Crowd-pleasers: Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky at the Jūrmala Festival

Par Alexander Hall, 25 juillet 2019

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Critique faite à Dzintari Concert Hall: Great Hall, Jūrmala, le 24 juillet 2019

Weber, Oberon: ouverture

Mendelssohn, Concerto pour violon et orchestre en mi mineur, Op.64

Tchaïkovski, Concerto pour piano et orchestre no. 1 en si bémol mineur, Op.23

Kristīne Balanas, Violon

George Harliono, Piano

Ainārs Rubiķis, Direction

Jurmala Festival Orchestra

A rustic Cavelleria rusticana at the Jūrmala Festival

Alexander Hall, 26th July

Mascagni's stirring music and gripping storyline cast their spell over a festival audience at the edge of the Baltic Sea.

****1

Plaisir vocal et musical pour Aida à Montpellier

Irma Foletti, 4th October

Si le dispositif semi-scénique d'Annabel Arden convainc à moitié, la direction musicale et la distribution (avec Sunyoung Seo dans le rôle-titre) valent le détour.

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Eugène Onéguine au Komische Oper de Berlin : un grand Barrie Kosky !

Stéphane Lelièvre, 19th February

Reprise de l'Onéguine de Barrie Kosky à Berlin : un spectacle toujours aussi bouleversant, avec cette fois-ci Ruzan Mantashyan en Tatiana.

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Kicking down the door: The Marriage of Figaro revived at ENO

Dominic Lowe, 5th February

ENO's revival features a striking performance from Mary Bevan as bride-to-be Susanna, but elements of the staging continue to raise eyebrows.

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Kosky's soufflé for Verdi's Falstaff falls flat in Berlin

Zenaida des Aubris, 30th April

A dearth of nuance affects this new production of Verdi's late masterpiece in Berlin, set in Sir John's gourmet kitchen.

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Sophocles as contemporary as ever as Œdipe opens at Komische Oper

Zenaida des Aubris, 29th August

Leigh Melrose appears in a strong new Œdipe directed by Evgeny Titov to open the 2021-22 season at the Komische Oper.

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Alexander Hall

Alexander Hall divides his time between London and Hamburg, where he had a career in academic administration and teaching. He reviews for Bachtrack and Opera Today, and has also reviewed for Classical Source. A connoisseur of the great orchestras of the world, his musical memories stretch back to Karajan/Berlin Phil, Mravinsky/Leningrad Phil, Bernstein/Vienna Phil, and he has seen most of the great conductors from the past, including Böhm, Klemperer, Kubelik, Ormandy and Szell.