The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: Claudio Abbado
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* Notes * Claudio Abbado and Orchestra Mozart Bologna (pictured left, photograph by Marco Caselli Nirmal) played a second concert at Lucerne Festival last night. The program started with Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 2, played with a smooth lucidity. Martha Argerich returned to the KKL Konzertsaal stage to play Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20. Both soloist…
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* Notes * Lucerne Festival opened its Jubiläumsjahr yesterday with Claudio Abbado and Orchestra Mozart Bologna (pictured left, photograph by Marco Caselli Nirmal). The early evening performance began with a vibrant rendition of Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 3. The woodwinds played with particular exuberance. Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25 followed with Martha Argerich, who missed her…