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Giuseppe Verdi: Messa da Requiem — A Ballet Production from the Zurich Opera, 2016-12, recorded live for & by the Swiss Television, SRF. Artists: Fabio Luisi, Philharmonia Zürich, Ballett Zürich; choreography: Christian Spuck; Choir of the Zurich Opera; Krassimira Stoyanova, soprano; Veronica Simeoni, mezzo-soprano; Francesco Meli, tenor; Georg Zeppenfeld, bass. DVD, received for reviewing.
Philharmonic Concert @ Zurich Opera Franz Liszt (1811 – 1886): Symphonic Poem No.3, “Les Préludes” Franz Liszt (1811 – 1886): …
Concert review, InMo Yang, Fabio Luisi / Philharmonia @ Zurich Opera, 2017-07-15 — R. Strauss: Tone Poem “Don Juan”, op.20; Paganini: Violin Concerto No.1 in D major, op.6; R. Strauss: Tone Poem “Ein Heldenleben”, op.40
Concert review, Zurich Opera — Carlo Grante, Fabio Luisi / Philharmonia Zurich, 2016-07-10: Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Suite No.2, op.64ter; Bruce Adolphe: Piano Concerto (2013, World Premiere); Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Symphonic Suite “Scheherazade” op.35
The first part of this evening was devoted to Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, op.30 — a well-respected benchmark among pianists of the top league. Lise de la Salle played this concerto eloquently, with compassion — she visibly lived with the music, also in the orchestral parts: her playing is fluent, competent, aimed at a full, rounded sound…
This was the third Philharmonic Concert of the season given by Philharmonia Zürich, the orchestra of the Zurich Opera House, conducted by the young Cornelius Meister (*1980), who studied and graduated in Hannover and Salzburg, and since has held positions in Erfurt, Hannover, Heidelberg, and finally with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. He is also pursuing a career as guest conductor, which in 2012 also took him to the Zurich Opera, where he conducted Richard Strauss’ Salome…