Tancredi Returns to Spain with an Attractive Staging and Agreeable Voices
27/06/2017
Rossini, Tancredi: Comunitat Valenciana Orchestra and Chorus / Roberto Abbado (conductor), Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 25.6.2017. (JMI)
Tancredi © Tato Baeza
Simon Keenlyside Leads an Impressive Vienna Cast in Pelléas et Mélisande
22/06/2017
Debussy, Pelléas et Mélisande: Soloists, Vienna State Opera Chorus (chorus master: Martin Schebesta), Vienna State Opera Orchestra / Alain Altinoglu (conductor). Vienna State Opera, 18.6.2017. (MB)
Mélisande (Olga Bezsmertna) & Pelléas (Adrian Eröd) (c) Wiener Staatsoper/ Michael Pöhn)
Hours Well Spent with Estonia National Opera’s Les pêcheurs de perles
21/06/2017
Bizet, Les pêcheurs de perles: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Chamber Opera / Maksim Valkov (conductor). Estonian National Opera, Tallinn 5.6.2017. (GF) Read more
Zurich Opera’s First Exploration into Operetta Does Not Quite Hit the Mark
21/06/2017
Lehár, The Land of Smiles: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Fabio Luisi (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich 19.6.2017. (JR)
Lehár’s The Land of Smiles (c) T+T Fotografie Toni Suter
Puccini’s Bohemians Move to the 1930s
18/06/2017
Puccini, La bohème: Cincinnati Opera, Natascha Metherell (director) / Louis Langrée (conductor), Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, OH. 15.6.2017. (RDA)
Cincinnati Opera’s production of Puccini’s La bohème (c) Philip Groshong
Production:
Stage Director – Natascha Metherell
Scenic & Costume – Designer Isabella Bywater
Lighting Designer – Thomas C. Hase
Hair & Make-up – Designer James Geier
Chorus Master – Henri Venanzi
Cast:
Mimì – Nicole Cabell
Musetta – Jessica Rivera
Rodolfo – Sean Panikkar
Marcello – Rodion Pogossov
Colline – Nathan Stark
Schaunard – Edward Nelson
Benoit/Alcindoro – Marco Nisticò
A Traditonal Fledermaus With Some Interesting Twists
12/06/2017
Strauss, Die Fledermaus: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Chamber Opera / Maksim Valkov (conductor). Estonian National Opera, Tallinn, 4.6.2017. (GF) Read more
Stalwart Rigoletto Improves As the Night Goes On
12/06/2017
Verdi, Rigoletto: Soloists, orchestra and chorus of San Francisco Opera / Nicola Luisotti (conductor), War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 6.6.2017. (HS)
Quinn Kelsey in the title role of Verdi’s Rigoletto
(c) Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera
Kentish Opera Perform La traviata Lean Ensemble, Effective Production
06/06/2017
Kentish Opera 2017 – Verdi, La traviata (In English): Soloists, Kentish Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Robyn Sevastos (conductor), The Stag Theatre, Sevenoaks, Kent, 27.5.2017. (MH)
Germont père (Aaron McAuley), Violetta (Stefanie Kemble-Read) in La traviata (c) Andrew Waltham
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