Switzerland Verdi, Don Carlos: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Fabio Luisi (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich. 27.11.2016. (JR)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Rambert’s Ghost Dances Retains its Popularity
United Kingdom Rambert Tour 2016 – Tomorrow, Frames, Ghost Dances: Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh. 24.12.2016. (SRT)
Royal Opera’s Manon Lescaut Benefits from Pappano’s Masterly Conducting
United Kingdom Puccini, Manon Lescaut: Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 22.11.2016. (CC)
La Clemenza di Tito Returns to Teatro Real Where It Continues to Captivate Opera Goers
Spain Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito, Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Real / Christophe Rousset (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 20 & 21.11.2016. (JMI)
A Memorable, Rarely Heard Massenet Opera
United States Massenet, Don Quichotte: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago / Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago. 19.11.2016. (JLZ)
in Don Quichotte (c) Andrew Cioffi
Covent Garden’s Revived Tales of Hoffmann Plods Along Despite Excellent Singing
United Kingdom Offenbach, Les Contes d’Hoffmann (cinema broadcast): Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus (chorus master: William Spaulding), Orchestra of the Royal Opera, Evelino Pidò (conductor), Royal Opera House, London. (Seen at Curzon Mayfair, London), 15.11.2016. (MB)
(c) Catherine Ashmore
Baryshnikov Portrays a Tortured Nijinsky in Letter to a Man
United States Wilson/Baryshnikov, Letter to a Man: Mikhail Baryshnikov (Nijinsky), Royce Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles, 18.11.2016. (JRo)
Ellen Kent’s Three Dimensional Aida Puts the ‘Grand’ Back into Grand Opera
United Kingdom Verdi, Aida: Soloists and chorus of Chisinau National Opera, Members of the Orchestra of the National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Moldova ‘Maria Biesu’ and National Philharmonic of Moldova ‘Serghei Lunchevici’ / Vasyl Vasylenko (conductor), Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 16.11.2016. (JPr)
