United Kingdom Richard Strauss, Capriccio: Soloists, Garsington Opera Orchestra / Douglas Boyd (conductor) Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 3.6.2018. (CR)
Garsington Gives Stimulating Performance of Strauss’s Capriccio
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Garsington’s Die Zauberflöte is More Rewarding Vocally than Theatrically
United Kingdom Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Garsington Opera Chorus & Orchestra / Christian Curnyn (conductor), Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 2.6.2018. (CR)
BODYTRAFFIC Premieres Matthew Neenan’s Engaging A Million Voices
United States Various Composers and Choreographers: Dancers of BODYTRAFFIC, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, 1.6.2018. (JRo)
A Tosca of High Artistry and Overwhelming Conviction
United States Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Philadelphia Symphonic Choir (director: Joe Miller), Philadelphia Boys Choir (artistic director: Jeffrey R. Smith), Philadelphia Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 19.5.2018. (BJ)
Bayreuth’s 1967 Lohengrin Recreated by the Prague National Opera
Czech Republic Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, National Theatre Chorus and Orchestra / Constantin Trinks (conductor), The National Theatre, Prague. 27.5.2018. (RP)
The Show Must Go On. Pop-Up Opera Successfully Surmount a Real-Life Theft
United Kingdom Mozart, Der Schauspieldirektor and Bastien und Bastienne: Soloists of Pop-Up Opera, Paul McKenzie (piano). St Mary’s Church, Islington, London, 30.5.2018. (MB)
A Supersized Faust with a Magnificent Marguerite
Czech Republic Gounod, Faust: Soloists, National Theatre Brno Ballet, Chorus and Orchestra/Marko Ivanović (conductor), Brno Exhibition Centre – Pavilion P, Brno, 26.5.2018. (RP)
Zimmermann’s Die Soldaten Triumphs in Its Spanish Premiere
Spain Zimmermann, Die Soldaten: Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra / Pablo Heras Casado (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 28.5.2018. (JMI)
