No tears required: Mexico's youth triumphs in Rossini

By James Imam, 16 October 2016

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Reviewed at Templo de la Compañía, Guanajuato on 14 October 2016

Messiaen, Les Offrandes oubliées

Rossini, Stabat Mater

Jesus Almanza Castillo, Conductor

Gabriela Herrera, Soprano

Amelia Sierra, Mezzo-soprano

Edgar Villalva Arreola, Tenor

José Luis Reynoso, Bass

Coro Juvenil del Conservatorio de Música de Celaya

Un equipo estelar dan vida al estreno en México de Parsifal

Vishnu Bachani, 23rd April

Con un impresionante grupo de músicos y diseñadores, esta producción de Parsifal del Teatro del Bicentenario Roberto Plasencia Saldaña dejó una fuerte impresión como estreno nacional de la última obra de Wagner.

****1

An end-of-term Mahler 6 from the Hallé in Manchester

Rohan Shotton, 28th May

Kahchun Wong conducts The Hallé in Mahler's epic Sixth Symphony, although directorial idiosyncrasies sometimes get in the way of the music.

***11

Mallwitz and the Konzerthausorchester Berlin conquer Mahler's Fifth

Mengguang Huang, 27th May

At the Elbphilharmonie, Joana Mallwitz treats Mahler's Fifth as an argument to be won, and she knows exactly how it will end.

****1

Václav Luks and the OAE deliver operatic scale in Haydn's Creation

Nick Boston, 27th May

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under Václav Luks are joined by their own choir and strong soloists for a fresh and colourful performance of Haydn's Die Schöpfung.

****1

Lost for words: Asmik Grigorian excels at Wigmore Hall

Roy Westbrook, 26th May

A first half of vocalises gives way to all Strauss after the interval as the Lithuanian superstar soprano helps Wigmore Hall celebrate its 125th anniversary.

****1

A self-congratulatory Cecilia Bartoli show at Salzburg Whitsun

Laura Servidei, 24th May

This year’s Salzburg Whitsun Festival gala, Ciao, bella ciao, features Cecilia Bartoli in a highly personalised musical programme structured as an autobiographical journey, unfolding as a blend of concert and self-portrait.

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James Imam

James Imam is an arts journalist writing for publications including The Financial Times, The Times, Musical America and Opera magazine. He grew up in Manchester, read anthropology at Cambridge and has since lived in Milan. As a once-aspiring countertenor he has an abiding interest in Baroque music.

No tears required: Mexico's youth triumphs in Rossini's Stabat Mater at Cervantino