United Kingdom Gluck, Iphigénie en Tauride: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of English Touring Opera, Martin André (conductor), Hackney Empire, London, 5.3.2016 (MB)
A Full House for English Touring Opera’s Excellent Iphigénie en Tauride
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
The Met’s World War II Manon Lescaut Loses the Plot
United States Puccini, Manon Lescaut: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Fabio Luisi (conductor). Broadcast live to the Empire Cinema, Basildon, Essex, from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 5.2.16. (JPr)
(c) Ken Howard
Strength in Depth in Puccini’s Triple Bill at Covent Garden
United Kingdom Puccini, Il trittico: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus (chorus master: Renato Balsadonna), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Nicola Luisotti (conductor). Royal Opera House, London, 29.3.2016 (MB)
(c) Bill Cooper
Herbert Fritsch’s King Arthur ̶ The Vulgar and the Sublime
Switzerland Purcell, King Arthur: Soloists, Chorus, Orchestra La Scintilla, Laurence Cummings (conductor), Zürich Opernhaus, Zurich, 3.3.2016. (RP)
An Outstanding Staging in Madrid of a Rarely-Seen Early Wagner Opera
Spain Wagner, Das Liebesverbot: Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Ivor Bolton/Francesc Prat (conductors), Teatro Real, Madrid, 3 & 4.3.2016. (JMI)
WNO’s Figaro Forever: a Fine Idea Realized Very Rewardingly in Large Part
United Kingdom Rossini, The Barber of Seville; Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro; Langer, Figaro Gets a Divorce: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera/ James Southall (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 23, 24 & 27.2.2016. (GPu)
(c) Richard Hubert Smith
Orlando: The English Concert Triumph Again in Handel
United Kingdom Handel, Orlando HWV31: (semi-staged performance) Soloists; English Concert/Harry Bickett (director). Barbican Hall, London 1.3.2016 (CC)
David McVicar’s Production of Aida Returns to Valencia
Spain Verdi, Aida: Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana / Ramón Tebar (conductor), Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 2.3.2016. (JMI)
