Spain Donizetti, La fille du régiment: Liceu Orchestra and Chorus / Giuseppe Finzi (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 24.5.2017. (JMI)
Javier Camarena Triumphs as Tonio in La fille du régiment
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Iván Fischer’s Fascinating Illumination of Bartók’s Musical Roots
United Kingdom Bartók: Márta Sebastyén (folk singer) with István Kádár (folk violin), András Szabó (folk viola); Zsolt Fejérvári (folk double-bass), Ildikó Komlósi (mezzo-soprano – Judith); Krisztián Cser (bass – Duke Bluebeard); Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor, speaker). Royal Festival Hall, London, 23.5.2017. (CC)
Valencia’s Werther: Excellent Conducting but a Disappointing Production
Spain Massenet, Werther: Comunitat Valenciana Orchestra/Henrik Nánási (conductor), Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 23.5.2017. (JMI)
Experiments in Opera: ‘Flash Operas’
United States Various: David Bloom (musical director), Rob Reese (director), Elyse Kakacek (soprano), Kate Maroney (mezzo-soprano), Timothy Stoddard (tenor), Eric McKeever (baritone). Symphony Space, New York City. 6.5.2017. (DS)
A Fine Performance of Jephtha
United Kingdom Handel – Jephtha: Soloists, Holst Singers, Academy of Ancient Music / Stephen Layton (conductor), St John’s Smith Square, London, 20.5.2017. (CC)
‘Thrillingly Heroic’: Welsh-Language Opera Y Tŵr’s Underplays the Symbolism but the Performances Impress
United Kingdom Guto Puw, Y Tŵr [The Tower] – first performance: Music Theatre Wales Ensemble / Richard Baker (conductor), Vale of Glamorgan Festival (collaboration between Music Theatre Wales and Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru), Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, 19.5.2017. (PCG)
A Look at Matthew Bourne’s Early Work
United States Various composers, Matthew Bourne’s Early Adventures: Dancers of Sir Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, 20.05.2017. (JRo)
Mikhail Svetlov’s Human, Witty and Wonderful King Dodon in New Opera NYC’s Golden Cockerel
United States Rimsky-Korsakov, Golden Cockerel: Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra, New Opera NYC / J. David Jackson (conductor), Sheen Center, Loreto Theater, New York, 18.5.2017. (RP)
