Germany R. Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Bavarian State Orchestra, Kent Nagano (conductor), Bavarian State Orchestra, 11.7.2012 (JMI)
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Munich’s Der Ring des Nibelungen: Das Rheingold
Germany R. Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists, Bavarian State Orchestra, Kent Nagano (conductor), Bavarian State Orchestra, National Theater, Munich, 10.7.2012. (JMI)
The Cocooned Cadaver: Kriegenburg’s Walküre
Germany R. Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Kent Nagano (conductor), Bavarian State Orchestra, National Theater, Munich, 11.7.2012 (JFL)
Retro-USA Clichés Weaken Staatsoper Berlin’s Rake
Germany Stravinsky, The Rake’s Progress: Soloists, Staatsopernchor, Staatskapelle Berlin /Johannes Debus (conductor), Schillertheater, Berlin, 11.7.2012. (SF)
Lorca Amplified, Mumbled
Spain O. Golijov, Ainadamar: Soloists, Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Coro Intermezzo, Alejo Pérez (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 8.7.2012 (JMI)
Mischief in the Shadows – Britten’s Dream in Rome
Italy Benjamin Britten, A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Rome Opera / James Conlon (conductor), premiere on 19.6.2012 (JB)
Crates and Brides: Le Nozze di Laffargue
France W.A.Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Orchestre Bordeaux Aquitaine, Choeur Opera National de Bordeaux, Mikhail Tatarnikov (conductor), Grand Théâtre, Bordeaux, 23.6.2012 (JMI)
Recycling Bordeaux’s Hateful Don Giovanni
France W.A.Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Choeur de l’Opera National de Bordeaux, Mikhail Tatarnikov (conductor), Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux, 22.6.2012 (JMI)