Spain Puccini, La bohème: Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Real / Paolo Carignani (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 19 & 20.12.2017. (JMI)
Teatro Real’s New La bohème – Sometimes Appealing, but Short on Emotion
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Highlights and Shadows Abound in This Don Carlo
Spain Verdi, Don Carlo: Comunitat Valenciana Orchestra and Chorus / Ramón Tebar (conductor), Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 21.12.2017. (JMI)
Lackluster French Version of Der Zigeunerbaron in Geneva
Switzerland Strauss: Le Baron Tzigane (Der Zigeunerbaron): Soloists, Chorus of the Grand Théâtre Geneva, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Stefan Blunier (conductor), 17.12.2017. (ALL)
Klaus Florian Vogt Is Magnificent in the Deutsche Oper’s Lohengrin
Germany Wagner, Lohengrin: Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin / Axel Kober (conductor), Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 17.12.2017. (JMI)
Outstanding Cast and Brilliant Conducting for Meyerbeer’s Le Prophète at Deutsche Oper
Germany Meyerbeer, Le Prophète: Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin / Enrique Mazzola (conductor), Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 16.12.2017. (JMI)
Far from Vintage Hänsel und Gretel
Germany Humperdinck, Hänsel und Gretel: Soloists, Children’s Chorus of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden (chorus master: Vincenz Weissenburger), Staatskapelle Berlin / Sebastian Weigle (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 11.12.2017. (MB)
Anna Prohaska Shines as Monteverdi’s Poppea
Germany Monteverdi, L’incoronazione di Poppea: Soloists, Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin / Diego Fasolis (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 10.12.2017. (MB)
Love Triumphs in Lyric Opera of Chicago’s New Turandot
United States Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Lyric Opera of Chicago / Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Chicago. 8.12.2017. (JLZ)
