United States Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Soloists, Orchestra of the Lyric Opera of Chicago / Enrique Mazzola (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago. 15.10.2016. (JLZ)
A Romantic Lucia at Lyric Opera of Chicago
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Stellar Cast Turns Don Pasquale Into Ear Candy
United States Donizetti, Don Pasquale: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of San Francisco Opera, Giuseppe Finzi (conductor), War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 12.10.2016. (HS)
and Maurizio Muraro (Don Pasquale) © Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera
Deborah Hay’s Figure a Sea Creates a Space for Reflection
United States Deborah Hay, Figure a Sea: Guests and Artists of the Cullberg Ballet, Freud Playhouse UCLA, Los Angeles, 16.10.2016. (JRo)
A Nicely Sung Così fan tutte but an Unsatisfactory Staging
Germany Mozart, Così fan tutte: Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper / Donald Runnicles (conductor), Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 14.10.2016. (JMI)
A Somewhat Uneven but Generally Pleasing Orfeo ed Euridice in Berlin
Germany Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Staatskapelle Berlin and Staatsopernchor/Alessandro de Marchi (conductor), Schiller Theatre, Berlin, 13.10.2016. (JMI)
Macbeth In Red And Black At Teatro Colón
Argentina Verdi, Macbeth: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra. Conductor: Stefano Ranzani, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 4.10.2016. (JSJ)
(c) Arnaldo Colombaroli
The Magic of Der Freischütz Competes with a Director’s Nervous Tic
Switzerland Weber, Der Freischütz: Soloists, Philharmonia Zurich/Marc Albrecht (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich. 9.10.2016. (RP)
An Often Rewarding Macbeth Opens the Liceu Opera Season
Spain Verdi, Macbeth: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu / Giampaolo Bisanti (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 10 & 11.10.2016. (JMI)
