Spain Verdi, I due Foscari: Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Pablo Heras Casado (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 18.7.2016. (JMI)
Plácido Domingo Heads a Stellar Cast in Madrid’s I due Foscari
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Jitterbug and Conga Join Traditional Dance Forms on Central Ballet’s Tour
United Kingdom Various composers, Ballet Central Tour 2016: Dancers of Ballet Central. Redgrave Theatre, Bristol, 16.7.2016. (JO’D)
A Summer Performance Showcases Young Talent Nurtured by the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme
United Kingdom Jette Parker Young Artists’ Programme Summer Concert -Janáček, Gounod, Tchaikovsky, Leoncavallo and Strauss opera excerpts: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Paul Wynne Griffiths, Paul Wingfield & Jonathan Santagada (conductors). The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London 18.7.2016. (JPr)
David Junghoon Kim – guest; Rosalinde – Vlada Borovko; Dr Falke – Yuriy Yurchuk;
Prince Orlofsky – Emily Edmonds; Gabriel von Eisenstein – Samuel Dale Johnson; Ida – Lauren Fagan
& Adele – Jennifer Davis (c) Clive Barda
A Splendid Boris Godunov at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 2 – Mussorgsky Boris Godunov (original version, 1869). Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 16.7.2016 (CC)
A Delightful Fiery Angel: a Too-Rarely Performed Prokofiev Opera
Germany Prokofiev, The Fiery Angel: Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), National Theatre, Munich, 16.7.2016. (JMI)
A Satisfying but Unremarkable La traviata at the Bayerische Staatsoper
Germany Verdi, La traviata: Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Marco Armiliato (conductor), National Theatre, Munich, 15.7.2016. (JMI)
The Australian Ballet’s Swan Lake Revisits a Familiar Royal Love Triangle
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake: Soloists and Artists of The Australian Ballet, English National Opera Orchestra / Nicolette Fraillon (conductor), London Coliseum, London, 14.7.2016. (JPr)
Superlative Rosenkavalier Featuring Anja Harteros and an Impressive Cast under Kirill Petrenko
Germany Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier: Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Kirill Petrenko (conductor), National Theatre, Munich, 14.7.2016. (JMI)
