ROYAL OPERA HOUSE LIVE CINEMA SEASON 2014/15 CONTINUES:
Stan
Well-Cast Tosca in an Old-Fashioned Set
United States Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Seattle Opera, Julian Kovatchev (conductor). McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA. 10.1.2014 (RC)
Rattle and the LSO: Virtuosity in Testing Twentieth-Century Repertoire
United Kingdom Webern, Berg, Ligeti and Stravinsky: Barbara Hannigan (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 15.1.2015 (AS)
Royal Opera’s Un Ballo More to the Audience’s Taste than the Critics’
Verdi, Un Ballo in Maschera:: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Daniel Oren (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 13.01.2015 (RP) Cast: Riccardo: Joseph Calleja Amelia: Liudmyla Monastyrska Renato: Dmitri Hvorostovsky Ulrica: Marianne Cornetti Oscar: Lauren Fagan Samuel: Anatoli Sivko Tom: Jihoon Kim Silvano: Samuel Dale Johnson Minister of Justice: … Read more
Admirable Singing but Incoherent Staging in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo
United Kingdom Monteverdi, L’Orfeo: Soloists, Vocal Ensemble from Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Dancers from East London Dance, Orchestra of Early Opera Company, Christopher Moulds (conductor). Roundhouse, London, 13.1.2015 (MB)
RLPO’s Attractive Programme Pulls in a Large Audience
United Kingdom Shostakovich, Borodin, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Dvořák, Elgar, Tchaikovsky & Arturo Márquez: Tasmin Little (violin), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Manuel López-Gómez (conductor), Guild Hall, Preston, 13.1.2015. (MC)
Musical Theatre of the Outrageous Enchants
United States Gruber, Zorn, Neuwirth: Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group, John Adams (conductor), Disney Hall, Los Angeles, 13.01.15 (JRo)
Gifted Young Musicians Show Their Worth
United Kingdom Rust, Beethoven, Sibelius. Ben Baker (violin) Bartholomew LaFollette (cello), JongSun Woo (piano), Melos Sinfonia, Oliver Zeffman (conductor), St John’s, Smith Square, London, 10.1.2015 (LB)