Spain Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Liceu Orchestra and Chorus, Marco Armiliato (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 4&5.12.2015. (JMI)
A Generally Disappointing Lucia but There Are Some Satisfying Moments
José Irurzun
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)
Sondra Radvanovsky’s Manon Lescaut at the Deutsche Oper Sets the Bar High
Germany Puccini: Manon Lescaut: Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra and Chorus, Donald Runnicles (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 14.11.2015. (JMI)
A Marriage of Figaro in Berlin that Succeeds on all Fronts for Flimm and Dudamel
Germany Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro: Staatsoper Berlin Orchestra and Chorus, Gustavo Dudamel (conductor), Schiller Theater, Berlin, 13.11.2015 (JMI)
Schwab’s Don Giovanni Reappears on the Berlin Stage, Marred by Some Fundamental Problems
Germany Mozart: Don Giovanni: Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra and Chorus, Daniel Cohen (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 12.11.2015. (JMI)
