Herheim's delicious ripple of Eugene Onegin in Amsterdam

Eugene Onegin, De Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam, June 26 2011

Stefan Herheim ..... director

Mariss Jansons ..... conductor

Olga Savova ..... Madame Larina

Krassimira Stoyanova ..... Tatyana

Elena Maximova ..... Olga

Nina Romanova ..... Filippyevna

Andrej Dunaev ..... Lensky

Bo Skovhus ..... Onegin    

Mikhail Petrenko ..... Prince Gremin

Guy de Mey ..... Monsieur Triquet

 Peter Arink ..... Zaretski

Richard Prada ..... Zapevalo

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Koor van De Nederlandse Opera [Martin Wright]

Jansons and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra at Pleyel

Salle Pleyel - Paris, February 14 2011

 You know you are insanely busy when you miss the first half of the year's best concert with the world's best orchestra conducted by the best conductor, accompanying the best pianist -- and the concert occurs in  the city you live...

The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Maestro Mariss Jansons

So I missed Leif Ove Andsnes, and I'm really sorry for that, but I am still thrilled to be able to listen to the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra taking the best of the Beethoven's 7th under his greatness, Mariss Jansons. Blogging from la Salle Pleyel...
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What they do is just a whole level above any other orchestra today. Only the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra gets close, even if not quite up there.

The only thing that comes to mind after such a great concert is one big Thank you!

Mariss Jansons and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra hit Paris (Dec.17 2009)

The "Salle Pleyel", as it is called here, is the Paris' best concert-hall. Its magnificent quality in programming pretty much owes to its music director and manager Laurent Bayle, who I'll say a bit more on some other occasion.

Today it's snowing in Paris, the public transportation is rarefied because of the social movement on the RER lines... but we hope for a good concert tonight in Pleyel to end the day on a good note: 
Mahler's Second Symphony by Mariss Jansons and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra - excuse meh! ;)

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