Austria Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus, Staatsoper Wien, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Vienna Staatsoper, 5.9.2016. (JMI)
A Brilliant Lohengrin under the Baton of Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Vienna
In Volle’s Winterreise, an elusive Everyman
Austria Schubert: Michael Volle, Helmut Deutsch. ‘Salon am Hof’, Park Hyatt Hotel, Vienna. 14.2.2016. (SS)
An Absorbing Vienna Recital from Grigory Sokolov
Austria Schubert and Chopin: Grigory Sokolov (piano). Grosser Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, 4.12.2015. (MB)
Vienna State Opera’s Production of Tosca Shows its Age
Austria Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Vienna State Opera Chorus (chorus master: Martin Schebesta), Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Dan Ettinger (conductor). Vienna State Opera, 2.12.2015. (MB)
(c) Wiener Staatsoper /Michael Pöhn
Straussian performance of Hänsel und Gretel from Thielemann and Vienna Opera.
Austria Humperdinck, Hänsel und Gretel: Soloists, Children of the Vienna State Opera School (chorus master: Johannes Mertl), Students of the Vienna State Opera Ballet Academy, Stage Orchestra and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Christian Thielemann (conductor). Vienna State Opera, Vienna, 29.11.2015. (MB)
Martinoty’s Le nozze di Figaro is an Incoherent, Joyless Mess
Austria Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Chorus (chorus master: Thomas Lang) and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, James Gaffigan (conductor), Vienna State Opera, 27.11.2015 (MB)
Interesting Musical Encounters at the Porgy and Bess
Austria Wien Modern (6) – Rykova, Prins, Ivičevič, and Weber: Black Page Orchestra, Porgy & Bess, Vienna, 25.11.2015 (MB)
Cultivated Playing from Augustin Hadelich
Austria Haydn, Adès, and Mendelssohn: Augustin Hadelich (violin), Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, Kazuki Yamada (conductor). Musikverein, Vienna, 24.11.2015 (MB)