Germany Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Staatsopernchor and Staatskapelle Berlin/Alondra de la Parra (conductor), Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 12.3.2019. (JMI)
A Disappointing New Production of Die Zauberflöte in Berlin
José Irurzun
Widmann’s Babylon Arrives in Berlin but Without Barenboim
Germany Widmann, Babylon: Staatsopernchor and Staatskapelle Berlin / Christopher Ward (conductor), Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 11.3.2019. (JMI)
Götz Friedrich’s Production of Eugene Onegin at the Deutsche Oper Berlin Still Shines
Germany Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Deutsche Oper Chorus and Orchestra / Alexander Vedernikov (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 10.3.2019. (JMI)
Bryn Terfel Excels as Boris Godunov at the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Germany Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov: Deutsche Oper Chorus and Orchestra / Kirill Karabits (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 9.3.2019. (JMI)
Bejun Mehta and Lisette Oropesa Shine in Handel’s Rodelinda in Barcelona
Spain Handel, Rodelinda: Liceu Orchestra / Josep Pons (conductor), Gran Theatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 8.3.2019. (JMI)
An Outstanding Cast Leads the Liceu’s Revival of Hamlet
Spain Thomas, Hamlet (concert version): Liceu Chorus and Orchestra / Daniel Oren (conductor), Gran Theatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 7.3.2019. (JMI)
Outstanding Production and Impressive Conducting in Teatro Real’s New Idomeneo
Spain Mozart, Idomeneo, re di Creta: Soloists, Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra / Ivor Bolton (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 20 & 21.2.2019. (JMI)
World Premiere of Casablancas’s Intriguing L’enigma di Lea at the Liceu
Spain Benet Casablancas, L’enigma di Lea: Liceu Chorus and Orchestra / Josep Pons (conductor), Gran Theatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 10.2.2019. (JMI)
