Spain Donizetti, La favorite: Liceu Chorus and Orchestra / Patrick Summers (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 11 & 13.7.2018. (JMI)
The Liceu Opera Season Comes to a Close with Donizetti’s La favorite
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Alan Privett’s Production of Ariadne is Another Huge Longborough Success
United Kingdom Longborough Festival Opera 2018 [2] – Richard Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos: Soloists and Orchestra of Longborough Festival Opera / Anthony Negus (conductor), Longborough, 13.7.2018. (CP)
Sonya Yoncheva is Outstanding in her Debut as Imogene in Il pirata
Italy Bellini, Il pirata: Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus / Riccardo Frizza (conductor), Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 12.7.2018. (JMI)
Buxton’s Singers Take Up the Challenge of the Considerable Demands of Idomeneo
United Kingdom 2018 Buxton International Festival [2] – Mozart, Idomeneo: Soloists, Buxton Festival Chorus, Northern Chamber Orchestra / Nicholas Kok (conductor). Opera House, Buxton, 8.7.2018. (RJF)
Cecilia Violetta López Is Irresistible in Opera Saratoga’s The Merry Widow
United States 2018 Opera Saratoga Summer Festival [3] – Lehár, The Merry Widow: Soloists and The Opera Saratoga Orchestra and Chorus / Anthony Barrese (conductor), Opera Saratoga, The Spa Little Theater, Saratoga Springs, 8.7.2018. (RP)
Buxton’s Brave Effort to Stage British Premiere of Verdi’s 1846 Alzira
United Kingdom 2018 Buxton International Festival – Verdi’s Alzira: Soloists, Buxton Festival Chorus, Northern Chamber Orchestra / Stephen Barlow (conductor). Opera House, Buxton, 7.7.2018. (RJF)
To This We’ve Come – Opera Saratoga Unleashes the Power of The Consul
United States 2018 Opera Saratoga Summer Festival [2] – Menotti, The Consul: Soloists and The Opera Saratoga Orchestra / Andrew Bisantz (conductor), Opera Saratoga, The Spa Little Theater, Saratoga Springs, 7.7.2018. (RP)
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Go to Covent Garden and be Reminded of Verdi’s Genius; and See Terfel’s Remarkable Falstaff
United Kingdom Verdi, Falstaff: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Nicola Luisotti (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 7.7.2018. (CC)
