Germany Bayreuth Festival 2018 [3] – Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Philippe Jordan (conductor), Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, 28.7.2018. (JPr)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
A Winning Don Carlo at Opera på Skäret
Sweden Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlo: Soloists, Opera på Skäret Chorus and Orchestra / Michael Balke (conductor), Opera på Skäret, Kopparberg 28.7.2018. (GF)
Katharina Wagner, Christian Thielemann and Petra Lang Create a Spellbinding Tristan und isolde at Bayreuth
Germany Bayreuth Festival 2018 [2] Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Christian Thielemann (conductor), Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, 27.7.2018. (JPr)
Bychkov’s Intense and Dramatic Bayreuth Parsifal Puts a Stranglehold on the Senses
Germany Bayreuth Festival 2018 [1] -Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, 26.7.2018. (JPr)
A Carmen at Bregenz to Make Your Mother Swoon
Austria Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Children’s choir of Musikmittelschule Bregenz-Stadt, Vienna Symphony Orchestra / Antonino Fogliani (conductor), Bregenz Festival ‘Spiel auf dem See’, Bregenz, 31.7.2018. (CCr)
Kirill Petrenko Conducts an Outstanding Götterdämmerung at the 2018 Munich Opera Festival
Germany Munich Opera Festival 2018 [8] – Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Bayerische Staatsoper Chorus and Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 27.7.2018. (JMI)
Operatic Inspiration from—Yes—Pink Floyd
United States Roger Waters/Julien Bilodeau, Another Brick on the Wall: Soloists, Members of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra / Alain Trudel (conductor), School for Creative and Performing Arts, Corbett Auditorium, Cincinnati, Ohio. 31.7.2018. (RDA)
A Transgender Study Is a Breath of Fresh Air
United States Laura Kaminsky, As One (libretto by Mark Campbell and Kimberly Reed): Soloists, members of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra / Gene Chang (conductor) Wilks Studio, Cincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio. 25.7.2018. (RDA)
