Germany Verdi, Rigoletto: Frankfurter Opern- und Museumorchester, Oper Frankfurt Chorus / Simone di Felice (conductor), Opernhaus, Frankfurt, 4.3.2018. (JMI)
Some Pleasing Voices in an Otherwise Unmemorable Staging of Rigoletto
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
New Heinz Holliger Opera Not For The Faint-Hearted
Switzerland Heinz Holliger, Lunea: Soloists, Basler Madrigalisten, Philharmonia Zurich / Heinz Holliger (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich. 4.3.2018. (JR)
A Convincing Performance of Weinberg’s Remarkable, Intense Opera, Die Passagierin
Germany Weinberg, Die Passagierin (The Passenger): Frankfurter Opern- und Museumorchester, Oper Frankfurt Chorus / Leo Hussain (conductor), Opernhaus, Frankfurt, 3.3.2018. (JMI)
ENO’s Excellent Company Performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
United Kingdom Britten, A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Soloists, Trinity Boys’ Choir (choirmaster: David Swinson), Orchestra of the English National Opera / Alexander Soddy (conductor). London Coliseum, 1.3.2018. (MB)
Distinct Lack of Magic in Zurich’s Latest Parsifal Revival
Switzerland Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Simone Young (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich 3.3.2018. (JR)
Scottish Opera and Cast Triumph with Jonathan Dove’s Flight
United Kingdom Jonathan Dove, Flight: Scottish Opera / Stuart Stratford (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 3.3.2018. (SRT)
A Night Among the Stars
United States Norman, A Trip to the Moon & Holst, The Planets: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, Hoover Street Elementary Chorus, Members of Youth Orchestra Los Angeles / Teddy Abrams (conductor). Disney Hall, Los Angeles, 2.3.2018. (JRo)
An Often Entertaining New Production of L’Africaine at Oper Frankfurt
Germany Meyerbeer, L’Africaine: Soloists, Oper Frankfurt Chorus, Frankfurter Opern- und Museumorchester, / Antonello Manacorda (conductor). Opernhaus, Frankfurt, 2.3.2018. (JMI)
