Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Orchestra of the Finnish National Opera / Hannu Lintu (conductor). Finnish National Opera, Helsinki, 24.3.2023. (AA) Production: Director – Anna Kelo Sets, Lighting and Video design – Mikki Kunttu Costumes – Erika Turunen Cast: Siegfried – Daniel Brenna Mime – Dan Karlström The Wanderer – Tommi Hakala Alberich – Jukka Rasilainen Fafner ... Read more ..read more

Shostakovich, The Nose: Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 27.3.2023. (JMI) Co-production: Teatro Real, Royal Opera House, Komische Oper Berlin, Opera Australia Director – Barrie Kosky Sets and lighting – Klaus Grünberg Costumes – Buki Shiff Choreography – Otto Pichler Chorus director – Andrés Máspero Cast: Platon Kovalev – Martin ... Read more ..read more

Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Melbourne Opera Orchestra / Anthony Negus (conductor). Ulumbarra Theatre, Bendigo, 26.3.2023. (JPr) Production: Director – Suzanne Chaundy Set design – Andrew Bailey Lighting designer – Rob Sowinski Costume designer – Harriet Oxley Video designer – Chris Hocking Cast: Siegmund – James Egglestone Sieglinde – Lee Abrahmsen Hunding – Adrian Tamburini Wotan – ... Read more ..read more

Joseph Havlat (piano): Kings Place, London, 27.3.2023. (JC) Hans Abrahamsen – 10 Studies Robert Schumann – Geistervariationen, WoO 24 Michael Finnissy – RS Geistervariationen; selection from Gershwin arrangements: They’re writing songs of love, but not for me; Embraceable you Ives – Songs without (good) words Debussy – selection from Préludes, livre 1: Des pas sur ... Read more ..read more

Korngold, The Dead City (Die tote Stadt): Soloists, Members of the Finchley Children’s Music Group (chorus director: Grace Rossiter), Chorus and Orchestra of the English National Opera / Kirill Karabits (conductor). London Coliseum, 25.3.2023. (MB) Production: Director – Anniliese Miskimmon Set designs – Miriam Buether Costumes – Nicky Gillibrand Lighting – James Farncombe Movement, Intimacy – Imogen ... Read more ..read more

Grieg, Khachaturian, Sibelius: Nemanja Radulović (violin), Swedish Philharmonia / Jaime Martín (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London, 24.3.2023. (MBr) Grieg – Peer Gynt, Suite No.1 Khachaturian – Violin Concerto Sibelius – Symphony No.2 Cadogan Hall is fast becoming one of my favourite places for concerts in London. Tucked away in Sloane Square, at the bottom end of ... Read more ..read more

Elgar, Britten, Maconchy: Simone Lamsma (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Tadaaki Otaka (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 25.3.2023. (PCG) Elizabeth Maconchy – Nocturne for Orchestra Britten – Violin Concerto, Op.15 Elgar – Symphony No. 2 in E flat minor, Op.63 Modern listeners correctly regard Elgar’s Second Symphony as an evocation of the Edwardian ... Read more ..read more

Manchester Collective: Rakh Singh (violin), Emily Nebel (violin), Alex Mitchell (viola), Hannah Roberts (cello); Joe Reiser (live sound). Kings Place, London, 24.3.2023. (JC) Gabriella Smith – Carrot Revolution dmund Finnis – String Quartet No.2 Moor Mother – DREAM CULTURE Schubert – Andante con moto from String Quartet No.14 in D minor, Death and the Maiden ... Read more ..read more

Ukrainian National Opera – Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Dnipro Opera, Ukraine / Ihor Puchkov (conductor). Towngate Theatre, Basildon, Essex, 25.3.2023. (JPr) Production: Director- Oleksiy Duginov Lighting design – Liudmyla Baki Choir director – Iryna Nepochatykh Cast included: Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly) – Olena Dolhina Lieutenant Pinkerton – Oleksii Srebnytskyi Suzuki – Tetiana Halkina ... Read more ..read more

Wagner, Bruckner: Sir Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Philharmonia Orchestra / Alexander Soddy (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London. 26.3.2023. (JR) Wagner – Prelude and ‘Was duftet doch der Flieder’ (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg); Prelude to Act 3 (Lohengrin); Wotan’s Farewell and Magic Fire Music (Die Walküre) Bruckner – Symphony No.6, WAB 106 This Sunday afternoon Philharmonia Orchestra ... Read more ..read more