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Cherubino steals the show in Zurich’s Le nozze di Figaro
The Opernhaus Zurich revives Jan Philipp Gloger’s production, for a performance with mixed results: a solid cast of singers under Christoph König’s heavy baton.
An homage to the Viennese “Musikanten” tradition
The Singverein and Akademieorchester were joined by Swedish soprano Malin Hartelius and Florian Boesch for Brahms' German Requiem.
Göteborgs Figaro - so geht Oper!
Everything is right in this Gothenburg production of Mozart's Figaro that exceeds all expectation and offers high-level entertainment up until the very last chord.
An occasionally brilliant Don Giovanni at the Royal Danish Opera
Malin Hartelius and Palle Knudsen electrify an otherwise competent Don Giovanni in Copenhagen.
Admired, not loved: The Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus in Haydn's The Seasons
Are there musical works, even pieces generally considered to be masterpieces, that no longer can catch the listening public’s interest, no matter how expertly they are performed? I have been wrestling with this question since this weekend’s Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus performance of Haydn’s The Seasons.
Hong Kong Philharmonic in works by Strauss and Zemlinsky
Edo de Waart, Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, chose for his contribution to the 2011 Arts Festival works by two Germanic composers spanning the late Romantic and early modern periods who were almost exact contemporaries. Richard Strauss coincidentally was born seven years before and died seven years after Alexander von Zemlinsky.