Spain Wagner, Tannhäuser: Coro de la Asociación de Amigos dela Maestranza, Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla / Pedro Halffter (conductor), Teatro de la Maestranza, Seville, 28.10.2016. (JMI)
An Outstanding Tannhäuser under Pedro Halffter
José Irurzun
A Nicely Sung Così fan tutte but an Unsatisfactory Staging
Germany Mozart, Così fan tutte: Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper / Donald Runnicles (conductor), Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 14.10.2016. (JMI)
A Somewhat Uneven but Generally Pleasing Orfeo ed Euridice in Berlin
Germany Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Staatskapelle Berlin and Staatsopernchor/Alessandro de Marchi (conductor), Schiller Theatre, Berlin, 13.10.2016. (JMI)
An Often Rewarding Macbeth Opens the Liceu Opera Season
Spain Verdi, Macbeth: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu / Giampaolo Bisanti (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 10 & 11.10.2016. (JMI)
Toulouse marks the 400th Anniversary of Shakespeare’s Death with a Berlioz Opera
France Berlioz, Béatrice et Bénédict: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Thèâtre du Capitole / Tito Ceccherini (conductor), Thèâtre du Capitole, Toulouse, 2.10.2016. (JMI)
Verdi’s Otello Opens the Teatro Real 2016-2017 Season
Spain Verdi: Otello, Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Real / Renato Palumbo (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 24 & 25.9.2016. (JMI)
A Rarely Heard Tchaikovsky Opera Has Its Spanish Premiere in Oviedo
Spain Tchaikovsky: Mazeppa, Orchestra Principado de Asturias, Coro Ópera Oviedo, Rossen Milanov (conductor), Teatro Campoamor, Oviedo, 17.9.2016. (JMI)
A Competent Though Not Especially Memorable Madama Butterfly
Austria Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Wiener Staatsoper, Philippe Auguin (conductor), Staatsoper, Vienna, 8.9.2016. (JMI)
