United States Bellini: Norma, LA Opera, James Conlon (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 21.11.2015 (JRo)
A Norma of Stirring Beauty
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
A Midsummer Night at Its Most Magical
Benjamin Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Chorus of the Geneva Grand Théâtre (Chorus Master: Alan Woodbridge), Maîtrise du Conservatoire Populaire de Musique de Genève (direction: Magali Dami and Serge Ild), Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Steven Sloane (conductor), Grand Théâtre de Genève, 20.11.2015 (AL) Cast: Oberon: Christopher Lowrey Tytania: Bernarda Bobro Puck: Anna Thalbach … Read more
Odedra’s Murmur Dazzles with Sound, Light and Movement
United Kingdom Wells, Sawhney, Murmur 2.0: Aakash Odedra Company, The Place, London, 20.11.2015. (J.O’D)
Jubilee Opera Marks Bicentenary of Battle of Waterloo
United Kingdom Nicol and Stoll, The Drummer Boy of Waterloo: Jubilee Opera, Jubilee Opera Orchestra / Lee Reynolds (conductor), Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh, 7.11.2015 (MH)
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Steamy Latin Passion from Moldovan Mezzo in Ellen Kent’s Carmen
Bizet, Carmen: Soloists of Chisinau National Opera, Members of the Orchestra of the National Opera & Ballet Theatre of Moldova ‘Maria Biesu’ and National Philharmonic of Moldova ‘Serghei Lunchevici’, Vasyl Vasylenko (conductor), Grand Theatre, Blackpool, 18.11.2015. (MC)
New Zealand Ballet Brings Exciting New Ballet to the UK’s Linbury Studio Theatre
United Kingdom Various composers, A Passing Cloud: Royal New Zealand Ballet, Royal Opera House (Linbury Studio Theatre), London, 17.11.2015. (J.O’D)
Warmth, Wit and Charm in Ellen Kent’s Die Fledermaus
United Kingdom Johann Strauss II, Die Fledermaus: Soloists of Chisinau National Opera, Members of the Orchestra of the National Opera & Ballet Theatre of Moldova ‘Maria Biesu’ and National Philharmonic of Moldova ‘Serghei Lunchevici’ / Vasyl Vasylenko (conductor). Grand Theatre, Blackpool, 17.11. 2015. (MC)
Strauss, Die Fledermaus (Sung in English)
Dramatic Urgency and Angst in Independent Opera’s Staging of Voseček’s Biedermann and the Arsonists
United Kingdom Šimon Voseček, Biedermann and the Arsonists: Independent Opera soloists and the Britten Sinfonia / Timothy Redmond (conductor). Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells, London, 17.11.2015. (JPr)
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