Spain Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani: Comunitat Valenciana Orchestra and Chorus / Roberto Abbado (conductor), Palau de les Arts, Valencia, 13.12.2016. (JMI)
Some Fine Moments in a Generally Disappointing Revival of I Vespri Siciliani
José Irurzun
Kirill Petrenko’s Magical Conducting and Anja Kampe’s Superb Voice Highlight This Shostakovich Opera
Germany Shostakovich, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District: Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus / Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 4.12.2016. (JMI)
An Uneven Turandot Weighed Down by an Excessive Production
Germany Puccini, Turandot: Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus / Dan Ettinger (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 3.12.2016. (JMI)
A Well-Staged and Well-Sung L’elisir d’amore in Munich
Germany Donizetti, L’elisir d’amore: Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus / Daniele Callegari (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 2.12.2016. (JMI)
Diana Damrau and Simon Keenlyside Are Superb in Milan’s Le nozze di Figaro
Italy Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 27.11.2016. (JMI)
A Musically Pleasing but Uneven Performance in Bergamo of a Donizetti Rarity
Italy Donizetti, Olivo è Pasquale: Accademia Teatro alla Scala Orchestra, Donizetti Opera Chorus / Federico Maria Sardelli (conductor), Teatro Sociale, Bergamo, 26.11.2016. (JMI)
A Brilliant Performance of Donizetti’s Rosmonda d’Inghilterra at the Bergamo Festival
Italy Donizetti, Rosmonda d’Inghilterra: Donizetti Opera Orchestra and Chorus / Sebastiano Rolli (conductor), Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo, 25.11.2016. (JMI)
La Clemenza di Tito Returns to Teatro Real Where It Continues to Captivate Opera Goers
Spain Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito, Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Real / Christophe Rousset (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 20 & 21.11.2016. (JMI)
