Spain Mozart, Idomeneo, re di Creta: Soloists, Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra / Ivor Bolton (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 20 & 21.2.2019. (JMI)
Outstanding Production and Impressive Conducting in Teatro Real’s New Idomeneo
José Irurzun
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)
An Uneven Presentation of Verdi’s Rarely Heard I masnadieri in Valencia
Spain Verdi, I masnadieri: Generalitat Valenciana Chorus, Comunitat Valenciana Orchestra / Roberto Abbado (conductor), Palau de les Arts, Valencia, 9.2.2019. (JMI)
Frankfurt Opera’s New, Unconvincing Production of La forza del destino
Germany Verdi, La forza del destino: Oper Frankfurt Chorus, Frankfurter Opern- und Museumorchester / Jader Bignamini (conductor), Opernhaus, Frankfurt, 3.2.2019. (JMI)
A Compelling Cast Shines in Frankfurt Opera’s Xerxes
Germany Handel, Xerxes: Frankfurter Opern- und Museumorchester / Constantinos Carydis (conductor), Opernhaus, Frankfurt, 2.2.2019. (JMI)
Frankfurt Opera’s Convincing Revival of the Claus Guth Production of Strauss’s Daphne
Germany Strauss, Daphne: Oper Frankfurt Chorus, Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester / Sebastian Weigle (conductor), Opernhaus, Frankfurt, 1.2.2019. (JMI)
Anja Harteros and Michael Volle Are Wunderbar in Munich’s Arabella
Germany Strauss, Arabella: Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra / Constantin Trinks (conductor), Nationaltheatre, Munich, 25.1.2019. (JMI)
Kirill Petrenko Leads a Magnificent Bayerisches Staatsorchester and an Impressive Cast in Fidelio
Germany Beethoven, Fidelio: Bayerische Staatsoper Chorus and Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor), National Theater, Munich, 24.1.2019. (JMI)
