Spain Wagner, Parsifal: Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Madrid Teatro Real, 18.4.2016. (JMI)
Bychkov’s Outstanding Parsifal
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
An Operatic Hamlet for our Time
Sweden Ambroise Thomas, Hamlet: Soloists, Gothenburg Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Extra Chorus, Henrik Schaefer (conductor), Gothenburg Opera main stage, 9.4.2016. (NS)
An Accomplished Dance Company with Heart and Spirit
United States Various composers, Dwight Rhoden (choreography): Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 17.4.2016. (JRo)
Muti Serves Up Berlioz and Shakespeare
United States Berlioz, Roméo et Juliette: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo-soprano), Paul Groves (tenor), Dmitry Belosselskiy (bass), Chicago Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe (director), Riccardo Muti (conductor). Symphony Center, Chicago. 8.4.2016. (JLZ)
A Right Royal Performance from Sondra Radvanovsky in Roberto Devereux
United States Donizetti, Roberto Devereux: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera/Maurizio Benini (Conductor), Broadcast live to the Komedia Cinema, Brighton, from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 16.4.2016. (RB)
(c) The Met/Ken Howard
WWII Faust Opens Buenos Aires Lírica’s 2016 Season
Argentina Gounod, Faust: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Buenos Aires Lírica, Conductor: Javier Logioia Orbe. Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 8.4.2016. (JSJ)
Photo Liliana Morsia
Leo Nucci Shines in the Liceu’s Simon Boccanegra
Spain Verdi, Simon Boccanegra: Liceu Orchestra and Chorus, Massimo Zanetti (Conductor), Gran Theatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 12.4.2016. (JMI)
Despite Good Singing Completed Mozart Opera Buffa Fails to Enthral
United Kingdom Mozart and Stephen Oliver, L’Oca del Cairo: Soloists, Oriana Choir, London Mozart Players, David Parry (conductor). St John’s, Smith Square, London, 14.3.2016. (MB)