Argentina Mozart, Idomeneo: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Colón. Conductor: Ira Levin , Teatro Colón , Buenos Aires . 11.7.2014. (JSJ)
Minimalist Idomeneo For Teatro Colón
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Dvorák’s Rarely Heard Jacobin is Ideal Festival Fare for Buxton
United Kingdom Antonin Dvorák, The Jacobin. (sung in English, with surtitles): Soloists, Northern Chamber Orchestra, / Stephen Barlow (conductor), Opera House, Buxton, 12.7.2014 (RJF)
Tosca Overlooking the Atlantic not the Tiber
United Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Singers, Chorus and Orchestra of Surrey Opera / Jonathan Butcher (conductor), Minack Theatre, on the cliffs at Porthcurno, Cornwall, 14.7.2014. (RB).
Slow to Catch Fire, Onegin Eventually Triumphs
United States Aspen Music Festival (4): Soloists, Chorus, Aspen Opera Theater, Steve Mercurio (conductor), Wheeler Opera House, Aspen, Colorado. 10.7.2014 (HS)
A Japanese Sun Shines on Stockport
United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado: The Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company, The Plaza Theatre, Stockport 11.7.2014 (RJW)
Liepa’s Triple Bill Shows Russian Ballet at its Best
United Kingdom Stravinsky, Chopin, Borodin, Petrushka, Chopiniana and Polovtsian Dances:Dancers, Soloist, Chorus and Orchestra of the Moscow State Music Theatre for Young Audience (named after Natalia Sats) / Alevtina Ioffe. (conductor), Diaghilev Festival, London Coliseum, London, 11.7.2014. (JPr)
Time to Pension Off Covent Garden’s Current La bohème?
United Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Extra Chorus, Members of Tiffin Children’s Chorus, Royal Opera Chorus (chorus master: Renato Balsadonna), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Cornelius Meister (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 9.7.2014 (MB)
Alexi Ratmansky’s Exuberant Romeo and Juliet
United States Alexi Ratmansky, Romeo and Juliet , The National Ballet of Canada, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 10.7.14-13.7.14 (JRo)
- Elena Lobsanova and Guillaume Côté in Romeo and Juliet. Photo by Bruce Zinger
