The trumpet resounds resplendently in Auckland Town Hall

Von Simon Holden, 07 Mai 2015

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Auckland Town Hall: Great Hall, Auckland, am 6 Mai 2015

Haydn, Symphonie Nr. 34 in d-Moll, Hob.I:34

Haydn, Trompetenkonzert in Es-Dur, Hob.VIIe:1

Beethoven, Symphonie Nr. 7 in A-Dur, Op.92

Françaix, Prelude, Sarabande et Gigue

Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Musikalische Leitung

Giuliano Sommerhalder, Trompete

Die Wiener Tosca: auch mit der „Zweitbesetzung “ erstklassig

Snapdragon, 11th May

Selbst bei kurzfristigen Absagen weiß es die Staatsoper einen „gewöhnlichen“ Repertoireabend zum Glänzen zu bringen.

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L'Attente à l'Opéra du Rhin : Peer Gynt au temps de Calixto Bieito

Stéphane Lelièvre, 22nd September

L'Opéra national du Rhin ouvre sa saison avec une pièce imaginée par Karl Ove Knausgård et Calixto Bieito, d'après des œuvres d'Edvard Grieg, mettant en lumière le talent de Mari Eriksmoen.

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Le chant des ruines : Tosca à l’Opéra de Rouen

Tristan Labouret, 6th March

Première production à bénéficier de la nouvelle plateforme « Normandie Lyrique et Symphonique », la Tosca de David Bobée vaut le détour pour sa mise en scène saisissante comme pour son trio vocal principal.

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McBurney paints a blank canvas in Aix

Mark Pullinger, 5th July

Simon McBurney's production of The Rake's Progress for Festival d'Aix-en-Provence begins with the equivalent of a blank page – a simple white paper box onto which he pours his inspiration.

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Powerful call of Russia's homeland

David Smythe, 4th November

The RSNO continues its cycle of Prokofiev’s Piano Concertos to celebrate its 125th season, coupled with some Russian fairy-tale magic and a rare outing for Rachmaninov’s Third Symphony.

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Inextinguishable force of life: Jensen conducts a riveting Nielsen

Andrew Larkin, 29th January

The stark forces of Nielsen and Britten were ably brought out by Jensen and the NSO; theirSchubert failed to convince.

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Simon Holden

Simon is an operaphile based in Auckland, New Zealand. He wrote his dissertation on Japanese popular music. With a background in piano and classical music retail, he spends his time attending as much opera or vocal concert as he can and blogs at irishenceaway.blogspot.com.

Giuliano Sommerhalder's trumpet resounds resplendently in Auckland Town Hall