Spain Rubinstein, The Demon: Liceu Orchestra and Chorus / Mikhail Tatarnikov (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 5.5. 2018. (JMI)
Rubinstein’s The Demon, Almost Forgotten, Is Rediscovered with a Major European Tour
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Daniela Mack Sizzles as Carmen for Opera Philadelphia
United States Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Philadelphia Boys & Girls Choirs, Opera Philadelphia Chorus & Orchestra / Yves Abel (conductor), Opera Philadelphia, Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 4.5.2018. (RP)
Toboggan Enthusiasts will Adore this Eugene Onegin in Stockholm
Sweden Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Stockholm / Evan Rogister (conductor). Royal Opera House, Stockholm 28.4.2018. (GF)
MacMillan’s Manon Returns to The Royal Ballet and is Let Down by the Music
United Kingdom Massenet, Manon: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Martin Yates. (conductor). Directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon and broadcast to the Cineworld Basildon, Essex. 3.5.2018. (JPr)
The Met’s Excellent Production of Massenet’s Delectable Cendrillon
United States Massenet, Cendrillon: Cast, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Bertrand de Billy (Conductor), Broadcast live to the Dundonald Omniplex Cinema in Belfast from the Metropolitan Opera in New York, 28.4.2018. (RB)
A Wagner Skeptic Reports on a Stylish Tristan in Concert
United States Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Men of the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Lisa Wong (acting chorus director), Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, 29.4.2018. (MSJ)
BalletBoyz’s Fourteen Days Returns to Sadler’s Wells
United Kingdom BalletBoyz, Fourteen Days – The Title is in the Text, Human Animal, Us, The Indicator Line, Fallen: Sadler’s Wells, London, 26.4.2018. (JO’D)
Magnificent Singing in a New Production of Eugene Onegin at Scottish Opera
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Scottish Opera / Stuart Stratford (conductor), Theatre Royal Glasgow, 27.4.2018. (GT)
