United Kingdom Luke Styles, Macbeth: Soloists, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jeremy Bines (conductor). Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, 9.9.2015 (MB)
New Macbeth Opera at Covent Garden Fails to Excite
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Not a Dull Moment in Handel’s Giulio Cesare at Komische Oper Berlin
Germany Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto: Chorsolisten und Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin/Konrad Junghänel (conductor), Komische Oper Berlin, 11.9.2015 (MC)
Warm, Expressive and Atmospheric Pelléas et Mélisande in Berlin
Germany Debussy, Pelléas et Mélisande: Soloists, Orchester und Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin/Donald Runnicles (conductor), Berlin 9.9.2015 (MC)
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Lest We Forget Akram Khan’s Gut-Wrenching Dust Continues to Impress
United Kingdom Liszt, Cowton, Pook, Lest We Forget: Artists of English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gavin Sutherland (conductor), Sadler’s Wells, London, 8.9.2015. (JPr)
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A Superb Trovatore Opens the Season in La Coruña
Spain Verdi: Il Trovatore (new production): Galicia Symphony Orchestra, Coro Gaos, Keri-Lynn Wilson (conductor), Palacio de la Ópera, La Coruña, 3.9.2015 (JMI)
A Sense of Wonder as Indelible “Skin” Arrives Onstage
United States Mostly Mozart Festival 2015 (1), George Benjamin, Written on Skin (U.S. stage premiere): Soloists, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Alan Gilbert (conductor), Katie Mitchell (director), David H. Koch Theater, New York City. 13.8.2015 (BH)
The Magic Flute Pays Homage to the Era of Silent Films
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2015 (21) – Mozart, The Magic Flute: Komische Oper Berlin / Kristiina Poska (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 28.8.2015. (SRT)
The Cadaqués Orchestra’s Rossini Makes a Very Positive Impression
Spain Rossini: La Morte di Didone & Stabat Mater: Cadaqués Orchestra, Orfeón Donostiarra, Alberto Zedda (conductor), Kursaal Auditorium, San Sebastian, 25.8.2015 (JMI)
