Germany Bayreuth Festival 2014 (3) – Wagner, Siegfried: soloists, chorus and orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival conducted by Kirill Petrenko. Bayreuth, Germany. 30.7.2014. (JPr)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Monteverdi in Munich in New Production
Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, Monteverdi Continuo Ensemble, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Ivor Bolton (conductor), Prinzregententheater, Munich, 27.7.2014 (JMI)
Young Singers Impress in Garsington’s Hänsel und Gretel
United Kingdom Humperdinck, Hänsel und Gretel – Opera in three acts: Soloists, Garsington Opera Orchestra / John Andrews (conductor) , Garsington Opera Young Artists Programme at West Green House, 26.7.2014 (CR)
Otello Reaches Harbour in Glory
Sweden Verdi Otello at Opera på Skäret. Soloists, Opera på Skäret’s Chorus and Orchestra, Marcello Mottadelli, (conductor). Kopparberg, 26.7.2014 (Premiere I) (GF)
Bayreuth Festival 2014 (2): Rustic, Russian and Revolutionary Settings for Walküre
Germany Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Bayreuth, 28.4.2014.
Fine Singing from Yvonne Howard in Title Role of Daring Norma
United Kingdom Bellini, Norma: Opera Holland Park, City of London Sinfonia, Opera Holland Park Chorus / Peter Robinson (conductor), London, 25.7.2014 (RB)
Bayreuth Festival 2014 (1) Castorf’s Texan Rheingold Sounds Excellent
Germany Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Bayreuth, Germany. 27.7.2014.
Carefully Crafted Production Helps to Rehabilitate Lecouvreur
United Kingdom Cilea, Adriana Lecouvreur: Soloists, Chorus of Opera Holland Park, City of London Sinfonia/Manlio Benzi, Holland Park, London, 24.7.2014 (CC)