United Kingdom Donizetti, L’elisir d’amore: (Laurent Pelly’s production revived by Daniel Dooner): Soloists, orchestra and chorus of The Royal Opera / Bruno Campanella (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London 13.11.2012. (JPr)
Jim Pritchard
Royal Opera’s Brutal but Engrossing Salome
United Kingdom Strauss, Salome: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of The Royal Opera House / Andris Nelsons (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 5.6.2012. (JPr)
Noisy Carsen Falstaff Falls Short of Zeffirelli’s Production
United Kingdom Verdi, Falstaff: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Daniele Gatti (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 15.5.2012. (JPr)
Veteran – Even Vintage – La bohème Still Satisfies at Covent Garden
United Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of The Royal Opera House / Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 30.4.2012. (JPr)
LSO’s Concert Performance of Der Freischütz Lacks Drama
United Kingdom Weber, Der Freischütz: Soloists, London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 21.4.2012. (JPr)
No Fairy Tale Lyricism in ROH’s Disturbing Rusalka
United Kingdom Dvořák, Rusalka: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Royal Opera / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), directed by Jossi Wieler and Sergio Morabito, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 27.2.2012. (JPr)
Salonen Opens the Doors on a Dramatic Duke Bluebeard’s Castle
United Kingdom Debussy, Bartók: Yefim Bronfman (piano), Michelle DeYoung (mezzo), Sir John Tomlinson (bass), Juliet Stevenson (narrator), Philharmonia Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 3.11.2011. (JPr)
Pieces of the Eighth as Maazel Ends His 2011 London Mahler Cycle
United Kingdom Mahler: Symphony No.8 ‘Symphony of a Thousand’. Sally Matthews (soprano), Ailish Tynan (soprano), Sarah Tynan (soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Anne-Marie Owens (mezzo-soprano), Stefan Vinke (tenor), Mark Stone (baritone) and Stephen Gadd (bass), Philharmonia Chorus,BBC Symphony Chorus, Boys of the Eton College Chapel Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel. Royal Festival Hall,London, 9.10.2011. (JPr)