United States Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Christopher Allen (conductor), Cincinnati Opera, Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, OH. 23.7.2016. (RDA)
Striking Visuals Are Just the Beginning of This Tosca
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Munich’s Don Giovanni – Nicely Sung, but a Totally Absurd Production
Germany Mozart, Don Giovanni: Bayerisches Staatsorchester, James Gaffigan (conductor), National Theatre, Munich, 23.7.2016. (JMI)
Bampton Classical Opera’s Double Bill is Absolutely Divine
United Kingdom Gluck, Philemon and Baucis (1769) & Arne, The Judgement of Paris (1742): Bampton Classical Opere/Paul Wingfield (conductor), The Deanery Garden, Bampton, Oxfordshire, 22.7.2016. (RJ)
(c) Jeremy Gray
A Somewhat Uneven Flying Dutchman Returns to Munich’s National Theatre
Germany Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Asher Fisch (conductor), National Theatre, Munich, 22.7.2016. (JMI)
A Puzzling (and Ultimately Disappointing) Production of Mefistofele
Germany Boito, Mefistofele: Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor und Kinderchor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Omer Meir Wellber (conductor), National Theatre, Munich, 21.7.2016. (JMI)
An Uplifting Cinderella from The Australian Ballet
United Kingdom Prokofiev, Cinderella: Soloists and Artists of The Australian Ballet, English National Opera Orchestra / Nicolette Fraillon (conductor), London Coliseum, London, 20.7.2016. (JPr)
(c) Jeff Busby
Two Superb Casts Produce Two Splendid Nights of I Puritani in Madrid
Spain Bellini, I Puritani: Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Evelino Pidò (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 17 & 19.7.2016. (JMI)
Fjellström’s Det går an: a Diamond Among New Operas
Sweden Daniel Fjellström, Det går an: Soloists, Läcko Opera Orchestra, Simon Phipps (conductor). Läckö Castle, 16.7.2016. (NS)