United Kingdom Mozart, La finta giardiniera: Soloists, Royal College of Music of Opera Orchestra, Michael Rosewell (conductor). Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, London, 28.11.2016. (MB)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
High Standards in Opera North’s Puccini Double Bil
United Kingdom Puccini, Il tabarro and Suor Angelica: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Jac Van Steen (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 30.11.2016. (SRT)
WNO’s Current Macbeth Compares Poorly with Other Verdi Productions over Past 50 Years
United Kingdom Verdi, Macbeth: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Andriy Yurkevych (conductor), Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno, 24.11.2016. (RJF)
The Sting and Seduction of Tristan
Italy Wagner, Tristan und Isolde (opening of 2016/17 season): Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro dell’Opera Rome / Daniele Gatti (conductor). Teatro dell’Opera Rome, 27.11.2016. (JB)
Merchant of Venice is not Easy on the Ear but Well Staged and with a Sterling Cast
United Kingdom André Tchaikowsky, The Merchant of Venice: Soloists, and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Lionel Friend (conductor), Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno, 22.11.2016. (RJF)
Curtis Opera Theatre Mounts Touching, Finely Sung Rape of Lucretia
United States Britten, The Rape of Lucretia: Curtis Opera Theatre, Conner Gray Covington (conductor), Prince Theater, Philadelphia, 19.11.2016. (BJ)
in the Curtis Opera Theatre’s The Rape of Lucretia (c) Cory Weaver
Diana Damrau and Simon Keenlyside Are Superb in Milan’s Le nozze di Figaro
Italy Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 27.11.2016. (JMI)
A Musically Pleasing but Uneven Performance in Bergamo of a Donizetti Rarity
Italy Donizetti, Olivo è Pasquale: Accademia Teatro alla Scala Orchestra, Donizetti Opera Chorus / Federico Maria Sardelli (conductor), Teatro Sociale, Bergamo, 26.11.2016. (JMI)
