United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2018 [4] – Wagner: Hallé / Sir Mark Elder (conductor), Usher Hall, 8.8.2018. (SRT)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
A New Production of The Magic Flute Premieres at the Festival Castell Peralada
Spain Festival Castell Peralada 2018 [2] – Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Liceu Chorus and Orchestra/Josep Pons (conductor), Castle Gardens Auditorium, Peralada, 6.8.2018. (JMI)
This Year’s ‘Wagner für Kinder’ at Bayreuth was Der Ring des Nibelungen
Germany Bayreuth Festival 2018 [6] – ‘Wagner für Kinder’, Der Ring des Nibelungen: Soloists, Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt (Oder) / Azis Sadikovic (conductor), Probebühne IV auf der Parkseite des Festspielgeländes, Bayreuth, 31.7.2018. (JPr)
An Appealing Rinaldo at the Peralada Festival
Spain Festival Castell Peralada 2018 – Handel, Rinaldo (concert version): Vespres D’Arnadí/Dani Espasa (conductor), Iglesia del Carmen, Peralada, 5.8.2018. (JMI)
Teatro Nuovo is Launched with Rossini’s Tancredi
United States Rossini, Tancredi (semi-staged version): Soloists, Jakob Lehmann (primo violino e capo d’orchestra), Teatro Nuovo Chorus and Orchestra/Will Crutchfield (maestro al cembalo), Teatro Nuovo, The Performing Arts Center, Purchase, 3.8.2018. (RP)
Despite a Fussy Staging, a Lot About Théâtre des Champs-Élysées’s Barber Works
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2018 [3] – Rossini, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées’s The Barber of Seville: Soloists, Unikanti, Le Cercle de l’Harmonie / Jérémie Rhorer (conductor). Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 5.8.2018. (SRT)
Gloger’s Bayreuth Der fliegende Holländer Takes to the Seas for the Last Time
Germany Bayreuth Festival 2018 [5] – Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival. / Axel Kober (conductor). Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, 30.7.2018. (JPr)
A Richly Varied Second Day at Itinéraire Baroque 2018
France Baroque Itinéraire 2018 [2]: Baroque en Cercles. Périgord vert, France. 27.7.2018. (CC)
