United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake: Scottish Ballet, Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, 25.5.2016. (SRT)
Photo by Andy Ross
Despite Good Choreography Scottish Ballet’s Monochrome Swan Lake Lacks Coherence
Photo by Andy Ross
Year: 2016
Photo by Andy Ross
Angela Denoke Triumphs in The Makropulos Affair
Germany Janáček: Věc Makropulos, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chorus, Tomáš Hanus (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 24.5.2016 (JMI)
Lohengrin Revival Provides a Night to Remember in Dresden
Germany Wagner, Lohengrin: Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Herren des Sinfoniechores Dresden, Extrachor der Semperoper Dresden, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Semperoper, Dresden, 19.5.2016. (MC)
Opera North’s Ring Launched as full cycle to glorious effect
United Kingdom Wagner, Der Ring des Nibelungen: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North/ Richard Farnes (conductor). Leeds Town Hall, Leeds, 23.4.2016 – 21.5.2016. (JL)
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Loge) (c) Clive Barda.
Downbeat Atmosphere in Verve’s Performances
United Kingdom Various composers, Thank You For Coming, A Soft Target,The Thin Veil, Almost Poetic: Verve, Northern School of Contemporary Dance, The Place, London, 21. 05. 2015. (J.O’D)
Explosive Power from Israel Philharmonic in Shostakovich’s Sixth Symphony
Germany Tchaikovsky, Wolpe, Shostakovich: David Garrett (violin), Jacob Reuven (mandolin), Heidi Steger (accordion), Israel Philharmonic Orchestra/Omer Meir Wellber (conductor), Frauenkirche, Dresden, 18.5.2016. (MC)
Three Novelties, One of Them a Palpable Hit
United States Di Vittorio, Mendelssohn, Brossé, DiBeradino, and Mozart: Lana Trotovsek (violin) Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Dirk Brossé (conductor), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 16.5.2016. (BJ)
Dresdner Oktett’s Chamber Evening Deservedly Attracts Capacity Crowd
Germany Beethoven, Schubert, ‘Kammerabend’: Dresdner Oktett, Semperoper, Dresden, 17.5.16. (MC)
