United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2017 [2] – Wagner, Die Walküre (in concert): Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Usher Hall, 6.8.2017. (SRT)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
San Sebastian’s Quincena Musical Opens with Fidelio and Stuart Skelton’s Superb Florestan
Spain Beethoven, Fidelio (concert performance): Orfeón Donostiarra, BBC Philharmonic / Juanjo Mena (conductor), Kursaal, San Sebastian, 4.8.2017. (JMI)
Brilliant Madama Butterfly at Opera på Skäret
Sweden Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera på Skäret / Marcello Mottadelli (conductor). Opera på Skäret, Kopparberg, 29.7.2017. (GF)
(c) Andreas Hylthén
A Bollywood Orfeo ed Euridice Showcases Longborough Festival Opera’s Young Artists
United Kingdom Longborough Festival Opera’s Young Artists Production – Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice: Young Artists and Orchestra / Jeremy Silver (conductor). King’s College London’s Greenwood Theatre, London, 4.8.2017. (JPr)
Joyce El-Khoury’s Violetta Heads Strong Cast for a Tremendous Glyndebourne La traviata
United Kingdom 2017 Glyndebourne Festival [3] – Verdi La traviata: Soloists; Glyndebourne Festival Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra / Stefan Soltész. Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes, Sussex, 1.8.2017. (CC)
Robert Carsen’s Grand Der Rosenkavalier Reaches Buenos Aires
Argentina Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra / Alejo Pérez (conductor), Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 25.7.2017. (JSJ)
(c) Máximo Parpagnoli
Festival della Valle d’Itria’s Orlando Furioso: musical and visual magic
Italy Festival della Valle d’Itria [2] – Vivaldi, Orlando Furioso: Soloists and Chorus of the Festival della Valle. I Barocchisti / Diego Fasolis (conductor), Palazzo Ducale, Festival della Valle d’Itria, Martina Franca, Puglia. 31.7.2017. (VV)
Death Haunts Nureyev’s Captivating and Affecting Romeo & Juliet for English National Ballet
United Kingdom Prokofiev, Romeo & Juliet: Dancers of English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gavin Sutherland (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 1.8.2017. (JPr)
