With a New Cast, the Stars Align for Don Giovanni at the Met
15/04/2019
Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Cornelius Meister (conductor), Metropolitan Opera, New York, 12.4.2019. (RP)
Peter Mattei (Don Giovanni) © Marty Sohl/Met Opera
In Cincinnati, Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito in 1959 Cuba
14/04/2019
Mozart, La clemenza di Tito: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) / Jiannan Cheng (conductor), Corbett Auditorium, Cincinnati, Ohio. 12.4.2019. (RDA)
La clemenza di Tito (c) University of Cincinnati CCM
Despite Late Cast Changes, Faust at Covent Garden Triumphs Against the Odds
13/04/2019
Gounod, Faust: Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Dan Ettinger (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 11.4.2019. (CC)
The Royal Opera’s Faust (c) Tristram Kenton
Unlikely Staging But Strong Singing – The Tsar’s Bride in Tallinn
11/04/2019
Rimsky-Korsakov, The Tsar’s Bride: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Estonian National Opera, Estonian National Ballet / Kaspar Mänd (conductor), Estonian National Opera, Tallinn 3.4.2019. (GF)
Rauno Elp (Grigory Gryaznoy) (c) ENO
Against the Stream Turns Spotlight on Choreographers ‘Who Gave New Life to Dance’
10/04/2019
Against the Stream: Ivan Putrov (artistic director and producer) and guest dancers, Paradisal Players / Samuel Burstin (conductor), London Coliseum, 7.4.2019. (JO’D)
(l-r) Mayara Magri, Matthew Ball & Ivan Putrov in Images of Love
© Andrej Uspenski
Anna Pirozzi Excels in the Liceu’s La Gioconda
10/04/2019
Ponchielli, La Gioconda: Liceu Chorus and Orchestra / Guillermo García Calvo (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 7 & 8.4.2019. (JMI)
From La Gioconda © A. Bofill
Opernhaus Zürich’s New Manon Has So Much to Hear, So Little to See
09/04/2019
Massenet, Manon: Soloists and Chorus of the Opernhaus Zürich, Philharmonia Zürich / Marco Armiliato (conductor), Opernhaus Zürich, Zurich, 7.4.2019. (CCr)
Opernhaus Zürich’s Manon (c) Toni Suter
RNCM’s Compelling and Entertaining The Pilgrim’s Progress Has Top Drawer Staging
08/04/2019
Ralph Vaughan Williams, The Pilgrim’s Progress: Soloists, Chorus and Opera Orchestra of the Royal Northern College of Music / Rebecca Tong (conductor). RNCM Opera Theatre, Manchester 5.4.2019. (MC)
RNCM’s The Pilgrim’s Progress © Robert Workman
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