United Kingdom Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019 [1] – Rossini, Il Signor Brushino: Cambridge University Opera Society / Jamie Conway (musical director), St Cuthbert’s Church (Venue 122), 5.8.2019. (SRT)
Simon Thompson
LA Phil’s Star-Studded Mahler Opens the Edinburgh International Festival
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2019 [1] – Mahler: Miah Persson (sop), Anna Larsson (mezzo) Edinburgh Festival Chorus (director; Aidan Oliver), Los Angeles Philharmonic / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 3.8.2019. (SRT)
Opera North’s Aida is Superb in Music and Concept
United Kingdom Verdi, Aida: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Sir Richard Armstrong (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 21.5.2019. (SRT)
Conductorless RSNO’s Beethoven and Mozart Shows a Powerful Statement of Community
United Kingdom Beethoven, Mozart: Katherine Bryan (flute), Pippa Tunnell (harp), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Sharon Roffman (leader/director), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 3.5.2019. (SRT)
François Leleux and the SCO Make the Case for Serenades
United Kingdom Wolf, Dvořák, Brahms: Scottish Chamber Orchestra / François Leleux (oboe/director), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 28.3.2019. (SRT)
Scottish Opera’s New Kátya Kabanová is Musically Strong but Intermittently Satisfying
United Kingdom Janáček, Kátya Kabanová: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Scottish Opera / Stuart Stratford (conductor), Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 16.3.2019. (SRT)
Scottish Ensemble’s Eclectic Continental Drift Music Feels Fresh
United Kingdom Various composers, Scottish Ensemble’s Continental Drift: Kevyan Chemirani, Bijan Chemirani, Sokratis Sinopolous (guest musicians), Scottish Ensemble, Jonathan Morton (violin/director), Summerhall, Edinburgh, 10.3.2019. (SRT)
