United States Previn: A Streetcar Named Desire: LA Opera, Evan Rogister (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 18.5.14-24.5.14 (JRo)
Lust and Longing in Andre Previn’s Opera, A Streetcar Named Desire
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Why Donizetti Matters
Italy Donizetti, L’elisir d’amore. Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro dell’Opera, Rome. Chorus Master, Roberto Gabbiani. Conductor, Donato Renzetti. 13.05.2014 (JB)
foto-C.M.-Falsini
Wagnerfest! In Buenos Aires
Argentina Wagnerfest!: Buenos Aires Lírica. Carla Filipcic-Holm (soprano), Hernán Iturralde (bass-baritone) and Orchestra of Buenos AiresLírica,Conductor:Pedro-Pablo Prudencio. Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 8.5.2014. (JSJ)
Believable Brotherly Love in Berlin Première of Castor et Pollux
Germany Rameau: Castor et Pollux, Orchestra of Komische Oper Berlin, Chorus of Komische Oper Berlin, Christian Curnyn (conductor), Komische Oper Berlin, 11.5.2014 (SH)
Foto: Iko Freese / drama-berlin.de
A Sung And Danced Barber of Seville
Argentina Rossini, Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Soloists,Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Colón. Conductor:Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 6.5.2014. (JSJ)
Choreographic Opera Dido and Aeneas Makes Waves
Germany Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Vocalconsort Berlin, Christopher Moulds (conductor), Staatsoper im Schiller Theater, Berlin, 8.5.2014
Photo Sebastian Bolesch
Good Ensemble Work in McVicar’s Figaro Revival
United Kingdom Mozart Le nozze di Figaro Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/David Syrus. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 02.05.2014 (CC)
Le Nozze Di Figaro
Photo Credit: ROH/Mark Douet
Opera North’s Never Failing La Bohème
United Kingdom Puccini, La Bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Andrea Delfs (conductor), Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds 29.4.2014 (JL)