Switzerland Verdi, La forza del destino: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Fabio Luisi (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich 27.5.2018. (JR)
Misfortune Strikes Yet Again for La forza del destino in Zurich
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
A Janáček Rarity – Time Traveling with Mr. Brouček
Czech Republic Janáček, The Excursions of Mr. Brouček: Soloists, National Theatre Ballet, Chorus and Orchestra / Jaroslav Kyzlink (conductor), The National Theatre, Prague, 20.5.2018. (RP)
Kurt Weill Comes Back to Teatro Real
Spain Weill, Street Scene: Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra / Tim Murray (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 27.5.2018. (JMI)
Matthew Aucoin’s Moving Civil War Opera, Crossing
United States Aucoin, Crossing (concert performance): Soloists and Ensemble of LA Opera, LA Opera Orchestra / Matthew Aucoin (conductor), Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, 26.5.2018. (JRo)
is inspired by poet Walt Whitman’s experience working in military hospitals during the Civil War.
Exciting New Keith Warner Production of Magnificent, if Flawed, Verdi Masterpiece
Germany Verdi, La forza del destino: Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Sinfoniechor Dresden, Extrachor der Sächsischen Staatsoper Dresden, Herren der komparserie, Sächsischer Staatskapelle Dresden / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden, 19.5.2018. (MC)
Calaf, Liù and Timur are Time Travellers in Zurich Opera’s Turandot
Switzerland Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Giampaolo Bisanto (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich 25.5.2018. (JR)
© Judith Schlosser
At the Last Minute Rambert’s Life is a Dream Captures the Sense of Life-as-illusion
United Kingdom Rambert, Life is a Dream: Sadler’s Wells, London, 23.5.2018. (JO’D)
After Nearly Thirty Years Mielitz’s Fidelio Still Looks Contemporary and Fresh
Germany Beethoven, Fidelio: Soloists, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Sinfoniechor Dresden, Extrachor der Sächsischen Staatsoper Dresden, Sächsischer Staatskapelle Dresden / Ádám Fischer (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden, 17.5.2018. (MC)
