An anemic opening at Dvořák's Prague

Von Frank Kuznik, 10 September 2019

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“Soltani... plays with gusto, reveling in the sheer joy of making music”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Rudolfinum: Dvořák Hall, Prague, am 8 September 2019

Dvořák, Cellokonzert in h-Moll, Op.104

Dvořák, Symphonie Nr. 8 in G-Dur, Op.88

Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Symphonie Nr. 4 in A-Dur, "Italienische", Op.90 (Saltarello)

Kian Soltani, Cello

Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai

Christoph Eschenbach, Musikalische Leitung

Erstklassige Solisten: Hilary Hahn und das Orchestra RAI in Köln

Cristina Burack, 27th October

Mit Spaß und Raffinesse spielte Italiens Funkorchester unter Robert Trevino. Es zeigte sein Talent in Mussorgskys Bilder einer Ausstellung und begleitete Hilary Hahn in einer unvergesslichen Interpretation von Sibelius' Violinkonzert.

*****

Anastasia Bartoli a regal Ermione at the Rossini Opera Festival

Laura Servidei, 9th August

The ROF presents a new production of Ermione, a title not often performed, with a star-studded cast including divo Juan Diego Flórez.

****1

The Rossini Opera Festival comes home! Bianca e Falliero in Pesaro

Laura Servidei, 7th August

Jessica Pratt leads a strong cast in a beautiful performance of one of Rossini’s unjustly forgotten masterpieces, under the spectacular baton of Roberto Abbado, despite an unremarkable new production by Jean-Louis Grinda.

***11

Adelaide di Borgogna returns to the Rossini Opera Festival

Laura Servidei, 13th August

The ROF presents a new, cheeky production of Adelaide, by Arnaud Bernard, based on a unoriginal but very well executed “meta-theatrical” take, with an exemplary cast.

****1

Eduardo e Cristina: a rarity opens the Rossini Festival

Laura Servidei, 11th August

A strong cast and an inspiring production deliver the latest opera staged at the Rossini Opera Festival.

****1

Prime cuts: Fabio Luisi conducts Wagner in Aix

Mark Pullinger, 8th April

The Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai impresses in “bleeding chunks” from Wagner operas at the Festival de Pâques d'Aix-en-Provence.

****1

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Frank Kuznik

Frank Kuznik is the former Editor-in-Chief and Culture Editor of The Prague Post, Central Europe’s premier English-language weekly newspaper. He currently divides his time between Prague and his hometown in the US, Cleveland, where he covers northeast Ohio's dynamic classical music scene. In Prague he is an habitué of the Rudolfinum, National Theater, State Opera and other storied classical music venues, and an unabashed fan of Czech music.

Never reaching far below the surface: anemic opening at Dvořák's Prague