Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra brought their staging of Bach’s St Matthew Passion to the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday, 6 September 2014.
Month: September 2014
Glimmerglass: Butterfly Leads the Pack
Every so often an opera fan is treated to a minor miracle, a revelatory performance of a familiar favorite that immediately sweeps all other versions before it.
Operalia, the World Opera Competition, Showcases 2014 Winners
On August 30, Los Angeles Opera presented the finals concert of Pl·cido Domingo’s Operalia, the world opera competition. Founded in 1993, the contest endeavors to discover and help launch the…
Elektra at Prom 59
The second day of the Richard Strauss weekend at the BBC Proms saw Richard Strauss’s Elektra performed at the Royal Albert Hall on 31 August 2014 by the BBC Symphony…