Switzerland Bellini: Norma: Soloists, Chorus of Radiotelevisione Svizzera Italiana Lugano, Orchestra La Scintilla, conductor: Giovanni Antonini, Zurich Opera, Zurich 18.10.2015. (JR)
Bartoli Brings Norma from Salzburg to Zurich
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Louis XIV and Elgar Feature on BRB’s Triple Bill
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Elgar, Montague, Theme and Variations; Enigma Variations, The King Dances: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Paul Murphy (conductor) Sadler’s Wells, London, 16.10.2015 (J.O’D)
Static Staging but Plenty of Musical Tension in the Met’s New Otello
United States Verdi, Otello: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Broadcast to the Empire Cinema, Basildon, Essex, 17.10.2015. (JPr)
Macbeth In The Congo In Buenos Aires
Brazil Fabrizio Cassol and Verdi, Macbeth: Soloists and Orchestra. Conductor: Premil Petrovic, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 4.10.2015. (JSJ)
Sankai Juku Dance to the Music of Time in Umusuna
United States Amagatsu: Umusuna – Memories Before History: Sankai Juku, Royce Hall, Los Angeles, 16.10.2015 (JRo)
Drug-fuelled La bohème is Not the Fix ENO Needs
United Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Xian Zhang (conductor). London Coliseum, 16.10.2015. (JPr)
(c) Tristram Kenton
Strong Musical Values in Glyndebourne Touring’s Entführung
United Kingdom Mozart, Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Soloists, The Glyndebourne Chorus (chorus master: Jeremy Bines), Glyndebourne Tour Orchestra, Christoph Altstaedt (conductor). Glyndebourne Opera House, 15.10.2015
Not a Trovatore for the Ages
India The Met: Live in HD – Verdi, Il Trovatore: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Pre-recorded performance-screening, Godrej Dance Academy Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai, India. 15.10.2015. (JSM)