An anemic opening at Dvořák's Prague

Par Frank Kuznik, 10 septembre 2019

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

Critique faite à Rudolfinum: Dvořák Hall, Prague, le 8 septembre 2019

Dvořák, Concerto pour violoncelle en si mineur, Op.104

Dvořák, Symphonie no. 8 en sol majeur, Op.88

Mendelssohn, Symphonie no. 4 en la majeur «Italienne», Op.90 (Saltarello)

Kian Soltani, Violoncelle

Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai

Christoph Eschenbach, Direction

Mischa Maisky à l’Auditorium Parco delle Musica de Rome pour une soirée Dvořák mémorable

Emma Granier, 14th May

L’Orchestre Symphonique National de la Rai et son chef, James Conlon, ont occupé la scène de l’Auditorium Parco della Musica pour une soirée entièrement dédiée au compositeur tchèque Antonín Dvořák.

*****

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