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FRIDAY MAY
11th -
THIS WEEK'S OPERA AND CONCERT REVIEWS FROM:
Shostakovich:
CBSO Concert with Stephen Johnson (Presenter of Introduction) Michael Seal and Andris Nelsons (Conductors) Birmingham Symphony Hall, 29.4.2010 (GR)
York Early Music Festival 2010:
A New Home for Garsington Opera: Wormsley Estate is the venue from 2011 (CA)
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LATEST UK AND INTERNATIONAL OPERA REVIEWS
Verdi, La Traviata:
Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Yves Abel (conductor), Royal Opera House, London 12.5.2010 (GDn)
R. Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier:
Soloists, Orquestra Simfònica i Cor del Gran Teatre del Liceu. Conductor: Michael Boder. Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona. 10. 5.2010 (JMI).
Rossini, Armida:
Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Riccardo
Frizza (Conductor) New York, 4.5.2010 (LS)
LATEST UK AND INTERNATIONAL CONCERT REVIEWS
Schubert and Bruckner:
Kensington Symphony Orchestra, Russell Keable, St John's, Smith Square, London, 10.5.2010 (BBr)
Mahler’s ‘Resurrection’ Symphony:
Katherine Broderick (soprano), Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano), Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Amici Chamber Choir, Fleet Singers, London Forest Choir, Valentine Singers, Voicelab, Writtle Singers, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Southbank Sinfonia; Marin Alsop (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London 9.5.2010 (JPr)
In Praise of Modesty - Beethoven, Chopin, Handel/Halvorsen, Brahms:
Poinsett Piano Trio (Deidre Hutton, violin; Christopher Hutton, cello; David Gross, piano), The Old Library, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand, 9.5.2010 (PSE)
Adams and Mozart:
David Small (baritone), Christine McMasters (soprano), Kimberly Lauritsen (mezzo-soprano), Drake Dantzler (tenor), Nathan Stark (bass), Gerhardt Zimmermann (conductor) The Canton Symphony Orchestra, with the Canton Symphony Chorus, Umstattd Hall, Canton, Ohio, USA, 8.5.2010, (TW)
Tippett, Schumann and Martinů:
Elisabeth Leonskaya (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiři Belohlávek (conductor) Barbican Hall, 8.5.2010 (GD)
Mahler, Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”:
Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Antonio Pappano.
8.5.2010 (DBG)
Ives, Strauss
and Mahler: Lisa
Milne (soprano), Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Lothar Koenigs (conductor), St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 7.5.2010 (GPu)
Szymanowski, Schumann and Janáček: Iwona Sobotka (soprano),
Henning Kraggerud (violin and viola),
Piotr Anderszewski (piano),
Belcea Quartet, Wigmore Hall, London, 7.5.2010 (BBr)
Fauré and Howard Goodall:
Charlotte Mobbs (soprano), Ronan Collett (baritone),
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford Philomusica, Marios Papadopoulos, Stephen Darlington, 6.5.2010 (BBr)
Haydn, Mozart and Nielsen:
Mitsuko Uchida (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (conductor) Barbican Hall, London. 6.5.2010 (GD)
Brahms and Schumann:
Stephan Loges (bar), Rachel Nicholls (sop), Benjamin Hulett (tenor), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, John Storgårds (conductor), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 6.5.2010 (SRT)
The Schubertiade State of Mind:
Monica Huggett (Baroque violin) and Audrey Axinn (fortepiano) at the Abigail Adams Smith Auditorium, New York City, 6.5.2010 (SM)
Schubert's last three piano sonatas:
Craig Sheppard (piano) Meany Hall, Seattle, 5.5.2010 (BJ)
Rolando Villazón sings Handel Arias:
Rolando Villazón (tenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh (conductor) Royal Festival Hall, London 3.5.2010 (JPr)
Stravinsky:
Soloists and Narrator, Chorus of the Mariinsky Theater, Andrei Petrenko, principal chorus master, New York Philharmonic, Valery Gergiev, conductor, Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, 30.4.2010 (GG)
Sibelius, Rachmaninoff, and Adams:
Robert Spano, conductor, Dejan Lazic, piano, Seattle Symphony, Seattle Symphony Chorale, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 29.4.2010 (BJ)
Ricky Ian Gordon,
The Grapes of Wrath :
(Concert Opera Version in Two Acts), Soloists, Ted Sperling (conductor), Eric Simonson (director), The Collegiate Chorale, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 22.43.2010 (BH)
Verdi, Tchaikovsky, and Beethoven:
Ludovic Morlot, conductor, Seattle Symphony, Seattle Symphony Chorale, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 22.4.2010 (BJ)
MATA Festival 2010 (Concerts 2 and 3):
Calder Quartet, Ensemble Pamplemousse, Tristan Perich, Lisa Moore (piano), (Le) Poisson Rouge, New York City, 20.4.2010 and 21.4.2010 (BH)
LAST WEEK'S ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
Wagner, Brahms, Liszt:
Anna Larsson (contralto); Peter Auty (tenor); London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra/Vladimir Jurowski. Royal Festival Hall, London, 1.5.2010 (CC)
W S Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, The Pirates of Penzance:
Manchester University Gilbert & Sullivan Society (MUGSS) Michael Betteridge (conductor) Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 5.5.2010 (RJW)
Verdi, Don Carlo:
Bellevue Opera, soloists, chorus, cond. Jonathan Pasternack, dir. James L. Brown, set designer Craig Wollam, lighting by Sarah Stollnack, projections by Alex Grennan, Theater at Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue, WA, 1.5.2010 (BJ)
Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro:
Soloists, Orquesta Al Ayre Español. Coro de Ópera de Bilbao. Conductor: Eduardo López Banzo.Palacio Euskalduna de Bilbao. 24.4.2010 (JMI) and Second Cast 2.5.2010 (JMI)
Stephen Sondheim, Follies (1971):
WOS, Winston Churchill Theatre, Ruislip, 30.4.2010 (BBr)
Britten, War Requiem:
Marina Rebeka (soprano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Audun Iversen (baritone), RSNO Chorus and Junior Chorus, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stephane Denève (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 30. 4.2010 (SRT)
Haydn, Mozart and Fauré:
Pavel Gomziakov, cello, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Center, Trevor Pinnock, guest conductor, Chicago 30.4.2010 (JLZ).
Shostakovich - Second Opinion:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/ Andris Nelsons (Conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham 29.4.2010 (CT)
Mozart, Beethoven, Ravel, Tchaikovsky, and Sarasate:
Bellini, I Puritani:
Soloists, Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid. Coro Intermezzo. Conductor: Miquel Ortega. Teatro Real de Madrid. 29.4.2010. (JMI)
Devon’s Two Moors Festival’s Tenth Anniversary: Celebratory Green Fingers at the Chelsea Flower Show (PA)
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