Thrills and a chill in Lise Davidsen's Tosca at the Met
Nov 17, 2024 · The Metropolitan Opera is presenting 13 performances of Puccini's Tosca this season, broken into chunks of five, four and four, with breaks in between and each with a different and strong cast. I don't think it's untoward to say that most eyes and ears were glued to the central four (ending on 23rd November), which featured debutant Freddie De Tommaso as Cavaradossi, Met favorite Quinn Kelsey ...
This Rite was just not right: Vasily Petrenko conducts the Sydney ...
Nov 29, 2024 · German-Canadian Johannes Moser was the soloist in the audience-favourite Cello Concerto in A minor by Camille Saint-Saëns.He threw himself with magnetic energy and a massive tone into its first theme (which the composer, somewhat intriguingly, marked as mezzoforte) and the intensity of his tone remained intact even in the mesmerisingly subtle opening of the second movement.
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Sep 20, 2024 · Tabita Berglund. Norwegian conductor Tabita Berglund – no relation to the late, great Finnish conductor Paavo – has made quite an impression on the couple of occasions I caught her: an unfussy style, precise detail and a good ear for balance, both in concert and in her debut at Garsington Opera. Berglund originally trained as a cellist, but studied conducting at the Norwegian Academy of ...
Inspired Dvořák and vibrant Smetana from the Czech Philharmonic
Dec 5, 2024 · Yo-Yo Ma was the spellbinding soloist in the concert opener, Antonin Dvořák’s Cello Concerto in B minor, a work written during the composer’s three-year stay in America and replete with longing for his Bohemian homeland.Ma has recorded the piece multiple times, most notably for Sony in 1995 with the New York Philharmonic under Kurt Masur. On this occasion he delivered an inspired ...
Heritage and heart: Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic return to ...
Dec 5, 2024 · Not as universally beloved as his Cello Concerto nor as rarely performed as its piano counterpart, Dvořák’s Violin Concerto in A minor took center stage in this second Czech Philharmonic performance at Carnegie Hall this month under the baton of Semyon Bychkov. These concerts, dedicated to Dvořák’s most important works for soloist and orchestra, were part of New York’s contribution ...
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Dec 31, 2024 · Staple, Müller, Nigl, Schenk, de Billy, Vienna State Opera, Tonca, Sushkova, Schneider, Giovannini, Unterreiner, Bankl, Niavarani, Schneider-Siemssen, Canonero ...
The Royal Opera's “Taffia Tosca” burns with Welsh fire in excellent ...
Nov 27, 2024 · Baron Scarpia in Jonathan Kent’s 2006 production of Tosca for The Royal Opera was created by Sir Bryn Terfel.Playing against the suave aristocrat stereotype traditionally associated with the role – especially in the house’s Zeffirelli predecessor – Terfel’s Chief of Police was an intimidating, greasy-haired thug.
The Royal Ballet: MaddAddam is carried by sublime performances
Nov 15, 2024 · In Act 1 we meet Jimmy (Joseph Sissens), living in a tree, foraging for sustenance, believing himself to be the only human left alive.We also meet, via Jimmy’s memories, the beautiful Oryx (Fumi Kaneko), Crake’s lover but also loved by Jimmy, and Crake himself (William Bracewell), a scientific genius.
Darkness and heroism in Shostakovich and Strauss from the BBC ...
Nov 18, 2024 · The evening began with the UK premiere of Anna Clyne’s This Moment, a seven-minute tribute to the calligraphy of Buddhist monk Thích Nhất Hạnh, reflecting on his words “This moment is full of wonders”.The short piece is also an acknowledgement of the collective loss associated with the start of the decade, using two moments from Mozart’s Requiem to …
A tribute to bad taste: a new Macbeth at Deutsche Oper Berlin
Nov 27, 2024 · Enrique Mazzola, a frequent and welcome guest in the pit, led the orchestra of the Deutsche Oper with a clear line and imbued this early Verdi with the necessary dose of italianita, emphasising the dramatic depths and emotional outbursts.On occasion, his reading often had the orchestra’s balance overpowering solo vocal and choral lines, obscuring the nuances of the singers’ interpretations.