Argentina Dvořák, Rusalka: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Buenos Aires Lírica, Conductor: Carlos Vieu. Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 2.10.2015. (JSJ)
Long Awaited Rusalka In Buenos Aires
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Kent Nagano Leads the Hamburg Orchestra in a Beautifully Performed Berlioz
Germany Berlioz: Les Troyens: Hamburgische Staatsoper Chorus and Orchestra, Kent Nagano (conductor), Staatsoper, Hamburg, 9.10.2015 (JMI)
(c) Hans Jörg Michel
The Last Hotel from Dennehy & Walsh Focusses on Assisted Suicide
United Kingdom Donnacha Dennehy and Enda Walsh, The Last Hotel: Soloists, Actor and The Crash Ensemble / André de Ridder (conductor), Linbury Studio Theatre, London, 9.10.2015. (JPr)
photo: Patrick Redmond
Ben Duke’s Intriguing One Man Dance Tribute to Milton
United Kingdom Various composers, Paradise Lost (lies unopened beside me): Lost Dog, The Place, London, 9.10.2015 (J.O’D)
Perfect Blend of Youth and Experience Ensures Success of Opera North’s Barber Revival
United Kingdom Rossini, The Barber of Seville: Soloists , Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North, Stuart Stratford (conductor), Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds, 7.10.2015 (JL)
A Triple Bill from Birmingham Royal Ballet to Gratify, Appetise and Delight
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Kline & Elgar – A Triple Bill from Birmingham Royal Ballet: Dancers of Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Paul Murphy & Philip Ellis (conductors), Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham, 28.9.2015 (GR)
An Attractive but Ultimately Disappointing Marriage of Figaro in Berlin
Germany Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro: Deutsche Oper Orchestra and Chorus, Yves Abel (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 8.10.2015 (JMI)
The Mariinsky Ballet’s Broadly Comic and Oddly Unsettling Cinderella in LA
United States Prokoviev, Cinderella (choreography – Alexi Ratmansky): The Mariinsky Ballet and Orchestra, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 8.10.2015 (JRo)