Anja Harteros is a Magnificent Arabella in the History of Opera
17/06/2018
Munich Opera Festival – Strauss, Arabella: Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Constantin Trinks (conductor), Munich Nationaltheater, Munich, 16.6.2018. (JMI)
Anja Harteros (Arabella) & Michael Volle (Mandryka) in Arabella © W. Hösl
BRB’s Polarity & Proximity is Strong in Design, Music, Lighting and Execution
17/06/2018
Various composers, Polarity & Proximity: Dancers of Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Jonathan Lo (Kin.) and Koen Kessels (Embrace), Sadler’s Wells, London, 15.6.2018. (JO’D)
Artists of Birmingham Royal Ballet in Embrace (c) Emma Kauldhar
Günter Krämer Elucidates the Strands of Don Carlo with Admirable Clarity
16/06/2018
Verdi, Don Carlo: Soloists, Lithuanian National Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Martynas Staškus (conductor), Estonian National Opera House Tallinn 7.6.2018. (GF)
Lithuanian National Opera’s Don Carlo
A Triple-Threat Soprano Heads Traviata Cast
15/06/2018
Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Cincinnati Opera Orchestra / Renato Balsadonna (conductor), Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati Music Hall. Cincinnati, Ohio. 14.6.2018. (RDA)
Cincinnati Opera’s La traviata (c) Cincinnati Opera
Singers Excel in an Inert Boris Godunov Concert
15/06/2018
Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov (1869 version): Soloists, San Francisco Symphony Chorus (Ragnar Bohlin [director]), Pacific Boychoir (Andrew Brown [director]), San Francisco Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 14.6.2018. (HS)
Soloists, San Francisco Symphony & Michael Tilson Thomas (c) Cory Weaver
MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet Showcases Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Talented Dancers
15/06/2018
Prokofiev, Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet: Dancers of Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Paul Murphy (conductor), Sadler’s Wells, London, 13.6.2018. (JPr)
Yasuo Atsuji (Romeo) & Nao Sakuma (Juliet) (c) Dave Morgan
Rarely Performed Donizetti Farce Introduces Fine Young Voices
15/06/2018
Donizetti, I pazzi per progetto: Soloists, Aimi Sugo (piano), Gerald Karni (viola), Rosamund van der Westhuizen (cello), Raul Castro Estévez (clarinet), Karin Yamaguchi (horn), / Caspar Deichmann (conductor), Opernverein Zürich, Theater im Seefeld, Zurich, 14.6.2018 (JR)
Donizetti’s I pazzi per progetto (c) Rémy Bourgeois
Communing with the Dead at the Premiere of David Hertzberg’s The Rose Elf
15/06/2018
New York Opera Fest – Hertzberg, The Rose Elf: Soloists and Orchestra / Teddy Poll (conductor), The Catacombs, Green-Wood Cemetery, New York, 10.6.2018. (RP)
Samantha Hankey as The Rose Elf © Matthew Placek
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