Switzerland Beethoven, Adams: Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Pierre-André Valade (conductor). Tonhalle, Zurich, 10.3.2022. (JR)
Crisp Beethoven and thrilling Adams’s Harmonielehre from the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
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Comic, visual and – above all – aural treat: Salzburg production of Italian Girl in Algiers comes to Zurich
Switzerland Rossini, The Italian Girl in Algiers: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Orchestra la Scintilla / Gianluca Capuano (conductor). Zurich Opera, Zurich, 6.3.2022. (JR)
Harrowing new production of the Dialogues of the Carmelites at Zurich Opera
Switzerland Poulenc, Dialogues of the Carmelites: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Tito Ceccherini (conductor). Zurich Opera, Zurich, 13.2.2022. (JR)
Punchy John Adams and demonic Mahler from Jaap van Zweden and Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
Switzerland Adams, Mahler: Ilya Gringolts (violin), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Jaap van Zweden (conductor). Tonhalle, Zurich, 10.2.2022. (JR)
Honeck’s impressive Mahler 1 and Piemontesi’s crisp Mozart with Philharmonia Zurich
Switzerland Mozart, Mahler: Francesco Piemontesi (piano), Philharmonia Zurich / Manfred Honeck (conductor). Zurich Opera House, 6.2.2022. (JR)
Paavo Järvi joins list of ‘illustrious Brucknerians’, with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
Switzerland Schumann, Bruckner: Hélène Grimaud (piano), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Paavo Järvi (conductor). Tonhalle, Zurich, 27.1.2022. (JR)
Austere Berg and joyful Rachmaninov from Lionel Bringuier, Vilde Frang and Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
Switzerland Berg, Rachmaninov: Vilde Frang (violin), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Lionel Bringuier (conductor). Tonhalle, Zurich, 20.1.2022. (JR)
Another splendid revival of Zurich Opera’s Cav & Pag: Álvarez shines, Garanča stars
Switzerland Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Paolo Carignani (conductor). Zurich Opera, Zurich, 18.1.2022. (JR)
