Spain G. Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Orchestra Comunitat Valenciana, Chorus Generalitat Valenciana, Omer Meir Wellber (conductor), Valencia’s Palau de Les Arts, 1.4.2012 (JMI)
International Opera
All opera reviews from sources other that the UK
Mercadante: How Many Figaros are Enough?
Spain Saverio Mercadante, I Due Figaro: Soloists, Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini, Vienna Philharmonia Chorus, Riccardo Muti (conductor), Madrid Teatro Real, 30.3.2012 (JMI)
Trifling with Die Zauberflöte
Italy Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Teatro dell’Opera, Rome, 31.3.2012 (JB)
Mascagni Double Bill Opens Juventus Lyrica’s 2012 Season
Argentina Mascagni, L’amico Fritz, Cavalleria Rusticana: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Juventus Lyrica, Antonio Maria Russo (conductor), Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 23.3.2012. (JSJ)
Handel is Alive and Well at Manchester’s Music Conservatoire
United Kingdom Handel, Xerxes (sung in Italian with surtitles): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Northern College of Music/Roger Hamilton (conductor), Royal Northern College of Music Theatre, Manchester, 22.3.2012 (RJF)
Vancouver’s Barber Survives Transplantation
Canada Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia: Vancouver Opera, soloists, Robert Tweten (conductor), Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia. 17.3.2012 (BJ)
Unintentional Humor in Händel’s “Rinaldo” at Chicago Lyric
United States Händel, Rinaldo: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Harry Bicket (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago. 16.3.2012 (JLZ)
Compelling Das Rheingold Launches Teatro Argentino’s First Ring Cycle
Argentina Wagner: Das Rheingold: Soloists and Orchestra of Teatro Argentino. Conductor: Alejo Pérez, Teatro Argentino, La Plata. 17.3.2012. (JSJ)