Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de Perles is hardly a masterpiece, but its many beautiful moments are supremely beautiful – and when a cast that makes them justice is found, one is ready to overlook the bad libretto and the formulaic moments. When one reads commented discographies of this opera, every reviewer concludes that there is not [...]
Archive for December, 2011
Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de Perles, Deutsche Oper Berlin, 22.12.2011
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Étienne Dupuis, Bizet's Les Pêcheurs de Perles, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Joseph Calleja, Patrizia Ciofi on December 22, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Le Concert d’Astrée, 10th Anniversary Concert, 19.12.2012
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Emanuelle Haïm, Le Concert d'Astrée on December 20, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Emanuelle Haïm and Le Concert d’Astrée have celebrated their 10th anniversary in the grand manner; in the world of baroque music this is what comes closer to a gala, with celebrity guests, gags and tv cameras. Haïm has chosen to concentrate on her favorite composers, Rameau and Handel, with the occasional visit to Lully and [...]
Bach/Mozart, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin/Suzuki, 18.12.2011
Posted in Reviews, tagged Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Masaaki Suzuki, Mozart's Mass KV 427 on December 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Masaaki Suzuki, the man behind the complete series of Bach cantatas with the Bach Collegium Japan, is now regarded as an authority in the music from the Master. It is, nonetheless, curious that the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester has invited this specialist used to his excellent period instrument band to conduct a very typical German Romantic [...]
Mahler’s Lied von der Erde, Berliner Philharmoniker, 14.12.2011
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Berliner Philharmoniker, Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde, Simon Rattle on December 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmonic are on their way to producing a complete Mahler symphony series of live recordings, of which I could only attend a performance of the 2nd so far – a pleasant experience that led me to consider that this is one of the strongest features of the English conductor’s repertoire. [...]
