Spain. Hindemith Cardillac Soloists, Estonian National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Vello Pähn (conductor). Estonian National Opera, Tallinn 14.5.2015. Premiere (GF)
International Opera
All opera reviews from sources other that the UK
A Sometimes Confusing Yet Often Rewarding Norma
France Bellini: Norma, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Choeur de l’Opéra National de Bordeaux, John Fiore (conductor), Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux, 25.5.2015 (JMI)
A Superb Reading of Prokofiev in Toulouse
France Prokofiev: Betrothal in a Monastery, Capitole Orchestra and Chorus, Tugan Sokhiev (conductor), Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse, 24.5.2015 (JMI)
Having a Ball: Rossini’s La Cenerentola Returns to Gothenburg
Sweden Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola Soloists, Gothenburg Opera Orchestra and male chorus, dancers, Giancarlo Andretta (conductor), Gothenburg Opera main stage, 14.5.2015 (NS)
An Excellent Nabucco Closes the Valencia Season
Spain Verdi: Nabucco, Comunitat Valenciana Orchestra and Chorus, Ramón Tebar (conductor), Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 14.5.2015 (JMI)
Photo Tato Baeza
Excellent Singing in Freyer’s Preposterous Die Zauberflöte
Germany Mozart, Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute): Soloists, Staatsopernchor, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden / Jonathan Darlington (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden, 23.5.2015. (MC)
Glyndebourne Presents a Rare Donizetti Opera
United Kingdom Donizetti: Poliuto Soloists; Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra/ Enrique Mazzola (conductor), Glyndebourne Festival, 21.5. 2015 (RB)
High Quality Production of Der Freischütz at Dresden
United Kingdom Weber, Der Freischütz (The Freeshooter): Soloists, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden/Peter Schneider, (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden, Germany, 19.5.2015. (MC)
