Austria Strauss, Elektra: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera / Michael Boder (conductor). State Opera, Vienna, 26.6.2017. (MB)
Uwe Eric Laufenberg’s Intelligent Elektra is Revived in Vienna
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Two Contrasting Evenings at Vienna’s Volksoper from Borodin and Johann Strauss
Austria Borodin, Prince Igor, and Johann Strauss II, Die Fledermaus: Soloists, Youth Chorus (chorus master: Lucio Golino), Chorus, and Additional Chorus of the Vienna Volksoper (chorus masters: Thomas Böttcher and Holger Kristen), Vienna State Ballet, Orchestra of the Vienna Volksoper, Vienna State Opera Stage Orchestra, Alfred Eschwé (conductor). Volksoper, Vienna, 25. and 30.6.2017. (MB)
Honesty and Integrity Leads to a Moving Mahler 3 Performance
Austria Mahler: Elisabeth Kulman (contralto), Ladies’, Children’s and Youth Choirs of the Landestheater, Linz, Bruckner Orchestra Linz / Francesco Angelico (conductor). Musikverein, Vienna, 23.6.2017. (MB)
An Unforgettable End to the Vienna Konzerthaus’s Boulez Festival
Austria Boulez: Klangforum Wie / Baldur Brönnimann (conductor). Grosser Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, 19.6.2017. (MB)
Simon Keenlyside Leads an Impressive Vienna Cast in Pelléas et Mélisande
Austria Debussy, Pelléas et Mélisande: Soloists, Vienna State Opera Chorus (chorus master: Martin Schebesta), Vienna State Opera Orchestra / Alain Altinoglu (conductor). Vienna State Opera, 18.6.2017. (MB)
Perfect Harmony Between the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Mariss Jansons
Austria Dvořák, Strauss, and Stravinsky: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (conductor). Goldener Saal, Musikverein, Vienna, 17.6.2017. (MB)
PHACE Present a Multi-Faceted Tribute to Pierre Boulez
Austria Boulez, Fedele, Winkler, Baticci, Karastoyanova-Hermentin, Oehring, Schiphorst, Reiter, and Francesconi: Isabel Pfefferkorn (contralto), PHACE / Simeon Pironkoff (conductor). Berio-Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, 13.6.2017. (MB)
The Vienna Philharmonic on Fine Form in Brahms and Widmann
Austria Brahms and Widmann: Dieter Flury (flute), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Grosser Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, 9.6.2017. (MB)