Switzerland Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov: Soloists, Chorus of Grand Théâtre de Genève, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Paolo Arrivabeni (conductor). Grand Theâtre des Nations, 10.11.2018. (ALL)
Intimate and Efficient Boris Godunov in Geneva
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
A Fine Met Performance of Nico Muhly’s Rather Uneven Marnie
United States Nico Muhly, Marnie: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera New York / Robert Spano (Conductor). Broadcast live to the Dundonald Omniplex Cinema, Belfast, from the Metropolitan Opera in New York, 10.11.2018. (RB)
Solid Singing in Dutch Touring Opera’s Timid Tosca
Netherlands Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Consensus Vocalis, Het Orkest van het Oosten / David Parry (conductor), Nederlandse Reisopera, Stadstheater Arnhem, 8.11.2018. (SS)
Schager Disappoints but Petra Lang is Wicked in Homoki’s Lohengrin Revival
Austria Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Choir and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera / Simone Young (conductor). Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, 7.11.2018. (JPr)
(c) Wiener Staatsoper/Michael Poehn
A Dramatic and Musically Triumphant Mad Scene is a Highlight of ENO’s Lucia Revival
United Kingdom Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of English National Opera / Stuart Stratford (conductor). London Coliseum, 9.11.2018. (CC)
Primeiro Bailarino Shows Thiago Soares Striving to be Better Than Himself
United Kingdom Primeiro Bailarino (Principal Dancer): Regent Street Cinema, London, 7.11.2018. (JO’D)
Carefully Chosen Singers are the Highlight of GSMD’s Così
United Kingdom Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists, Guildhall School of Music and Drama Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Dominic Wheeler (conductor). Silk Street Theatre, London, 5.11.2018. (CC)
A Theatrical Coup Hoping for a Political One: Serebrennikov’s Così
Switzerland Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists and Chorus of the Opernhaus Zürich, Philharmonia Zürich / Cornelius Meister (conductor), Opernhaus Zürich, Zurich, 4.11.2018. (CCr)
