Bernarda Fink’s recording of Gustav Mahler’s Lieder is an important new release that includes outstanding performances of the composer’s well-known songs, along with compelling readings of some less-familiar ones.
Year: 2014
Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini
First, a sigh of relief: in almost every respect, this new ENO staging of
Benvenuto Cellini marks a significant improvement
Giacomo Puccini: La fanciulla del West
‘I like the atmosphere of the West’, Puccini wrote after seeing three of David Belasco’s plays performed on Broadway in 1907, ‘but in all the “piËces” I have seen, I have found only a few scenes here and there.
CosÏ fan tutte at the Los Angeles Philharmonic
On May 23rd the Los Angeles Philharmonic premiered its production of
CosÏ fan tutte, the third and last of the Mozart/Daponte opera series
it inaugurated in 2012.
Sir Harrison Birtwistle — Yan Tan Tethera: A Mechanical Pastoral
A month in which London, or indeed anywhere else, saw one performances of a Birtwistle drama would be something.
Gerald Finley, Wigmore Hall
For the final recital in his three-concert residency at the Wigmore Hall, Canadian bass-baritone Gerald Finley offered the familiar and the new in striking juxtaposition, Franz Schubert’s posthumously published Schwanengesang enclosing Einojuhani Rautavaara’s Rub·iy·t, which was written specially for Finley.
Garsington Opera’s 25th anniversary unites its past with its future
Garsington Opera celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.