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Crowd-pleasers: Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky at the Jūrmala Festival

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Reviewed at Dzintari Concert Hall: Great Hall, Jūrmala on 24 July 2019
Weber, Oberon: Overture
Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64
Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto no. 1 in B flat minor, Op.23
Kristīne Balanas, Violin
George Harliono, Piano
Ainārs Rubiķis, Conductor
Jurmala Festival Orchestra
A rustic Cavelleria rusticana at the Jūrmala Festival
****1
Kicking down the door: The Marriage of Figaro revived at ENO
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Kosky's soufflé for Verdi's Falstaff falls flat in Berlin
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Sophocles as contemporary as ever as Œdipe opens at Komische Oper
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Click bait: an effective new Traviata at the Komische Oper
****1
Asmik Grigorian wows as Tatyana in Komische Oper Eugene Onegin
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