Operatraveller’s Hot Operatic Tips for 2017 – 2018
The passage of the years seemingly accelerating, it’s time to look ahead to the 2017 – 18 season and draw up a selection of shows that look especially promising. Firstly, […]
Category Archives: Review
2016 in review
Usually when I start these annual reviews I mention how the past year was one of the best for music that I have had. It’s easy to take that for […]
Operatraveller’s Hot Operatic Tips for 2016 – 2017
Once again we have arrived at that time of the year where we look forward to what the coming season holds. As I have done for the last few years, […]
2015 in Review
As is customary at the closing of the year, it’s time to look back at the musical experiences of 2015. This year, I attended far fewer operas in London than […]
Operatraveller’s Hot Operatic Tips for 2015 – 2016
As is customary at this time of year, it’s time to take a look at what we can look forward to in the upcoming 2015 – 2016 season. In London, […]
2014 in Review
It seems every year I mention that this particular year is one of the best for music I have had and this year was no exception. It also marked a […]
That Was the Year that Was: 2013 in Review
If 2012 was one of the best years for music, opera and concert-going that I have had then 2013 was not only even better but also provided so many wonderful […]
The Living Masterpiece
Bach – Mass in B Minor Malin Christensson (sop), Jennifer Johnston (mez), William Towers (counter-tenor), Joshua Ellicott (ten), Benedict Nelson (bar), Choir of Clare College Cambridge (prepared by Graham Ross) […]
The Verdian Line
Verdi – Don Carlo Don Carlo – Jonas Kaufmann Tebaldo – Dušica Bijelić Elisabetta – Anja Harteros Conte di Lerma – Pablo Bemsch Rodrigo – Mariusz Kwiecien Filippo II – […]
The Riot of Spring
Rakhmaninov – Колокола (The Bells) Stravinsky – Звездоликий (Le Roi des étoiles) Stravinsky – Le Sacre du printemps Luba Orgonášová (sop) Dmytro Popov (ten), Mikhail Petrenko (bass) Rundfunkchor Berlin […]
Home at Last
Haydn – Symphony No. 94 ‘Surprise’ Maxwell Davies – An Orkney Wedding with Sunrise Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring Orchestre symphonique de Montréal / Kent Nagano. Maison symphonique, Montréal. […]
The Glory of Sound
Schoenberg – Gurrelieder. Tove – Violeta Urmana Waldemar – Nikolai Schukoff Waldtaube – Daniela Denschlag Klaus-Narr – Gerhard Siegel Bauer – Alexander Tsymbalyuk Sprecher – Thomas Quasthoff Wiener Singverein, Konzertvereinigung […]
A Game of Two Halves
Beethoven – Music from Die Ruinen von Athen Beethoven – Symphony No. 9. Elizabeth Watts (sop), Julia Riley (mez), Paul Nilon (ten), Jan Martiník (bass) Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus (prepared […]
Missed Beethovenian Opportunity
Beethoven – Missa Solemnis. Marlis Petersen (sop), Elisabeth Kulmann (mez), Werner Güra (ten), Gerald Finley (bar). Groot Omroepkoor Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest / Nikolaus Harnoncourt Barbican Centre, London. Sunday April 22nd. This […]
Tonal glamour
Janáček – Final Scene from Příhody lišky Bystroušky Forester – Gerald Finley Mrs Pasek, Frog – Anne Sofie von Otter Schoolmaster – Stuart Skelton Mahler – Das Lied von der […]
The Eternal 9th
Friedrich Cerha: Paraphrase über den Anfang der 9. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 Christiane Oelze (sop), Annely Peebo (mez), Kor-Jan Dusseljee (ten), Thomas E Bauer (bass) CBSO Chorus (prepared by Simon […]
Finally, Berlioz in all his glory
I was very excited to see that Paul McCreesh had recorded Berlioz’ Grande messe des morts. I am a great admirer of McCreesh’s work – his Matthew Passion is superb […]
Adventures in space and sound
Lotti: Crucifixus a 8 Tallis: Spem in alium Rundfunkchor Berlin / Simon Rattle Mahler: Symphony No. 8. Erika Sunnegårdh, Susan Bullock, Anna Prohaska (sop) Lilli Paasikivi, Nathalie Stutzmann (cont) Johan […]
A Mahlerian missed opportunity
Mahler: Symphony No 2 ‘Resurrection’. Miah Persson (sop), Anna Larsson (mez) National Youth Choir of Great Britain Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolivar de Venezuela / Gustavo Dudamel. Royal Albert Hall, London […]
Choral Mozart
Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore / Mass in c minor Sally Matthews (sop), Ann Hallenberg (mez), Rainer Trost (ten), Nahuel di Pierro (bass) Chœur ‘Les Éléments’ (prepared by Joël Suhubiette), […]
