Germany Mozart, Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Deutsche Oper Orchestra and Chorus, Donald Runnicles (conductor), Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 17.6.2016. (JMI)
A Baffling and Disappointing ‘Update’ of Mozart’s Seraglio
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
BRB deliver hilarious fayre with The Taming of the Shrew
United Kingdom Kurt-Heinz Stolze (after Domenico Scarlatti), The Taming of the Shrew: A Birmingham Royal Ballet production to the choreography of John Cranko, with the Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Wolfgang Heinz (conductor). Birmingham Hippodrome, 16.6.2016. (GR)
(c) Andrew Ross
A Sublime, Edgy Die Fledermaus
United States Strauss, Die Fledermaus: Soloists, Cincinnati Opera at the Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, OH. 16.6.2016 (RDA)
An Opera Buffa Version of Il trovatore Displays Some Clever Tricks
United Kingdom Verdi, Il trovatore: Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra and Chorus, Roberto Rizzi Brignoli (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 16.6.2016. (JMI)
Negus Brings Persuasive Grandeur and Lightness of Touch to Longborough’s Tannhäuser
United Kingdom Wagner, Tannhäuser: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Longborough Festival Opera / Anthony Negus (conductor), Longborough, 14.6.2015. (JPr)
Berlin’s Wagner Cycle Continues with a Magnificent Siegfried
Germany Wagner, Siegfried: Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Schiller Theatre, Berlin, 15.6.2016. (JMI)
A Spectacular Staging of Juliette, Beautifully Performed under Daniel Barenboim’s Baton
Germany Martinů, Juliette: Staatskapelle Berlin, Staatsopernchor, Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Schiller Theatre, Berlin, 14.6.2016. (JMI)
Opera Holland Park Transports Imaginative La bohème to Tudor England
United Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, City of London Sinfonia, Opera Holland Park Children’s Chorus and Chorus / Matthew Waldren (conductor), Opera Holland Park, London, 13.6.2016. (RB)
