Sweden Verdi Otello at Opera på Skäret. Soloists, Opera på Skäret’s Chorus and Orchestra, Marcello Mottadelli, (conductor). Kopparberg, 26.7.2014 (Premiere I) (GF)
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Bayreuth Festival 2014 (2): Rustic, Russian and Revolutionary Settings for Walküre
Germany Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Bayreuth, 28.4.2014.
Stark Medea From Juventus Lyrica
Argentina Cherubini, Medea: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Juventus Lyrica, Hernán Schvartzman (conductor), Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 18.7.2014. (JSJ)
Circus Falstaff Comes to Läckö
Sweden Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff Soloists, chorus, Läckö Slottsorkester, Simon Phipps (conductor), Läckö Castle, Sweden, 19.07.2014 (NS)
Gender Confusion and Hasty Mating Encounters
United States Francesco Cavalli, La Calisto: Soloists, Thomas C. Hase (conductor), Cincinnati Opera, Corbett Theater, School for the Creative and Performing Arts, Cincinnati, Ohio. 17.7.2014 (RDA)
Photo credit – Philip Groshong
Anja Harteros Saves Tosca from Last Minute Replacement
Germany Puccini: Tosca, Orchestra and Chorus of the Bayerische Staatsoper, Carlo Montanaro (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 18.7.2014 (JMI)
Swedish Opera Given Second Chance and Proves Its Worth
Sweden Unander-Scharin, Tokfursten (The Mad Prince) Soloists, Vattnäs Operakapell. Mattias Böhm (conductor). The Concert Barn, Vattnäs, Dalecarlia, Sweden. 10.7.2014 (premiere) (GF)
Santa Fe Opera’s Triumphant Fidelio
United States Beethoven, Fidelio: Soloists, Harry Bicket (conductor), Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe, New Mexico. 12.7.2014 (RDA)
