Germany Mozart, Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus / Ivor Bolton (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 12.1.2018. (JMI)
This Abduction from the Seraglio Features Some Fine Singing but No ‘Spiel’
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
A Rewarding Performance of Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse by the ROH
United Kingdom Monteverdi, Il ritorno d’Ulysse in patria: Cast, The Return of Ulysses Community Ensemble, Thurrock Community Chorus, Orchestra of the Early Opera Company / Christian Curnyn (conductor), Roundhouse, London, 10.1.2018. (CC)
A Bel Canto Feast: Poliuto at the Liceu
Spain Donizetti, Poliuto (concert version): Liceu Orchestra and Chorus / Daniele Callegari (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 10.1.2018. (JMI)
A Revival of the Liceu’s Well-Known L’elisir Has Its Ups and Downs
Spain Donizetti, L’elisir d’amore: Liceu Chorus and Orchestra / Ramón Tebar (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 9.1.2018. (JMI)
English National Ballet Bring Song of the Earth and La Sylphide to the London Coliseum
United Kingdom Mahler and Herman Severin Løvenskiold, English National Ballet’s Song of the Earth/La Sylphide: Dancers of English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gavin Sutherland (conductor), London Coliseum, London, 9.1.2018. (JPr)
An Ugly, Lovely, Opera: Salome Returns to Covent Garden
United Kingdom Strauss, Salome: Soloists and Orchestra of Royal Opera / Henrik Nánási (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 8.1.2018. (JPr)
Solo and Ensemble Excellence in Deutsche Oper’s La bohème
Germany Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Children’s Chorus (chorus master: Christian Lindhorst) and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper (chorus master: Thomas Richter), Berlin, Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin / Nicholas Carter (conductor). Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 29.12.2017. (MB)
Teatro Real’s New La bohème – Sometimes Appealing, but Short on Emotion
Spain Puccini, La bohème: Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Real / Paolo Carignani (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 19 & 20.12.2017. (JMI)
