Italy Verdi, Un Ballo in Maschera in concert form. Chorus and Orchestra and Children’s Chorus of the Accademia Nazionale of Santa Cecilia. Chorus Master, Ciro Visco. With the State Police Band. Conductor, Sir Antonio Pappano. Sala Santa Cecilia, Parco della Musica, Rome. 08.06.2013 (JB)
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Not Your Father’s Hoffmann
United States Offenbach, Tales of Hoffmann: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of San Francisco Opera, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 5.6.2013 (HS)
Villazón in L’Elisir d’Amore : Love and Admiration
Spain G. Donizetti: L’Elisir d’Amore. Liceu’s Orchestra and Chorus, Daniele Callegari (conductor), Barcelona’s Liceu. 5.6.2013 (JMI)
Il Turco Finally Arrives in Spain
Spain Rossini: Il Turco in Italia, Liceu’s Orchestra and Chorus / Víctor Pablo Pérez (conductor). Barcelona’s Liceu, 4.6.2013. (JMI)
A Well Sung Tosca, Unmoored from History
United States Puccini, Tosca: LA Opera, Placido Domingo (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 18.5.2013-8.6.2013 (JRo)
Wozzeck in Madrid: Better the Last Time
Spain Berg: Wozzeck, Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Sylvain Cambreling (conductor), Madrid Teatro Real, 3.6.2013 (JMI).
Otello: An Authentic Musical Monument, Successfully Performed
Spain G. Verdi, Otello: Comunitat Valenciana’s Orchestra, Chorus Generalitat Valenciana, Zubin Mehta (Conductor), Valencia’s Palau de Les Arts, 1.6.2013 (JMI)
Dresden’s La Cenerentola Enchants and Entertains
Rossini: La Cenerentola: Soloists, Men of the Saxon State Opera Choir, Saxon Staatskapelle Dresden / Henrik Nánási (conductor), Semper Opera House, Dresden, Germany, 23.5.2013. (MC) Cast: Angelina: Anke Vondung Clorinda: Roxana Incontrera Tisbe: Angela Liebold Don Ramiro: Francisco Brito Dandini: Allen Boxer Don Magnifico: Michael Eder Alidoro: Alexander Hajek … Read more