Spain Festival Castell de Peralada [2] – Verdi, La traviata: Intermezzo Chorus, Liceu Orchestra / Riccardo Frizza (conductor), Castle Gardens Auditorium, Peralada, 5.8.2019. (JMI)
A Convincing Ekaterina Bakanova Stars in Peralada’s La traviata
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Splendid Magic Flute at Opera på Skäret
Sweden Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Opera på Skäret Chorus, The Swedish Chamber Orchestra / Lorenzo Coladonato (conductor), Opera på Skäret, Kopparberg, 27.7.& 28.7.2019. (GF)
Juventus Lyrica Revives Its 2013 Magical Flute
Argentina Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Juventus Lyrica / Hernán Schvartzman (conductor), Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 26.7.2019. (JSJ)
Travelogue from the Santa Fe Opera Festival as it Premieres Poul Ruders’s The Thirteenth Child
United States Poul Ruders, The Thirteenth Child: Soloists and Chorus of the Santa Fe Opera / Paul Daniel (conductor), Santa Fe Opera, New Mexico, 27.7.2019. (CCr)
Much-Anticipated US Premiere of Korngold’s Das Wunder der Heliane at Bard’s SummerScape Opera
United States Korngold, Das Wunder der Heliane: Soloists, Bard Festival Chorale, The American Symphony Orchestra / Leon Botstein (conductor), SummerScape Opera, Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, 26.8.2019. (RP)
Sondra Radvanovsky and Piotr Beczala Triumph in Barcelona’s Luisa Miller
Spain Verdi, Luisa Miller: Soloists, Liceu Chorus and Orchestra / Domingo Hindoyan (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 23 & 24.7.2019. (JMI)
Three Appealing Cast Combinations for Teatro Real’s Il trovatore
Spain Verdi, Il trovatore: Soloists, Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra / Maurizio Benini (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 18, 19 & 21.7.2019. (JMI)
New York’s Teatro Nuovo Resurrects Two Bel Canto Gems
United States Bellini, La straniera; Rossini, La gazza ladra: Soloists, Teatro Nuovo Chorus and Orchestra / Jakob Lehmann (primo violino e capo d’orchestra), Rose Hall, New York, 17 & 18.7.2019. (RP)
