Karabits (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich. 20.9.2020. (JR)
(c) Monika Rittershaus
Lockdown easing in Switzerland with Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
Switzerland Ibert, Bartók, Mozart: Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Paavo Järvi (conductor). Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 20.8.2020. (JR)
Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich 2020-2021
Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich Season Preview
The Swiss Government have not yet announced how concerts may resume in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, so the management of the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich have had to be creative and flexible with their planning of next season.
The orchestra hopes that concerts will be able to resume as ‘normal’ from January 2021 onwards. Sadly, the virus has led to a further postponement of the opening of their renovated concert hall (the Tonhalle) until August 2021. Concerts next season will therefore continue at the Tonhalle Maag.
Lockdown eases in Switzerland: Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich return with reduced forces
Switzerland Dukas, Stravinsky, Richard Strauss: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Paavo Järvi (conductor), Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 25.6.2020. (JR)