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A fair treatment of Beethoven and Mendelssohn's Fourth symphonies under Juraj Valčuha

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“precision, rhythmic clarity, beautiful balances between the sections, and excellent interpretation”
Reviewed at Teatro di San Carlo, Naples on 21 September 2014
Beethoven, Symphony no. 4 in B flat major, Op.60
Mendelssohn, Symphony no. 4 in A major "Italian", Op.90
Juraj Valčuha, Conductor
Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo
Rosa Feola’s Lucia rescues a San Carlo production showing its age
***11
Laurent Pelly’s Falstaff passes the Naples test with flying colours
*****
Ludovic Tézier delivers a noble Nabucco in Naples
***11
Ennio Morricone’s only opera, Partenope, finally premiered in Naples
***11
San Carlo’s Medea a clash of worlds in a neoclassical framework
***11
Vocal triumph in Un ballo in maschera at the Teatro di San Carlo
****1
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