Spain Donizetti, Lucrezia Borgia: Comunitat Valenciana Orchestra and Chorus / Fabio Biondi (conductor), Palau de les Arts, Valencia, 26.3.2017. (JMI)
Lucrezia Borgia in a New Production Is Staged for the First Time at the Palau de les Arts
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James Levine Leads a Fine Account of Idomeneo at the Met
United States Mozart – Idomeneo: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / James Levine (conductor). Broadcast live to the Komedia Cinema, Brighton, from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 25.3.2017. (RB)
Tchaikovsky’s Intense Emotions Performed from the Heart
Finland Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin (Jevgenij Onegin): Soloists, Finnish National Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Mikhail Agrest (conductor). Finnish National Opera, Helsinki, 17.3.2017. (GF)
Grigolo, Damrau, and Park Bring Hoffmann’s Tales Vividly to Life
United States Offenbach, The Tales of Hoffmann: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / Plácido Domingo (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 25.3.2017. (JRo)
With Bejun Mehta in the Lead, Rodelinda Might be Retitled ‘Bertarido’
Spain Handel, Rodelinda: Orchestra of Teatro Real / Ivor Bolton (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 24 & 25.3.2017. (JMI)
The Semperoper’s Don Giovanni Marred by Seriously Misguided Musical Direction
Germany Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Sachsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden (chorus master: Cornelius Volke), Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden / Omer Meir Wellber (conductor). Semperoper, Dresden, 20.3.2017. (MB)
Jenůfa in Stockholm Goes Directly to the Heart
Sweden Janáček, Jenufa: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera, Stockholm / Lawrence Renes (conductor). Royal Opera, Stockholm, 18.3.2017 (Premiere). (GF)
The Semperoper’s New Production of Doktor Faust: A True Company Achievement
Germany Busoni, Doktor Faust: Soloists, Dancers, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden (chorus master: Jörn Hinnerk Andresen), Säschsische Staatskapelle Dresden / Tomáš Netopil (conductor). Semperoper, Dresden, 19.3.2017. (MB)
