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Sir Antonio Pappano and the LSO shine in superb Polish acoustics

By Jonathan Sutherland, 27 May 2016
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“nobilmente is noted many times... the best description of Pappano’s masterly interpretation”
Reviewed at National Forum of Music: Main Hall, Wrocław on 25 May 2016
Programme
Strauss R., Don Juan, Op.20
Strauss R., Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks), Op.28
Elgar, Symphony no. 2 in E flat major, Op.63
Performers
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor
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Jonathan Sutherland
Jonathan Sutherland
Jonathan Sutherland is a graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Hochschule Mozarteum in Salzburg. He is also an internationally renowned concert pianist specializing in the music of the 1930s. Jonathan’s first operatic experience was hearing Maria Callas sing Tosca in Covent Garden and he has since heard performances in all continents of the world including over 60 different productions at the Wiener Staatsoper. He has written for The Australian, Opera Today and The Opera Critic as well as Bachtrack. Jonathan speaks English, French, German and Italian fluently and is based in the south of France near Nice.