Spain Granados, Rossini, Ravel and others: Joyce DiDonato, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 27.5.2016. (JMI)
A Musical Tour of the World with a Brilliant Joyce DiDonato
José Irurzun
Kirill Petrenko Leads Koch and Kaufmann in a Spectacular Die Meistersinger
Germany Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chorus, Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 26.5.2016. (JMI)
in Die Meistersinger (c) Wilfried Hösl
A Disappointing Lucia Is Revived in Munich
Germany Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chorus, Oksana Lyniv (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 25.5.2016. (JMI)
Angela Denoke Triumphs in The Makropulos Affair
Germany Janáček: Věc Makropulos, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chorus, Tomáš Hanus (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 24.5.2016 (JMI)
Gregory Kunde Excels in Valencia’s Idomeneo
Spain Mozart, Idomeneo; Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana, Fabio Biondi (conductor), Palau de Les Arts Reina Sofía, Valencia, 1.5.2016. (JMI)
James Conlon and the Teatro Real Orchestra with a Superb Reading of Luisa Miller
Spain, Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, James Conlon (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 26.4.2016 (JMI)
Domingo’s Boccanegra in Barcelona
Spain Verdi: Simon Boccanegra, Liceu Orchestra and Chorus, Massimo Zanetti (conductor), Barcelona’s Liceu 22 & 23.4.2016 (JMI)
An outstanding rarity by Alfredo Casella
Casella, La Donna Serpente: Orchestra and Chorus Teatro Regio, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Turin’s Teatro Regio, 21.4.2016 (JMI)
