Argentina Donizetti, Don Pasquale: Soloists and Orchestra of Teatro Colón / Srba Dinic (conductor), Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 1.10.2019. (JSJ)
Buenos Aires new Teatro Colón Don Pasquale doesn’t quite take off
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
The beautiful Emilio Sagi staging of Le nozze di Figaro opens the opera season in Valencia
Spain Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Generalitat Valenciana Chorus, Comunitat Valenciana Orchestra / Christopher Moulds (conductor), Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 6.10.2019. (JMI)
Much to ponder in the new production of Tristan und Isolde in Leipzig
Germany Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Leipzig Opera Chorus (chorus director: Thomas Eitler-de Lint), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Ulf Schirmer (conductor). Leipzig Opera House, Leipzig, 5.10.2019. (MB)
Delightful, effervescent and so much fun: The Love for Three Oranges in Philadelphia
United States Festival O19 [3] – Prokofiev, The Love for Three Oranges: Soloists, Opera Philadelphia Chorus & Orchestra / Corrado Rovaris (conductor), Opera Philadelphia, Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 29.9.2019. (RP)
© Kelly & Massa
Nicolai’s best-known opera finely sung and played in Berlin
Germany Nicolai, Die lustige Weiben von Windsor: Soloists, Staatsopernchor Berlin (chorus master: Martin Wright), Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 3.10.2019. (MB)
Rossini’s Barber opens a new season at Lyric Opera of Chicago
United States Rossini, The Barber of Seville: Soloists, Orchestra, Lyric Opera of Chicago / Sir Andrew Davis (conductor). Civic Opera House, Chicago. 28.9.2019. (JLZ)
in The Barber of Seville (c) Todd Rosenberg
Sakari Oramo reveals the gorgeous colours of William Alwyn’s Miss Julie
United Kingdom Alwyn, Miss Julie: Soloists, BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (conductor), Kenneth Richardson (director), Barbican Hall, London, 3.10.2019. (CS)
‘Viva Verdi!’ – Plácido Domingo’s 50th Anniversary Gala at Arena di Verona
Italy Verdi, Plácido Domingo 50th Anniversary Gala at the Arena di Verona: Plácido Domingo (baritone) and soloists, Ballet, Chorus and Orchestra of Arena di Verona / Jordi Bernàcer (conductor). Recorded on 4th August and shown at Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 1.10.2019 (JPr)
