United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2015 (18) –Gilbert & Sullivan, HMS Pinafore (concert performance): Scottish Opera, Richard Egarr (conductor), Usher Hall, 23.8.2015. (SRT)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
The Unhappy Deception at the Rossini Opera Festival
Italy Rossini Opera Festival (3): L’Inganno Felice: Orchestra Sinfonica G Rossini, Conductor, Denis Vlasenko. Stage Director, Graham Vick (his 1994 staging) with sets and costumes of Richard Hudson and Projections of Matthew Richardson. Teatro Rossini, Pesaro 15.8.2015 (JB)
c Giacomo Mariotti
Flagship Mahler Dance Event from Ballet am Rhein
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2015 (16) – Mahler, Seven : Ballet am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg, Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Wen-Pin Chien (conductor), Playhouse, 20.8.2015. (SRT)
c Gert Weigelt
A Mikado to Remember at Harrogate
United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado: National Gilbert & Sullivan Company / David Steadman (conductor), Royal Hall, Harrogate, 16.8. 2015 (RJW)
Aspen 14: Singing Prevails in Madcap Così
United States Aspen Music Festival (14): Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists, Jane Glover (conductor), James Robinson (director). Wheeler Opera House, Aspen, Colorado. 19.8.2015 (HS)
Today’s Young People Enjoy Performing Sullivan’s Music
United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, The Pirates of Penzance: Soloists and Chorus of the Gilbert & Sullivan Festival Youth Production / Andrew Nicklin (Musical Director), Harrogate Theatre, Harrogate, 15.8.2015 (RJW)
Dialogueless Fidelio Lacks Clarity Despite Good Individual Performances
Austria Salzburg Festival (5) – Beethoven, Fidelio: Soloists, Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus (chorus master: Ernst Raffelsberger), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, 13.8.2015 (MB)
Copyright:Monika Rittershaus
Only Half Joking
Italy Rossini Opera Festival (4) La Gazza Ladra. Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Communale Bologna, Chorus Master, Andrea Faidutti, Conductor, Donato Renzetti; Staging by Damiano Michieletto with sets by Paolo Fantin, Cotumes by Carla Teti and Lighting by Alessandro Carletti. Adriatic Arena, Pesaro. 16.8.2015 (JB)
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