Sweden W.A. Mozart, The Magic Flute: Henrik Schaefer (conductor), Gothenburg Opera 12.5.2012 (NS)
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Seattle Madama Butterfly Shows Hand of Genius
United States Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Seattle Opera, soloists, Julian Kovatchev (conductor), McCaw Hall, Seattle, 5 & 11/5/2012 (BJ)
Gallant Indians, Worth a Trip to Toulouse
France Jean-Philippe Rameau, Les Indes Galantes: Soloists, Les Talens Lyriques, Choeur du Capitole, Christophe Rousset (conductor). Capitole, Toulouse, 6.5.2012 (JMI)
Pamplona Magic Flute Redux
Spain Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Symphony Orchestra of Navarre, Coro Intermezzo, Robert Reimer (conductor), El Baluarte, Pamplona 4.5.2012 (JMI)
Oslo. Tristan. Poppycock!
Norway Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Oslo Opera Orchestra, John Helmer Fiore (conductor), Oslo Opera, 18.3.2012 (JFL)
Grand Forza at Teatro Colón
Argentina Verdi: La Forza del Destino (1869 version): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Colón, Renato Palumbo (conductor), Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 28.4.2012. (JSJ)
Elisabetta Steals the Show in Houston’s “Maria Stuarda”
United States Donizetti, Maria Stuarda: Soloists, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Patrick Summers (Conductor), Houston Grand Opera, Houston, Texas, 29.4.2012 (AS)
Barcelona’s Reasonably Magical Flute
Spain Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Gran Teatre del Liceu, Pablo González (conductor), Liceu, Barcelona, 26.4.2012 (JMI)