United Kingdom Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Martin Pickard (conductor). The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays. 6.3.2018. (RJF)
Period Productions with Superb Singing and Acting Like This Butterfly are Rare
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Ballet British Columbia’s Triple Bill of Work by Female Choreographers
United Kingdom Ballet British Columbia (choreography by Emily Molnar, Crystal Pite, Sharon Eyal): Sadler’s Wells, London, 6.3.2018. (JO’D)
Berlioz Meets Shakespeare in an Ideal Hybrid
United States Berlioz, Beatrice and Benedict: Soloists and Chorus of Seattle Opera, Seattle Symphony / Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Seattle, Washington, 3.3.2018. (ZC)
Having Your Midsummer Night’s Dream and Eating It
United Kingdom Britten, A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Soloists, Trinity Boys Choir, Royal College of Music Opera Orchestra / Michael Rosewell (conductor). Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music London. 5.3.2018. (JB)
Newbury and His Colleagues Deliver a Riveting Faust
United States Gounod, Faust: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Lyric Opera of Chicago / Emmanuel Villaume (conductor), Chicago. 3.3.2018. (JLZ)
Two Delightful Evenings with English Touring Opera
United Kingdom Puccini – Il tabarro and Gianni Schicchi, and Mozart – Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Orchestra of English Touring Opera / Michael Rosewell and Christopher Stark (conductors). Hackney Empire Theatre, London, 2 and 3.3 2018. (MB)
© Jane Hobson.
Some Pleasing Voices in an Otherwise Unmemorable Staging of Rigoletto
Germany Verdi, Rigoletto: Frankfurter Opern- und Museumorchester, Oper Frankfurt Chorus / Simone di Felice (conductor), Opernhaus, Frankfurt, 4.3.2018. (JMI)
New Heinz Holliger Opera Not For The Faint-Hearted
Switzerland Heinz Holliger, Lunea: Soloists, Basler Madrigalisten, Philharmonia Zurich / Heinz Holliger (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich. 4.3.2018. (JR)
