SEEN AND HEARD INTERNATIONAL

LATEST MUSIC FESTIVAL PREVIEW
 

Festival Pontino 2010: A preview from Jack Buckley (JB)

LATEST OPERA REVIEWS

Handel, Jephta : Soloists, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine. Choeur de l’Opera National de Bordeaux.Conductor: Jane Glover.Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux. 13.6.2010. (JMI)
 

Wagner, Lohengrin: (Concert Performance) Soloists, City of Birminham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (Conductor) Symphony Hall ,Birmingham 12.6. 010 (GR)

Puccini,  La Fanciulla del West: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of San Francisco Opera, Nicola Luisotti, conductor. War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 9.6.2010 (HS)

Puccini, La Bohème: Soloists, Chorus, Children’s Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Colón. Conductor: Stefano Ranzani, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 1.6.2010. (JSJ)

Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Buenos Aires Lírica. Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Buenos Aires Lírica, Conductor: Carlos Vieu. Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 28.5.2010. (JSJ)

LATEST UK AND INTERNATIONAL CONCERT REVIEWS

63^rd Aldeburgh Festival – Opening Weekend:  John-Pierre Joyce reports on the first three concerts (J-PJ)

Ingrid Fliter's Chicago Debut Recital. Ingrid Fliter (piano) Symphony Center, Chicago 13.6.2010 (JLZ)

Haitink’s Chicago Beethoven Cycle Symphonies 4 and 6: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, Principal Conductor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Center, Chicago 11.6.2010 (JLZ)
 

Mahler, Mozart:  Lucy Crowe (soprano), Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo), James Gilchrist (tenor), Peter Rose (bass), BBC National Chorus of Wales, BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Thierry Fischer (conductor), St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 11.6.2010 (GPu)

Schubert, Richard Strauss and Kurt Schwertsik: Julia White (oboe), Morley Chamber Orchestra, Charles Peebles, St John’s, Smith Square, London, 11.6.2010 (BBr)

Schumann, Chopin: Lang Lang (piano), Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, Gurer Aykal (conductor), Halic Convention Center, Istanbul, 10.6.2010 (AM)

Brahms, Berlioz:  Sergey Khachatrynan (violin) Philharmonia Orchestra/Esa-Pekka Salonen, Royal Festival Hall, London, 10.6.2010 (J-PJ)

Dvořák, Britten, Shostakovich: Daniel Hope (violin), Mark Elder (conductor), London Symphony Orchestra, Barbican Hall, London, 10.6.2010 (GDn)

Khachaturian, Elgar and Rachmaninov: Elizabeth Sikora (mezzo soprano), Ivan Kiwuwa (piano), Ealing Symphony Orchestra, John Gibbons, St James's, Piccadilly, London, 10.6.2010 (BBr)

Strauss:  Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Christopher Maltman (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 9.6.2010 (MB)

Tchaikovsky Gala: Wen–Sinn Yang (cello), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Grzegorz Nowak, Cadogan Hall, London, 8.6.2010 (BBr)

Debussy, Lalo, Richard Strauss and Ravel:   Christian Tetzlaff (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach, Royal Festival Hall, London, 22.5.2010 (BBr)

LAST WEEK'S ARTICLES AND REVIEWS

Alfred Brendel - The Light and Shade of Interpretation: Town Hall, Birmingham 7. 6.2010 (JQ)

New Devon Opera 2010: Verdi’s La Traviata on tour in Devon 21,23,24 ,27 and 31 July (LH)

Garsington Opera (1) Gioachino Rossini, Armida: Melodramma in three acts. (1817). Sung in Italian with titles in English. Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Garsington Opera /David Parry Garsington Manor, Oxford 7.6.2010 (RJF)

Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Constantinos Carydis (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 5.6.2010 (MB)

Mendelssohn, Brahms:  Wihan Quartet. Wigmore Hall, 11.30am 5.6.2010 (CC)

Haitink’s Chicago Beethoven Cycle -  Symphonies 2 and 3: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, principal conductor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Center, Chicago 5.6.2010 (JLZ)

Schumann, Mahler: Radu Lupu (piano), Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, Rengim Gokmen (conductor), Hagia Eirene Museum, Istanbul, 5.6.2010 (AM)

Bizet, The Pearl Fishers: (Sung in English) Soloists and Chorus of English National Opera/Rory Macdonald. London Coliseum, 1.6.2010 (CC)

Opera Holland Park (1) - Debussy, Pelléas et Mélisande: Soloists and chorus of Opera Holland Park, City of London Sinfonia. Conductor, Brad Cohen. Holland Park, London, 1.6. 2010. (JPr)

Beethoven and Berg: Erin Morley (soprano), Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Cleveland Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 21.5.2010 (BH)

John Adams, Stravinsky, Louis Andriessen: Jeremy Denk (piano), John Adams (conductor), Ensemble ACJW, Zankel Hall, New York City, 10.5.2010 (BH)

Schubert, Frank Martin and Brahms: Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone), Justus Zeyen (piano), Carnegie Hall, New York City, 5.5.2010 (BH)

Stravinsky, Bruch, Beethoven: Ryu Goto (violin), Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 4. 5.2010 (BH)

Mahler Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”: Laura Claycomb (soprano), Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano), Westminster Symphonic Choir, Joe Miller (conductor), Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), San Francisco Symphony, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 26.3.2010 (BH)

Earlier reviews, articles and interviews are in the subject indexes