Spain Handel, Rinaldo (concert performance): The English Concert / Harry Bicket (conductor), Auditorio de Música, Madrid, 11.3.2018. (JMI)
José Irurzun
Aida at the Teatro Real with Three Casts and Some Brilliant Singers
Spain Verdi, Aida: Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra / Nicola Luisotti (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 7, 8 & 9.3.2018. (JMI)

Some Pleasing Voices in an Otherwise Unmemorable Staging of Rigoletto
Germany Verdi, Rigoletto: Frankfurter Opern- und Museumorchester, Oper Frankfurt Chorus / Simone di Felice (conductor), Opernhaus, Frankfurt, 4.3.2018. (JMI)

A Convincing Performance of Weinberg’s Remarkable, Intense Opera, Die Passagierin
Germany Weinberg, Die Passagierin (The Passenger): Frankfurter Opern- und Museumorchester, Oper Frankfurt Chorus / Leo Hussain (conductor), Opernhaus, Frankfurt, 3.3.2018. (JMI)

An Often Entertaining New Production of L’Africaine at Oper Frankfurt
Germany Meyerbeer, L’Africaine: Soloists, Oper Frankfurt Chorus, Frankfurter Opern- und Museumorchester, / Antonello Manacorda (conductor). Opernhaus, Frankfurt, 2.3.2018. (JMI)

Marvelous Acoustics and Exceptional Cast Make for a Great Staatsoper Tristan und Isolde
Germany Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Staatsopernchor Berlin, Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 25.2.2018. (JMI)

Excellent Cast and Superb ‘Federico’s Lament’ in Rare L’arlesiana Revival
Germany Cilea, L’arlesiana: Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin / Paolo Arrivabeni (conductor), Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 24.2.2018. (JMI)

A Traditional, Attractive and Enjoyable Magic Flute
Germany Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin / Nikolas Maximilian Nägele (conductor), Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 23.2.2018. (JMI)
