Argentina Puccini: Madama Butterfly, Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Juventus Lyrica / Antonio Maria Russo (conductor), Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 11.11.2016. (JSJ)
Madama Butterfly Ends Juventus Lyrica’s Season
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Akram Khan Gives Giselle a Makeover with Kathak, Contemporary Dance and Music by Lamagna
United Kingdom Vincenzo Lamagna (after Adolphe Adam), Giselle: Soloists & Artists of English National Ballet with English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gavin Sutherland (conductor). Sadler’s Wells, London, 15.11.2016. (JPr)
Thrills from Les Troyens in New Production
United States Berlioz, Les Troyens: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago / Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago. 13.11.2016. (JLZ)
Nadja Michael Leads a Blazing The Makropulos Case
United States Janáček, The Makropulos Case: Soloists and orchestra of San Francisco Opera / Mikhail Tatarnikov (conductor), War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 14.10.2016. (HS)
Hartmann’s 30 Years War Opera Simplicius Simplicissimus Has Echoes of Nazi Germany
United Kingdom Hartmann, Simplicius Simplicissimus (sung in English translation by David Pountney): Soloists, Britten Sinfonia / Timothy Redmond (conductor), Lillian Baylis Theatre at Sadler’s Wells, London, 15.11.2016. (CC)
A Convincing, if not Extraordinary, Tosca at the Deutsche Oper
Germany Puccini, Tosca: Orchestra, Chorus and Kinderchor of the Deutsche Oper / Ivan Repušić (conductor), Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 15.11.2016. (JMI)
Kentridge’s Production of Lulu Another Triumph for English National Opera
United Kingdom Berg, Lulu: Soloists, Orchestra of the English National Opera / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor). London Coliseum, London, 9.11.2016. (MB)
A Beautifully Played New Production of Les Huguenots in Berlin
Germany Meyerbeer, Les Huguenots: Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper / Michele Mariotti (conductor), Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 13.11.2016. (JMI)
