Dvořák 1-0 Football: the Gelders Orchestra scores at the Concertgebouw

By Sanne Thierens, 14 June 2014

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Reviewed at Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam on 13 June 2014

Berlioz, Le Carnaval romain, Op.9

Dvořák, Cello Concerto in B minor, Op.104

Dvořák, Symphony no. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op.95

Het Gelders Orkest

Antonello Manacorda, Conductor

Maximilian Hornung, Cello

Dutch Reisopera’s winning A Little Night Music

Nicolas Nguyen, 26th March

Programming Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music is quite a daring move in a country with no real tradition in musical. This production by Nederlands Reisopera shows that fortune favours the bold.

****1

Reisopera's Così fan tutte: cast shine in an uninspired staging

Nicolas Nguyen, 12th February

In the Nederlandse Reisopera's Così fan tutte, the team of young soloists and the Orkest van het Oosten conducted by Arnaud Oosterbaum give a musically rewarding performance that compensates for an unconvincing stage direction.

***11

Bold music-making in Reisopera’s austere Butterfly

Jenny Camilleri, 19th September

Annemarie Kremer is a strong-willed, dramatically voiced Butterfly in Laurence Dale’s sensitive production.

***11

Eva-Maria Westbroek brings alpha star glamour to Dutch opera gala

Jenny Camilleri, 22nd May

Eva-Maria Westbroek as Sieglinde was the high point at an opera gala in support of young singers at the Concertgebouw.

***11

Juan Diego Flórez and Pretty Yende wow Amsterdam

Nicolas Nguyen, 19th May

In a somewhat long-overdue debut at the Concertgebouw, bel canto royalty Juan Diego Flórez and rising star Pretty Yende wowed the Amsterdam public with a generous programme of bel canto music.

****1

An astonishing Napoleon re-entering history

David Pinedo, 15th June

A once-in-a-lifetime experience with a perfectly arranged score to a breathtaking film.

*****

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Sanne Thierens

Sanne is passionate about music and theatre and interested in what happens when the two are combined. She studied Liberal Arts and Sciences with majors in Musicology, Theatre & Media Studies and Piano Performance. After completing her degree at University College Roosevelt (Middelburg, The Netherlands), Sanne moved to London where she obtained an MA degree in Musicology from King’s College, University of London.