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.

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Redemption and musical caffeine: Nelsons conducts Mahler 8 in Vienna

Mark Pullinger, 10th May

Sunday morning Mahler at the Wiener Konzerthaus sees Andris Nelsons concluding his symphony cycle with the Vienna Philharmonic in shattering fashion.

****1

Expressive 18th-century music from the Belgrade Philharmonic

Peter Connors, 8th May

Julien Chauvin leads the Belgrade Philharmonic in spirited performances of varied music by CPE Bach and Haydn, with local star flautist Ana Kaličanin Radivojević as soloist.

****1

Russian Spring: Elder and the Hallé reunite in glorious style

Leighton Jones, 7th May

The music of Glinka, Stravinsky, Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky fills Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall with mystery, intrigue and jollity.

****1

Kirill Petrenko's ideal Pulcinella at the Philharmonie Berlin

Elena Luporini, 7th May

In Berlin, Kirill Petrenko conducts Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky and Beethoven with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Gautier Capuçon: an ideal line-up.

****1

An au courant odyssey with the Czech Philharmonic in Prague

Frank Kuznik, 7th May

Conducted by Semyon Bychkov, the Czech Philharmonic shows its versatility with a sharp, smart evening of modern music.

****1

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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