Germany Wagner: Das Rheingold, Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Schiller Theatre, Berlin, 11.6.2016 (JMI)
Berlin’s Opera Season Nears the End with a Generally Satisfying Das Rheingold
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
An Intense, Well-Played Performance of a Rare Ullmann Opera
Spain Ullmann: Der Kaiser von Atlantis, Teatro Real Orchestra, Pedro Halffter (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 10.6.2016 (JMI)
Fascinating and Stimulating Macbeth at Iford Manor
United Kingdom Verdi, Macbeth – Opera in four acts (sung in English): Soloists, CHROMA / Oliver Gooch (conductor), Iford Arts, Iford Manor, Wiltshire, 10.6.2016. (CR)
A Masterfully Played and Sung Moses und Aron
Spain Schönberg: Moses und Aron, Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Lothar Koenigs (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 9.6.2016 (JMI)
Welcome I Capuleti e i Montecchi In Buenos Aires
Argentina Bellini, I Capuleti e i Montecchi: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Buenos Aires Lírica, Conductor: Jorge Parodi. Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 3.6.2016. (JSJ)
Holland Park Opera Presents Iris a Little Known Verismo Gem by Mascagni
United Kingdom Mascagni, Iris (sung in Italian): Soloists, Holland Park Opera Chorus, City of London Sinfonia/Stuart Stratford (conductor), Opera Holland Park, London, 7.6.2016. (CC)
The OAE’s 30th Anniversary Der Freischütz Hits the Bullseye
United Kingdom Weber: Soloists, London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Sir Mark Elder (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 7.6.2016. (JPr)
Plácido Domingo Continues to Defy the Years in Covent Garden’s Nabucco
United Kingdom Verdi, Nabucco: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Maurizio Benini (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 6.6.2016. (JPr)
