Switzerland Bellini: Norma: Soloists, Chorus of Radiotelevisione Svizzera Italiana Lugano, Orchestra La Scintilla, conductor: Giovanni Antonini, Zurich Opera, Zurich 18.10.2015. (JR)
Bartoli Brings Norma from Salzburg to Zurich
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Static Staging but Plenty of Musical Tension in the Met’s New Otello
United States Verdi, Otello: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Broadcast to the Empire Cinema, Basildon, Essex, 17.10.2015. (JPr)
Macbeth In The Congo In Buenos Aires
Brazil Fabrizio Cassol and Verdi, Macbeth: Soloists and Orchestra. Conductor: Premil Petrovic, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 4.10.2015. (JSJ)
Not a Trovatore for the Ages
India The Met: Live in HD – Verdi, Il Trovatore: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Pre-recorded performance-screening, Godrej Dance Academy Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai, India. 15.10.2015. (JSM)
An Impressive Production of a Rarely Heard Meyerbeer Opera
United Kingdom Meyerbeer: Vasco da Gama, Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra and Chorus, Enrique Mazzola (Conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 11.10.2015 (JMI)
Cenerentola in Chicago: Exquisite Vocal Work in Rossini’s Classic Fairy Tale
United States Rossini, Cenerentola: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago. 10.10.2015 (JLZ)
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Lovely Singing Rescues Strangely Unexciting Lucia
United States Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera, Nicola Luisotti (conductor), War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 10.10.2015 (HS)
In Berlin an Impressive Production of a Rarely Heard Meyerbeer Opera
Germany Meyerbeer, Vasco da Gama: Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra and Chorus / Enrique Mazzola (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 11.10.2015. (JMI)