International Opera

All opera reviews from sources other that the UK

Singers Excel in an Inert Boris Godunov Concert

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United StatesUnited States Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov (1869 version): Soloists, San Francisco Symphony Chorus (Ragnar Bohlin [director]), Pacific Boychoir  (Andrew Brown [director]), San Francisco Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 14.6.2018. (HS)

Soloists, San Francisco Symphony & Michael Tilson Thomas (c) Cory Weaver

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Rarely Performed Donizetti Farce Introduces Fine Young Voices

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SwitzerlandSwitzerland Donizetti, I pazzi per progetto: Soloists, Aimi Sugo (piano), Gerald Karni (viola), Rosamund van der Westhuizen (cello), Raul Castro Estévez (clarinet), Karin Yamaguchi (horn), / Caspar Deichmann (conductor), Opernverein Zürich, Theater im Seefeld, Zurich, 14.6.2018 (JR)

Photo credit: Rémy Bourgeois
Donizetti’s I pazzi per progetto (c) Rémy Bourgeois

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Graham Vick Mines Mozart’s Jimi Hendrix Moment in Idomeneo

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LithuaniaLithuania Mozart, Idomeneo: Soloists, Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre Ballet, Chorus and Orchestra / Johannes Wildner (conductor), Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, Vilnius, 31.5.2018. (RP)

Paul Nilon as Idomeneo © Martynas Aleksa / Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre
Paul Nilon as Idomeneo © Martynas Aleksa / Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre

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The Monster in the Maze Mesmerises Young and Old

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SwedenSweden Jonathan Dove, The Monster in the Maze: Soloists of Gothenburg Opera, amateur choruses, Gothenburg Opera Orchestra and members of Västra Götaland Youth Symphony Orchestra / Martin Nagashima Toft (conductor), Gothenburg Opera main stage, 3.6.2018. (NS)

Daedalus (Anders Lorentzson, left centre) & Theseus (Joakim Bäckström, right centre)
leading the youths through the Labyrinth (c) Tilo Stengel

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