Performer: Juha Uusitalo

An impressive performance of Oedipus Rex under Sakari Oramo, demonstrating that his rapport with his new orchestra has grown rapidly. 

Samedi 19 juillet, Santtu-Matias Rouvali dirigeait à l’Opéra Berlioz de Montpellier un programme de musique russe interprété par l’Orchestre Philharmonique et le Chœur de Radio France, rejoints pour une séquence violon par Renaud Capuçon. Un répertoire dont l’orchestre et les chanteurs ont su mettre en valeur le lyrisme et la solennité.

It is interesting that neither of the 200th anniversaries of Verdi and Wagner have received much attention in Oslo, especially when compared to the frenzy that has been dominating so many concert halls and opera houses all over the world. What is even more interesting is that it has only been the Oslo Philharmonic that has paid any kind of attention to the two composers.