Switzerland Rossini, Le Comte Ory: La Scintilla, Chorus (and extra chorus) of Zurich Opera, 12.3.2016. (JR)
A Feast for Eyes and Ears and an Enjoyable Romp: Le Comte Ory in Zurich
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
A Marvelous Concert Version of Rossini’s Seldom-Performed Semiramide
France Rossini, Semiramide: Orchestre National Bordeaux-Aquitaine, Choeur de l’Opéra National de Bordeaux, Paolo Olmi (conductor), L’Auditorium de Bordeaux, 12.3.2016 (JMI)
A Riveting Madame Butterfly at LA Opera
United States Puccini, Madame Butterfly: LA Opera, James Conlon (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 12.3.2016 (JRo)
Enthusiastic Performances of 1920s Triple Opera Bill by Birmingham Conservatoire
United Kingdom Holst, Vaughan Williams & Ravel, Savitri, Riders to the Sea & L’Enfant et les sortilèges: Students of Birmingham Conservatoire / Fraser Goulding (conductor), Crescent Theatre, Birmingham, 10.3.2016. (GR)
Remarkable Staging of Glass’s Remarkable Akhnaten by ENO
United Kingdom Glass, Akhnaten: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera/Karen Kamensek (conductor), London Coliseum, 8.3.2016. (CC)
Wagner’s Ring Comes to a Musically Satisfying Close in Barcelona
Spain Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Liceu Orchestra and Chorus, Josep Pons (conductor), Gran Theatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 7.3.2016. (JMI)
Royal Academy Opera Shines in a Rimsky-Korsakov Rarity
United Kingdom Rimsky-Korsakov, May Night: Soloists, Royal Academy Opera Chorus (chorus master: Richard Leach), Royal Academy Sinfonia, Gareth Hancock (conductor), Ambika P3, University of Westminster, London, 7.3.2016 (MB)
Ave Maya– Ballet Stars Pay Handsome Tribute to Maya Plisetskaya
United Kingdom Various Composers, Ave Maya – Ballet Gala in memory of Maya Plisetskaya: Dancers and English Ballet Philharmonic / Valery Ovsyanikov (conductor). London Coliseum, 6.3.2016. (JPr)
Maya Plisetskaya at her 85th birthday gala