Switzerland Bach: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & chor (conductor Ton Koopman); Yetzabel Arias Fernandez (soprano), Maarten Engeltjes (alto/countertenor), Tilman Lichdi (tenor), Klaus Mertens (bass); chorusmaster Frank Markowitsch, Tonhalle, Zurich(JR)
John Rhodes
No Cowboys, No Indians in Kosky’s Gritty Fanciulla
Puccini:c La Fanciulla del West Soloists,Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich, conductor:Marco Armiliato, Zurich Opera, Zurich. 22.6.14 (JR ) Production: Director: Barrie Kosky Sets/Lights: Rufus Didwiszus Costumes: Klaus Bruns Musical assistant: Kanat Omarov Lighting: Franck Evin Chorus: Jürg Hämmerli Dramaturgy: Claus Spahn Cast: Minnie: Catherine Naglestad Dick Johnson: Zoran … Read more
Open-air Rigoletto for All
Switzerland Verdi: Rigoletto Soloists,Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich, conductor:Fabio Luisi, Zurich Opera, Zurich. 21.6.2014. (JR)
An Admirable Peter Grimes
Switzerland Britten: Peter Grimes Soloists,Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich, Erik Nielsen (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich. 24.5.2014 (JR)
Photo: Suzanne Schwiertz
Matsuev, Gergiev and the Mariinsky Overwhelm
Switzerland Ammann, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov: Mariinsky Orchestra St. Petersburg, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Denis Matsuev (piano), Tonhalle, Zurich 20.5.2014. (JR)
Not Bruckner, not Dvorak but uplifting Schumann: Dohnanyi and the Tonhalle
Switzerland Carter, Bartok, Ravel, Schumann: Tonhalle Zurich, Tonhalle Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor), Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), 8.5.2014 ( JR)
Musical Visitors to Swiss Cities 2014/2015
Switzerland Musical Visitors to Swiss Cities 2014/2015
Lucky Berliners: Kosky’s Magic Flute
Germany Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Komische Oper, Berlin, Kristiina Poska (conductor), Komische Oper, Berlin, 21.4.2014 (JR)