United Kingdom Rossini, La Donna Del Lago: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of The Metropolitan Opera New York / Michele Mariotti (conductor). Relayed to the Duke of York Cinema, Brighton, 14.3.15. (RB)
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Young Singer Scores a Big Hit as Papageno on WNO Tour
United Kingdom Mozart. The Magic Flute (sung in English with English and Welsh titles): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera/ Lothar Koenigs (conductor),Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno. 13.3.2015 (RJF)
Gergiev Conducts a Spectacular Die Walküre
Russian Federation Wagner: Die Walküre, Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Mariinsky II, St. Petersburg, 5.3.2015 (JMI)
A Perceptive and Witty Ariadne auf Naxos
United States Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos: Soloists, Curtis Opera Theatre and Opera Philadelphia, Chas Rader-Schieber (director), David Zinn (set designer), Jacob A. Climer (costume designer), Mike Inwood (lighting designer), Curtis Symphony Orchestra, George Manahan (conductor), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 8.3.2015 (BJ)
Gergiev Conducts Wagner in St. Petersburg
Russian Federation Wagner: Das Rheingold, Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Mariinsky II, St. Petersburg, 4.3.2015 (JMI)
Interesting Production of New Opera Based on Lorca Play
Spain Mauricio Sotelo: El Público, Klangforum Wien, Teatro Real Chorus, Pablo Heras Casado (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 1.3.2015 (JMI)
Handel’s Semele in Chinese Temple Built 450 Years Ago, Watch Out for Donkeys and Dragons.
Handel: Semele, Canadian Opera Company, Christopher Moulds (conductor), Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York, 4.3.2015 (SM)
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Formidable Conductor, Kirill Petrenko, Even Better in Die Walküre
Germany Wagner: Die Walküre, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 28.2.2015 (JMI)