United States Monteverdi, L’Orfeo: Soloists, Apollo’s Singers, Apollo’s Fire/Jeannette Sorrell (conductor), Kulas Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland, Ohio, 13.4.2018. (MSJ)
Reconstructed Monteverdi Brings Humanity to a Venerable Myth
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Yoncheva, Beczała and Ageless Domingo Headline a Memorable Luisa Miller from the Met
United States Verdi, Luisa Miller: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Bertrand de Billy (conductor), Met Live in HD broadcast to the Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 14.4.2018. (JPr)
Better Late Than Never: Britten’s Gloriana Makes an Impressive Madrid Debut
Spain Britten, Gloriana: Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra / Ivor Bolton (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 12 & 13.4.2018. (JMI)
English National Ballet’s Voices of America is Another Remarkable Company Achievement
United Kingdom English National Ballet’s Voices of America (choreography by Azure Barton, William Forsythe and Jerome Robbins): Dancers of English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gavin Sutherland (conductor). Sadler’s Wells, London, 12.4.2018. (JPr)
The Royal Opera Scintillates in Shostakovich’s Raw Lady Macbeth
United Kingdom Shostakovich, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (original version, 1934): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 12.4.2018. (CC)
David Hare’s Glyndebourne Origin Story Fails to Hit any High Notes
United Kingdom David Hare, The Moderate Soprano: Duke of York’s Theatre, London, 11.4.2018. (JPr)
Scotland – England 1:1, Zurich’s New Maria Stuarda
Switzerland Donizetti, Maria Stuarda: Philharmonia Zurich / Enrique Mazzola (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich 8.4.2018. (JR)
Vienna State Opera’s Parsifal: Vacuous Production but Strong Musical Performances
Austria Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Children of the Vienna State Opera Opera School, Chorus (chorus master: Martin Schebesta) and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera / Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Vienna State Opera, 5.4.2018. (MB)
