Switzerland Verdi, Otello: Soloists and Chorus of Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Marco Armiliato (conductor), Zurich Opera, 5.3.2017 (JR)
The Peoples’ Performance of Otello in Zurich Packs a Punch
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
An Artist for the History Books: Plácido Domingo in Thais
Spain Massenet, Thaïs: Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu / Patrick Fournillier (conductor). Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 4.3.2017. (JMI)
The ‘1927’ Theatre Group’s Stimulating Stravinsky/Ravel Double-Bill in Berlin
Germany Stravinsky, Petrushka, and Ravel, L’Enfant et les sortilèges: Soloists, Vocalconsort Berlin (chorus master: Andrew Crooks), Children’s Choir (chorus mistress: Dagmar Fiebach) and Orchestra of the Komische Oper, Berlin / Markus Poschner (conductor). Komische Oper, Berlin, 2.3.2017. (MB)
OperaHerts’ Tosca Brings ‘Opera on the Grandest Scale’ to Clarendon Muse
United Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, OperaHerts Chorus, Choirs of Watford Grammar School for Boys and James Rich (percussion) were directed from the piano by Phillip Thomas. Clarendon Muse, Watford, Hertfordshire. 4.3.2017. (JPr)
An Entertaining Provocation: Francesconi’s Quartett Arrives at the Liceu
Spain Francesconi, Quartett: Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu / Peter Rundel (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 3.3.2017. (JMI)
A Very Different ‘Tristan’ Provides Real, if Un-Wagnerian Pleasures: WNO’s Le Vin herbé
United Kingdom Frank Martin, Le Vin herbé: (Company Production Premiere) Soloists, Chorus and Musicians of Welsh National Opera / James Southall (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 16.2.2017. (GPu)
A Magnificent Otello from Christian Thielemann and the Dresden Staatskapelle
Germany Verdi, Otello: Staatskapelle Dresden, Chorus of Dresden State Opera / Christian Thielemann (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden, 1.3.2017. (JMI)
A Fairy Tale Opera, Staged Here for Adults
Germany Janáček, The Cunning Little Vixen: Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden / Tomas Netopil (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden, 28.2.2017. (JMI)
