Germany Wagner, Der Fliegende Holländer: Staatskapelle Berlin and Staatsopernchor, Markus Poschner (conductor), Schiller Theater, Berlin, 16.11.2015. (JMI)
An Intriguing and Imaginative Flying Dutchman at the Berlin Staatsoper
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Singapore Lyric Opera Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary with Gala Concert
Singapore Various: Soloists, Singapore Lyric Opera Chorus and Children’s Choir, Singapore Lyric Opera Orchestra, Joshua Kangming Tan (conductor), Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore 13.11.2015. (RP)
Stephen Gould Leads a Superb Deutsche Oper Performance of Tannhäuser
Germany Wagner, Tannhäuser: Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra and Chorus, Donald Runnicles (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 15.11.2015. (JMI)
Freyer’s Bewildering Don Giovanni Pulls Together Brilliantly in Vienna
Austria Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Chorus (chorus master: Holder Kristen) and Orchestra of the Vienna Volksoper, Jac van Steen (conductor), Volksoper, Vienna, 14.11.2015. (MB)
Caroline Finn’s Bloom Impresses in Phoenix Dance Theatre’s Triple Bill
United Kingdom Various composers, Until. With/Out. Enough; TearFall; Bloom: Phoenix Dance Theatre, Royal Opera House (Linbury Studio Theatre), London, 12.11.2015. (J.O’D)
Sondra Radvanovsky’s Manon Lescaut at the Deutsche Oper Sets the Bar High
Germany Puccini: Manon Lescaut: Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra and Chorus, Donald Runnicles (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 14.11.2015. (JMI)
Nina Stemme Leads Strong Cast in Vienna Opera’s Elektra
Austria Strauss, Elektra: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Peter Schneider (conductor). State Opera, Vienna, 13.11.2015. (MB)
(c) Wiener Staatsoper/Michael Pöhn.
Haas’s Morgen und Abend is a New Existential Opera Exploring Life and Death
United Kingdom Georg Friedrich Haas, Morgen und Abend (world première): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Michael Boder (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London 13.11.2015. (JPr)
