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Pretty Yende y Nadine Sierra se entregaron al placer de cantar en compañía y ofrecieron un recital brillante con un perfecto entendimiento entre ambas.

El tenor mejicano Javier Camarena, voz en ascenso durante los últimos años, debutaba en Bilbao con un concierto de arias de ópera y romanzas de zarzuela, junto a la batuta del joven López Reynoso.

Rossini, Mozart and a rare symphony by Kalliwoda display programming diversity that is both interesting and sophisticated. 

Andrés Orozco-Estrada and the Filarmonica della Scalla boldly go into the Romantic repertoire, with mixed results.

As part of its Schubert Festival, the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal wowed the audience with a concert that featured excerpts from Rossini operas as well as two Schubert symphonies.

Le dernier concert de l’année, avant le traditionnel concert du nouvel an, voyait l’ONCT s’ouvrir aux œuvres. Ce concert de Noel caritatif était organisé en faveur de la Fondation Marie-Louise œuvrant pour l’intégration et l’accueil pour les personnes en situation de handicap avec la maxime : « le meilleur sans vouloir l’impossible ».

Von Beginn weg fielen mir Mira Maria Forons voller Ton auf. Sie spielte mit jugendlichem Elan und mit erstaunlicher Fingerfertigkeit und Bogentechnik auf, auch in den spiccato-Passagen des dritten Satzes.

Flórez's recital showed exactly why singers should steer clear of technological assistance. 

L'admirable chef d'orchestre Enrique Mazzola et la contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux nous proposent un concert Rossini en vue d'un enregistrement live. Une vitrine exceptionnelle pour l'orchestre de Montpellier ?

A joyful concert by the Manchester Camerata conducted by Gábor Takács-Nagy with Craig Ogden in music by Rossini, Chabrier, Rodrigo and Beethoven, with a few surprises along the way.

After Renée Fleming was forced to withdraw due to a family emergency, soprano Sylvia Schwartz stepped in to perform with the Oxford Philomusica on the way to the Vienna Staatsoper. At just two days’ notice, Korngold, Zandonai and Leoncavallo were traded for Puccini, Verdi and Lehár.

It’s unfair but tempting to pigeonhole pianists: the intense Mitsuko Uchida; the powerful Martha Argerich; the stately Alicia de Larrocha; and the vivacious Maria João Pires.

A significantly smaller than usual audience was present for the SCO’s ‘Symphonic Opera’ concert, the finale of its St Andrews season. In the days leading up to thee concert, there was some disgruntlement from people about the programme – “Another Haydn symphony” was a common complaint, the Orchestra having put on several in St Andrews recently.