United States Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago / Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Chicago, IL. 5.11.2017. (JLZ)
Pountney’s Lyric Opera Die Walküre Exceeds Expectations
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Les Arts Florissants’ Chaste, Glorious Beauties Lost at Disney Hall
United States Charpentier, Purcell: Laureates of Le Jardin des Voix, Les Arts Florissants / William Christie (harpsichord and conductor), Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, 7.11.2017. (LV)
Kentish Opera’s La belle Hélène brings Autumnal Joy
United Kingdom Jacques Offenbach, La belle Hélène (in English): Soloists, Kentish Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Robyn Sevastos (conductor), The Stag Theatre, Sevenoaks, 29.10.2017 (MH)
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Barton’s ‘La Favorita del Re’ Proves the Favorite of Teatro Real’s Audience as Well
Spain Donizetti, La favorite (concert version): Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Real / Daniel Oren (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 6.11.2017. (JMI)
A Musically Convincing Les Troyens, but a Very Unsatisfactory Production
Germany Berlioz, Les Troyens: Staatskapelle and Staatsoperchor Dresden / John Fiore (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden, 3.11.2017. (JMI)
A Moving Still Life is the Culmination of BRB’s Triple Bill at Sadler’s Wells
United Kingdom Birmingham Royal Ballet – Arcadia; Le Baiser de la fée; ‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café: Dancers of Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Paul Murphy (conductor), Sadler’s Wells, London, 3.11.2017. (J.O’D)
A Visually Enchanting Abduction from the Seraglio
Germany Mozart, Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Staatskapelle and Staatsoperchor Dresden / Christopher Moulds (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden, 2.11.2017. (JMI)
An Evening with L.A. Dance Project
United States Various composers: Benjamin Millepied & Noé Soulier (choreographers), Dancers of L.A. Dance Project, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, 2.11.2017. (JRo)
