Russian Federation Wagner: Die Walküre, Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Mariinsky II, St. Petersburg, 5.3.2015 (JMI)
International Opera
All opera reviews from sources other that the UK
A Perceptive and Witty Ariadne auf Naxos
United States Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos: Soloists, Curtis Opera Theatre and Opera Philadelphia, Chas Rader-Schieber (director), David Zinn (set designer), Jacob A. Climer (costume designer), Mike Inwood (lighting designer), Curtis Symphony Orchestra, George Manahan (conductor), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 8.3.2015 (BJ)
Gergiev Conducts Wagner in St. Petersburg
Russian Federation Wagner: Das Rheingold, Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Mariinsky II, St. Petersburg, 4.3.2015 (JMI)
Interesting Production of New Opera Based on Lorca Play
Spain Mauricio Sotelo: El Público, Klangforum Wien, Teatro Real Chorus, Pablo Heras Casado (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 1.3.2015 (JMI)
Handel’s Semele in Chinese Temple Built 450 Years Ago, Watch Out for Donkeys and Dragons.
Handel: Semele, Canadian Opera Company, Christopher Moulds (conductor), Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York, 4.3.2015 (SM)
Photo Credit: Jack Vartoogian/Frontrowphotos
Formidable Conductor, Kirill Petrenko, Even Better in Die Walküre
Germany Wagner: Die Walküre, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 28.2.2015 (JMI)
An Infectiously Joyful Barber of Seville
United States Rossini: The Barber of Seville, LA Opera, James Conlon (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 28.2.2015- 22.3.2015 (JRo)
Triumphant Reception Ends Das Rheingold
Germany Wagner: Das Rheingold, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 27.2.2015 (JMI)
