Spain Granados: Goyescas, Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Guillermo García Calvo (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 9.7.2015 (JMI)
José Irurzun
Two Superb Norinas are the Highlight of the Liceu’s Don Pasquale
Spain Donizetti: Don Pasquale, Liceu Orchestra and Chorus, Diego Mattheuz (conductor), Gran Theatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 16 & 17.6.2015 (JMI)
18 Year Wait for Porgy and Bess at the Madrid Teatro Real
Spain Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Teatro Real orchestra, Cape Town Opera Chorus, Tim Murray (conductor), Madrid Teatro Real, 12.6.2015 (JMI)
An Engaging Così at the Liceu
Spain Mozart: Così Fan Tutte, Liceu’s Orchestra and Chorus, Josep Pons (conductor), Gran Theatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 27 & 28.5.2015. (JMI)
A Sometimes Confusing Yet Often Rewarding Norma
France Bellini: Norma, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Choeur de l’Opéra National de Bordeaux, John Fiore (conductor), Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux, 25.5.2015 (JMI)
A Superb Reading of Prokofiev in Toulouse
France Prokofiev: Betrothal in a Monastery, Capitole Orchestra and Chorus, Tugan Sokhiev (conductor), Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse, 24.5.2015 (JMI)
An Excellent Nabucco Closes the Valencia Season
Spain Verdi: Nabucco, Comunitat Valenciana Orchestra and Chorus, Ramón Tebar (conductor), Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 14.5.2015 (JMI)
Photo Tato Baeza
A Revelatory Telemann from René Jacobs and the Akademie für Alte Musik
Germany Telemann: Emma und Eginhard, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs (conductor), Berlin Schiller Theatre, 10.5.2015 (JMI)