United States Verdi, Don Carlo: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera/James Conlon (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 22.9.2018. (JRo)
(c) Cory Weaver
A Stirring Don Carlo in a Powerful Production at LA Opera
(c) Cory Weaver
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
(c) Cory Weaver
Piotr Beczala Proves to Be an Artistic Heir to Alfredo Kraus in Teatro Real’s Faust
Spain Gounod, Faust: Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra/Dan Ettinger (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 22 & 23.9.2018. (JMI)
The Aesthetics of Insistence: Kosky and Jurowski’s Die Gezeichneten Puts Schreker on a Pedestal
Switzerland Schreker, Die Gezeichneten: Soloists and Chorus of the Oper Zürich, Philharmonia Zürich / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Opernhaus Zürich, Zurich, 23.9.2018. (CCr)
A Tosca of Belly Punching Power from Opera North
United Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Anthony Hermus (conductor), Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds, 22.9.2018. (JL)
Jacqui and David Morris’s New Documentary Film Nureyev Celebrates a Unique Man and Dancer
A Review of the Documentary film Nureyev Released Worldwide in Cinemas on 25 September
**** NUREYEV
Opernhaus Zürich Invests in Younger Listeners with Konrad oder Das Kind aus der Konservenbüchse
Switzerland Gisbert Näther, Konrad oder Das Kind aus der Konservenbüchse: Instrumental-Ensemble of the Opernhaus Zürich / Ann-Katrin Stöcker (conductor), Studiubühne of the Opernhaus Zürich, Zurich, 22.9.2018. (CCr)
Lest We Forget is Back and Akram Khan’s Dust Leads the Charge
United Kingdom Liszt, Cowton, Pook, Lest We Forget: Artists of English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gavin Sutherland (conductor), Sadler’s Wells, London, 20.9.2018. (JPr)
WNO’s Stirring Production of Prokofiev’s Unwieldy Theatrical Epic Rewards Ambition
United Kingdom Prokofiev, War and Peace: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Tomáš Hanus (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 15.9.2018. (GPu)
