At the Munich series “Stars and Rising Stars”, the general music director sits down at the piano to perform with singing talents. A fine evening that tells a lot about Vladimir Jurowski, whose contract extension is still open.
A well-known melody arches over weightless chord breaks on the piano. The Latvian soprano Marina Rebeka sings “Casta diva” in the Odeon, the covered courtyard of the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior. The man who turns the pages of music for pianist Semion Skigin smiles. You wouldn’t necessarily have expected that from him. But this evening offers more than just the surprise moment of seeing Vladimir Jurowski enjoying a bel canto hit. Above all, the finale of “Stars and Rising Stars” is an opportunity to get to know two eminently versatile singing talents of their generation in Natalie Lewis and Aleksey Kursanov.