Germany Janáček, The Cunning Little Vixen: Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden / Tomas Netopil (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden, 28.2.2017. (JMI)
A Fairy Tale Opera, Staged Here for Adults
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The Met’s Compelling Rusalka Makes an Impact in the Cinema
United States Dvořák, Rusalka: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Metropolitan Opera / Sir Mark Elder (conductor), broadcast to the Odeon Cinema, Chelmsford, Essex, 25.2.2017. (JPr)
A Vividly Sung Salome with Patricia Racette
United States Strauss, Salome: Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / James Conlon (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 25.2.2017. (JRo)
An Outstanding New Production of Billy Budd Graces the Teatro Real Stage
Spain Britten, Billy Budd: Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Real / Ivor Bolton (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 22.2.2017. (JMI)
Turandot in Beijing: Grandeur, Myth and Fantasy with a Surprise Ending
Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, China NCPA Chorus & Orchestra / Lü Jia (conductor). National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing, 17.2.2017. (RP) Cast: Turandot – Lise Lindstrom Emperor Altoum – Liu Naiqi Timur – Haojiang Tian Calaf – Marco Berti Liù – Yao Hong Ping – Liu Songhu Pang – Li Xiang Pong – Wang … Read more
A Dispiriting, Disappointing Premiere … and Not Really Opera Either
Spain Mendoza, La Ciudad de las Mentiras: Orchestra of Teatro Real / Titus Engel (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 20.2.2017. (JMI)
Two Singers Compensate Brilliantly for a Dramatically Flawed Tancredi
United States Rossini, Tancredi: Soloists, Chorus, and Orchestra of Opera Philadelphia / Corrado Rovaris (conductor), Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 19.2.2017. (BJ)
John Adams’s Dense, Earnest Oratorio
United States John Adams: Kelley O’Connor, Tamara Mumford (mezzo-sopranos), Jay Hunter Morris (tenor), Daniel Bubeck, Brian Cummings, Nathan Medley (countertenors), San Francisco Symphony and San Francisco Symphony Chorus / Grant Gershon (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 16.2.2017. (HS)
Magdalene), Tamara Mumford (Martha) and countertenors Daniel Bubeck, Brian Cummings
and Nathan Medley (c) Stefan Cohen