United States Various – Acrobuffos’ Air Play: Broadstage, Santa Monica, California, 24.7.2022. (JRo)
The enchantment of pantomime and aerial ballet: Air Play by Acrobuffos
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Opera Holland Park’s new double-bill of Delius and Puccini operatic rarities proves a great success
United Kingdom Opera Holland Park 2022 [2] – Delius, Margot la Rouge / Puccini, Le Villi: Soloists, Opera Holland Park Chorus (chorus director: Dominic Ellis-Peckham), City of London Sinfonia / Francesco Cilluffo (conductor). Holland Park, London, 23.7.2022. (MB)
Daniel Kramer’s kaleidoscopic, futuristic, dystopian reimagining of Turandot in Geneva
Switzerland Puccini, Turandot: Grand Théâtre de Genève Chorus, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Antonino Fogliani (conductor). Recorded (directed by Jérémie Cuvillier) at Grand Théâtre de Genève, 22.6.2022 and available on OperaVision until 22.1.2023. (JPr)
Berkshire Opera Festival’s Three Decembers sizzles as temperatures soar onstage and off
United States Jake Heggie, Three Decembers: Soloists, Berkshire Opera Festival Orchestra / Christopher James Ray (conductor). Berkshire Opera Festival, PS 21/Pavilion Theater, Chatham, NY, 23.7.2022. (RP)
Marina Rebeka and Sonya Yoncheva both excel as Norma at Barcelona’s Liceu
Spain Bellini, Norma: Chorus and Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu / Domingo Hindoyan (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 22 & 23.7.2022. (JMI)
Teatro Real’s four Nabucco casts and ‘Va, pensiero’ was encored every night
Spain Verdi, Nabucco: Teatro Real Chorus (chorus director: Andrés Máspero), Teatro Real Orchestra / Nicola Luisotti and Sergio Alapont (conductors). Teatro Real, Madrid, 16, 18, 19 & 20.7.2022. (JMI)
Werle’s Tintomara casts a spell at Läckö
Sweden Lars Johan Werle, Tintomara: Soloists and ensemble of Läckö Slottsopera, Läckö Chamber Orchestra / Simon Kim Phipps (conductor). Läckö Castle courtyard, 13.7.2022. (NS)
A ghostly dance set to Bernard Hermann’s Psycho score and a Twyla Tharp ballet celebrating New Orleans
United States Various: Artists of the Pacific Northwest Ballet and Orchestra / Emil de Cou and Josh Archibald-Seiffer (conductors). Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 17.7.2022. (JRo)
