Opera & Ballet – Page 388 – Seen and Heard International

Daniel Börtz’s Medea Contradicts Opera is Dying

11/02/201607/02/2016 by Goran Forsling

Sweden Börtz, Medea: Soloists, Female Voices from the Royal Opera Chorus and The Royal Opera Orchestra, Patrik Ringborg (conductor). Royal Stockholm Opera 29.1.2016. (GF)

Urpremiär av Daniel Börtz nyskrivna opera Medea 2016 Kungliga Operan. Medea/Emma Vetter och Jason/Karl-Magnus Fredriksson. — *Medea* Emma Vetter (Medea) and Karl-Magnus Fredriksson (Jason)
(c) Carl Thorborg

McRae’s The Devil Inside Provides a Chilling Night at the Peacock Theatre

11/02/201607/02/2016 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Stuart McRae, The Devil Inside: Soloists, the Music Theatre Wales Ensemble, Michael Rafferty (conductor). Peacock Theatre, London, 3.2.2016 (MB)

The Devil Inside_SCOTTISH OPERA, Music; Stuart MacRae, Words; Louise Welsh, Conductor; Michael Rafferty, Director; Matthew Richardson, Designer; Samal Blak, Lighting; Ace McCarron, Catherine; Rachel Kelly, Richard; Nicholas Sharratt, James; Ben McAteer, Old Man_Vagrant; Steven Page, — Music Theatre Wales’s *The Devil Inside* (c) Bill Cooper

Confused Production of Chabrier’s L’Etoile Makes for a Tedious Evening

08/02/201606/02/2016 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Chabrier, L’Etoile: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus (chorus master: Renato Balsadonna), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Mark Elder (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 1.2.2016. (MB)

L’Etoile_ROH Covent Garden Music; Emmanuel Chabrier, Libretto; Eugene Leterrier and Albert Vanloo, Director; Mariame Clément, Designer; Julia Hansen, Lighting designer; Jon Clark, Choreography; Mathieu Guilhaumon, Performers; Conductor; Mark Elder, King Ouf I; Christophe Mortagne, Smith; Chris Addison, Dupont; Jean_Luc Vincent, Siroco; Simon Bailey, Prince Herisson de Porc_Epic; Francois Piolino, Tapioca; Aimery Lefevre, Lazuli; Kate Lindsey, Princesse Laoula; Helene Guilmette, Aloes; Julie Boulianne, Patacha; Samuel Sakker, Zalzal; Samuel Dale Johnson, Chorus; Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, — *L’Etoile* (c) Bill Cooper

Opera North’s Revival of Così fan tutte is “as Good as it Gets”

28/02/201605/02/2016 by John Leeman

United Kingdom Mozart, Così fan tutte: Orchestra and Soloists of Opera North, Jac van Steen (conductor), Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds, 3.02.2016. (JL)

Cloud Gate Dance Theatre’s Rice: Primal, Elegant, and Moving

08/02/201604/02/2016 by Jane Rosenberg

United States Lin Hwai-min, Rice: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 29.1-2016-31.1.2016. (JRo)

RICE-01-8330_Photo by LIU Chen-hsiang — *Rice* (c) Liu Chen-Hsiang

The Met’s Spectacular Turandot Lacks Light and Shade

08/05/202231/01/2016 by Jim Pritchard

United States Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Paolo Carignani (conductor). Broadcast live to the Empire Cinema, Basildon, Essex from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 30.1.2016. (JPr)

Slow Pacing Detracts from L.A. Dance Project’s Triple Bill

06/02/201631/01/2016 by Jane Rosenberg

United States Various composers, Peck, Cherkaoui & Millepied (choreography): L.A. Dance Project, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, 29.1.2016-30.1.2016. (JRo)

JaneLADPphoto — *Hearts & Arrows* (Dancers Stephanie Amurao and Aaron Carr)
Photo credit: Rose Eichenbaum

Scottish Opera’s Striking Re-imagining of Stevenson’s Bottle Imp

06/02/201631/01/2016 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Stuart MacRae and Louise Welsh, The Devil Inside: Soloists, Orchestra of Scottish Opera, Michael Rafferty (conductor), King’s Theatre, Edinburgh, 30.1.2016. (SRT)

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