Switzerland Dvořák, Suk: Josef Špaček (violin), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Jakub Hrůša (conductor). Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 30.4.2021. (JR)
Czech works by Dvořák and Suk championed at Zurich’s Tonhalle Maag
John Rhodes
Bringuier returns to Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich with exuberant Rachmaninov under Covid restrictions
Switzerland Rachmaninov: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Lionel Bringuier (conductor). Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 23.4.2021. (JR)
For Holy Week there is a fine Zurich St. Matthew Passion to be seen online soon
Switzerland Bach: Jan Petryka (Evangelist), Milan Siljanov (Jesus), Hannah Morrison (soprano), Anke Vondung (alto), Konstantin Wolff (bass), Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Orchestra La Scintilla / Florian Helgath (conductor). Kirche Oberstrass, Zurich 27.3.2021. (JR)
Brahms’s Deutsches Requiem at Zurich Opera: extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures
Switzerland Brahms: Lydia Teuscher (soprano), Konstantin Shushakov (baritone), Chorus of Zurich Opera, Members of the Zürcher Singakademie, (chorus master: Ernst Raffelsberger), Philharmonia Zurich / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Zurich Opera House, 7.2.2021 livestream from Zurich Opera, live on ARTE TV, available on ARTE Mediathek as video on demand (until 6.8.2021). (JR)
Christian Gerhaher illuminates Zurich’s rather grey Simon Boccanegra with its permitted audience of 70
Switzerland Verdi, Simon Boccanegra: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Fabio Luisi (conductor). Zurich Opera, Zurich, 6.12.2020. (JR)
(c) Monika Rittershaus
Tómas Tómasson’s stentorian, dark baritone resounds in a mixed Zurich song recital
Switzerland Fauré, Vaughan Williams, Ravel: Tómas Tómasson (baritone) and Rafael Gordillo (piano). Pauluskirche Zurich, Zurich, 26.11.2020. (JR)
Bruckner 0 : Beethoven 7 (not a football score) – Philharmonia Zurich on top form on the opera stage
Switzerland Bruckner, Beethoven: Philharmonia Zurich / Markus Poschner (conductor). Zurich Opera House, 25.10.2020. (JR)
Disappointing Covid version of L’elisir d’amore at Zurich Opera
Switzerland Donizetti, L’elisir d’amore: Soloists, Philharmonia Zurich / Nikolas Nägele (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich, 23.10.2020. (JR)
