United States Gregory Spears, Fellow Travelers: Soloists, Chorus, Lyric Opera of Chicago / Daniela Candillari (conductor), Athenaeum Theater, Chicago. 17.3.2018. (JLZ)
Fellow Travelers Dramatizes the McCarthy Era
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Fine Singing and a Staging that Could Hardly be Bettered at the RNCM
United Kingdom Humperdinck, Hansel and Gretel: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Royal Northern College of Music / Anthony Kraus (conductor). RNCM Opera Theatre. 17.3.2018. (RJF)
Mid-Wales Opera’s Attractive and Intimate Eugene Onegin
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists and Ensemble Cymru / Jonathan Lyness (conductor), Riverfront Theatre, Newport, 16.3.2018. (GPu)
In their Year of Change Ballet Black’s Barbican Performances Hold the Attention
United Kingdom Ballet Black – The Suit and A Dream Within A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Barbican Theatre, London, 16.3.2018. (JO’D)
(c) Bill Cooper
Making the Case for Bernstein’s A Quiet Place
United States Bernstein, A Quiet Place: Soloists, Curtis Symphony Orchestra / Corrado Rovaris (conductor), Curtis Opera Theatre at the Perelman, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 9.3.2018. (RP)
Daniel Kramer’s La traviata for English National Opera Disappoints
United Kingdom Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Leo McFall (conductor), 16.3.2018. (JPr)
A Superb Ariodante from the Incomparable William Christie and Les Arts Florissants
Spain Handel, Ariodante (concert performance): Les Arts Florissants / William Christie (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 14.3.2018. (JMI)
Opera North’s First Production of a Verdi Masterpiece Disappoints
United Kingdom Verdi, Un ballo in maschera: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Richard Farnes (conductor), The Lowry, Salford Quays, 10.3.2018. (RJF)
