Germany Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin / Nikolas Maximilian Nägele (conductor), Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 23.2.2018. (JMI)
A Traditional, Attractive and Enjoyable Magic Flute
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Resolution 2018’s Final Night
United Kingdom Resolution 2018 [2] – B-Hybrid Dance, Yu-Hsien Wu, Gibbon: The Place, London, 23.2.2018. (JO’D)
Opera North’s Revived Don Giovanni Misfires in the Age of #MeToo
United Kingdom Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Christoph Altstaedt (conductor), Leeds Grand Theatre, 21.2.18. (CF)
An Uninspired and Disappointing Roméo et Juliette
Spain Gounod, Roméo et Juliette: Liceu Orchestra and Chorus / Josep Pons (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 22.2.2018. (JMI)
Benjamin’s Contemporary Opera of Uncertain Aim and Reach
United States Benjamin, Written on Skin: Soloists, Orchestra of Opera Philadelphia / Corrado Rovaris (conductor), Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 11.2.2018. (BJ)
UK Première of Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking at the Barbican
United Kingdom Jake Heggie, Dead Man Walking: Soloists, BBC Singers, Singers from Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Finchley Children’s Music Group, BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Mark Wigglesworth (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 20.2.2018. (VV)
A Superb Production of George Benjamin’s Written on Skin
United States Benjamin, Written on Skin: Opera Philadelphia Orchestra / Corrado Rovaris (conductor), Opera Philadelphia, Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 18.2.2018. (RP)
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Gaffigan Makes His Lyric Debut with Così
United States Mozart, Così fan tutte: Lyric Opera of Chicago. Soloists Chorus, Lyric Opera of Chicago / James Gaffigan (conductor), Chicago. 17.2.2018. (JLZ)
