United Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Everybody Can! Opera’s Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra / William Conway (conductor). St James’s Church, Piccadilly, 18.1.2019. (TC)
Nadine Benjamin’s Outstanding Tosca Celebrates How Everybody Can!
Opera & Ballet
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Madrid’s Ring Cycle Begins with a Stirring Das Rheingold
Spain Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists and Teatro Real Orchestra / Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 17.1.2019. (JMI)
MacMillan’s Flawed Manon is Redeemed by ENB’s Exhilarating Company Performance
United Kingdom Massenet, Manon (choreography by Sir Kenneth MacMillan): Dancers of English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gavin Sutherland (conductor). London Coliseum. 16.1.2019. (JPr)
Enthusiastic, Sold-out Houses Greet Both Nights of Madama Butterfly at the Liceu
Spain Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Liceu Chorus and Orchestra / Giampaolo Bisanti (conductor), Gran Theatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 15 and 16.1.2019. (JMI)
Stars Align to Enable This Royal Opera Traviata Revival Succeed Like Few Others
United Kingdom Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Antonello Manacorda (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 14.1.2019. (CC)
Bleak Trovatore Boasts an Outstanding Quartet
United States Verdi, Il trovatore: Soloists and Chorus of the Seattle Opera, Seattle Symphony / Carlo Montanaro (conductor), Seattle, Washington, 12.1.2019. (ZC)
A Mother’s Words Lift Dear Erich from the Maudlin and Mundane
United States Rosenthal, Dear Erich: Soloists, New York City Opera Orchestra / Adam Glaser (conductor), National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, New York, 12.1.2019. (RP)
in Ted Rosenthal’s Dear Erich © Sarah Shatz
Stefan Herheim’s Staging of The Queen of Spades Comes to Covent Garden
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades: Soloists, Members of the Tiffin Children’s Chorus and Tiffin Boys’ Choir, Royal Opera Chorus (chorus director: William Spaulding) and Extra Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Opera House, London, 13.1.2019. (MB)
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