International Opera – Page 291 – Seen and Heard International

A Listless Otello —How is That Possible?

09/11/201407/11/2014 by Stan

Verdi, Otello: Soloists, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Patrick Summers (conductor), Houston, Texas. 26.10.2014 (AS) Cast: Otello: Simon O’Neill Desdemona: Ailyn Pérez Iago: Marco Vratogna Cassio: Norman Reinhardt Emilia: Victoria Livengood Lodovico: Morris Robinson Roderigo: Kevin Ray Montao: Peixin Chen Production Director: John Cox Sets/Costume designer: Johan Engels Lighting designer: Michael James Clark … Read more

Strauss’ Salome Still Heads Above Contemporary Version

07/11/201405/11/2014 by José Irurzun

Antoine Mariotte: Salome, Wexford Festival Opera Orchestra and Chorus, David Angus (conductor), Wexford Opera House, Ireland, 28.10.2014 (JMI)

Salomé by Antoine Mariotte–Wexford Festival Opera 2014 – photo by Clive Barda_

In Staatsoper Ariadne, Frothy Staging and Uneven Thielemann

07/11/201404/11/2014 by Stan

Austria Austria Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos. Soloists, Christian Thielemann (conductor), Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper. Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna. 21.10.2014 (SS)

Johan Botha (Bacchus). Image: Wiener Staatsoper / Michael Pöhn

Kevin Puts’ Silent Night: Inspired and User-Friendly

07/11/201404/11/2014 by José Irurzun

Kevin Puts: Silent Night, Wexford Festival Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Michael Christie (conductor), Wexford Opera House, Ireland, 27.10.2014 (JMI)

silentnite — Silent Night-Wexford Festival Photo: C. Barta

Fresh and Invigorating Carmen Despite Technical Hitches

30/12/202003/11/2014 by Robert Beattie

United States Bizet, Carmen: The Metropolitan Opera, Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor), Transmitted live to Duke of York Cinema, Brighton, 01.11.2014. (RB)

A Figaro That Could Not Be More Perfect

07/11/201403/11/2014 by Stan

Sweden Sweden Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro: Soloists, chorus, Gothenburg Opera Orchestra, Jane Glover (conductor 27.09.2014), Patrik Ringborg (conductor 31.10.2014) Gothenburg Opera, 27.09.2014/31.10.2014

Figaro Gothenburg1 (1)-500 — Count Almaviva (Thomas Oliemans) and Susanna (Ida Falk Winland) Photo: Mats Bäcker

New Met Carmen: A Mixed Blend

30/12/202003/11/2014 by Rafael De Acha

United States Bizet, Carmen (Met Opera HD Broadcast): Soloists, Metropolitan Opera and Chorus, Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor), New York, NY, 1.11.2014 (RDA)

Giovanni Verga’s Musicianship

07/11/201403/11/2014 by Jack Buckley

Italy Italy Florence. Mascagni, Cavalleria Rusticana. Orchestra and Chorus of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Chorus Master, Lorenzo Fratini. Conductor, Giampaolo Bisanti. Stage Director, Mario Pontiggia. Sets and Costumes, Francesco Zito. Lighting, Gianni Paolo Mirenda. Opera di Firenze 23.10.2014 (JB)

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