Germany Bayreuth Festival 2015 [4] Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Alain Altinoglu (conductor), Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, 4.8.2015. (JPr)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Broken-winged Silver Bird – But it Flies on the Wings of Music
Sweden Mats Larsson Gothe Silver Bird. Soloists, O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra and Marmen Quartet, Fredrik Burstedt (conductor). Vattnäs Concert Barn, Dalecarlia. 10.7.2015. World Premiere (GF)
Grand Voices in Chamber-size La Gioconda
Sweden Amilcare PONCHIELLI La Gioconda. Soloists, Instrumentalists and Chorus, Mette Juliane Christensen (piano & conductor) at Dala Floda Opera Festival, Dala Floda, Dalecarlia 5.8.2015 (GF)
Touching Relationship Drama at Skäret
Sweden Giuseppe VERDI La traviata. Soloists. Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Opera på Skäret Chorus, Marcello Mottadelli (conductor). Opera på Skäret, Kopparberg, 1.8.2015. Premiere (GF)
Strong Singing and Characterisation in The Gondoliers
United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, The Gondoliers: National Gilbert & Sullivan Company, Opera House, Buxton, 5.8.15
A Beautifully Sung Otello Graces the Peralada Stage
Spain Verdi: Otello, Orchestra and Chorus of Barcelona’s Liceu, Riccardo Frizza (conductor), Peralada Auditorium, 1.8.2015 (JMI)
A Magnificent Turandot to End the Season
United States Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Ramon Tebar (conductor), Renaut Doucet (stage director), Andre Barbe (set and costumes). Cincinnati Opera, Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH. 25.7.2015 (RDA)
Sylvie Guillem Takes Her Final Bow
United Kingdom Life in Progress: Sylvie Guillem and dancers (Emanuela Montanari, Brigel Gjoka and Riley Watts) in choreography by Akram Khan, Russell Maliphant, Mats Ek and William Forsythe. London Coliseum, London, 29.7.2015. (JPr)
