Spain Puccini, Turandot: Liceu Orchestra, Coro Intermezzo, Gianpaolo Bisanti (conductor), Castle Gardens Auditorium, Peralada, 6.8.2016. (JMI)
The Peralada Festival Continues with a New Production of Turandot
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Plenty of Flames – but no Real Fire – from the Bolshoi Ballet
United Kingdom Boris Asafiev, The Flames of Paris: Soloists and Artists of the Bolshoi Ballet, Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre / Pavel Sorokin (conductor), Royal Opera House, London, 6.8.2016. (JPr)
RPO under Dutoit Play Dvořák and Bartók Superbly
United Kingdom Prom 25 – Dvořák and Bartók: Alban Gerhardt (cello), Idikó Komlósi (mezzo-soprano), John Relyea (bass), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 3.8.2016. (AS)
Remarkable Production of Tchaikovsky’s Queen of Spades
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades (sung in Russian): Soloists, Holland Park Opera Chorus; City of London Sinfonia/Peter Robinson. Opera Holland Park, Kensington, London, 2.8.2016. (CC)
A Flying Dutchman not to be missed
Sweden Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Soloists, Opera på Skäret Chorus, Swedish Chamber Orchestra / Michael Balke (conductor). Opera på Skäret, Kopparberg, Sweden, 30.7.2016. (GF)
(c) Andreas Hylthén.
Kommilitonen! A stirring triumph for WNO Youth Opera
United Kingdom Maxwell Davies, Kommilitonen! (Young Blood!): (Production Premiere) Soloists, Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Orchestra of WNO Youth Opera / Alice Farnham (conductor), Memo Arts Centre, Barry, South Wales. 27.7.2016. (GPu)
A brooding Alcina at Longborough
United Kingdom Handel, Alcina: Longborough Festival Opera / Jeremy Silver (conductor) Longborough, 30.7.2016. (RJ)
A New Vision of Stravinsky’s Firebird
United States Firebird: Reimagined: Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Handspring Puppet Company, Nolan Williams, Jr. (festival artistic director), Andrew Lawson and Zeek (baritones), Janni Younge (director), Jay Pather (choreographer), Philadelphia Orchestra, Cristian Măcelaru (conductor), Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, 20.6.2016 (BJ)
