Spain Saint-Saëns, Samson et Dalila: Orquestra Comunitat Valenciana, Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana, Roberto Abbado (conductor), Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, 12.1.2016. (JMI)
A Puzzling and Ultimately Disappointing Samson et Dalila in Valencia
José Irurzun
An Intriguing Revival of a Relatively Obscure Donizetti Opera
Spain Donizetti, Il Duca d’Alba: Orchestra Oviedo Filarmonia, Chorus Ópera de Oviedo, Roberto Tolomelli (conductor), Teatro Campoamor, Oviedo, 19.12.2015. (JMI)
Plácido Domingo and a Superb Cast Triumph in Valencia’s Macbeth
Spain Verdi, Macbeth: Comunitat Valenciana Orchestra, Generalitat Valenciana Chorus, Henrik Nánási (conductor), Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 11.12.2015. (JMI)
(c) Tato Baeza
A Generally Disappointing Lucia but There Are Some Satisfying Moments
Spain Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Liceu Orchestra and Chorus, Marco Armiliato (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 4&5.12.2015. (JMI)
Rigoletto Returns to Madrid under the Superb Baton of Nicola Luisotti
Spain Verdi, Rigoletto: Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Nicola Luisotti (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 2 & 3.12.2015. (JMI)
A Splendid Start to Madrid’s CNDM Opera Season
Spain Handel, Serse: Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi (conductor), Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid, 22.11.2015. (JMI)
An Intriguing and Imaginative Flying Dutchman at the Berlin Staatsoper
Germany Wagner, Der Fliegende Holländer: Staatskapelle Berlin and Staatsopernchor, Markus Poschner (conductor), Schiller Theater, Berlin, 16.11.2015. (JMI)
Stephen Gould Leads a Superb Deutsche Oper Performance of Tannhäuser
Germany Wagner, Tannhäuser: Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra and Chorus, Donald Runnicles (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 15.11.2015. (JMI)
