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Stutzmann and the Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall
In her final Carnegie Hall appearance as principal guest conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, the French conductor leads Schumann’s Fourth Symphony and Mozart’s Requiem.
Monteverdi’s Orfeo as an enchanting marionette show in Salzburg
Gianluca Capuano leads Les Musiciens du Prince, Il Canto di Orfeo and a superb cast of Italian early music specialists in a wonderful rendition of Monteverdi’s masterpiece.
Castellucci’s makeover of Mozart’s Requiem at the Adelaide Festival
A work designed to be performed in church has become a dramatic music theatre event that captured and held me enthralled throughout in a meditation on both death and life.
Handel at La Scala, and it's a sensation
Carsen's modern mise en scène of Handel's opera did not stand out for originality, but for finesse and elegance and that was substantially appreciated by the audience.
Spectacular Strauss from the RTÉ NSO
Two contraltos in one room is a high concentration of contraltos; except that one of them appeared in the role of conductor.
Sara Mingardo leads a strong cast in Hamburg Ulisse
Willy Decker's production, presented in Zürich in 2014, is revived at the Hamburgische Staatsoper with most of the same cast