Argentina Ginastera, Beatrix Cenci: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra. Conductor: Guillermo Scarabino, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 18.3.2016. (JSJ)
Ginastera’s Beatrix Cenci Opens Opera Buenos Aires 2016
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Stars of Tomorrow Show They Are Actually Stars of Today
United States Lyric Opera of Chicago, “Rising Stars of 2016”: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Michael Christie (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago. 26.3.2016 (JLZ)
A Magnificent Ballo in Maschera Led by Zubin Mehta
Germany Verdi, Un Ballo in Maschera: Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chorus, Zubin Mehta (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 28.3.2016. (JMI)
Credit: Bayerische Staatsoper
Lothar Koenigs Conducts a Superbly Played and Beautifully Sung Lohengrin
Germany Wagner, Lohengrin: Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chorus, Lothar Koenigs (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 27.3.2016. (JMI)
Heritage Opera’s Atmospheric La bohème Flows Seamlessly
United Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Heritage Opera / Benjamin Cox (conductor/pianist), Lowther Pavilion, Lytham, Lancashire, 24.3.2016. (MC)
Villaume Conducts A Powerful Roméo et Juliette
United States Gounod, Roméo et Juliette: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Emmanuel Villaume (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago. 11.03.2016. (JLZ)
When Boris isn’t Godunov – by Jack Buckley
United Kingdom Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov: direct transmission from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London at the Cinema Barberini, Rome, 21.3.2016 with the Chorus (Renato Balsadonna) and Orchestra of the ROH, Conductor Antonio Pappano. (JB)
Young Love Is at Center Court in Opéra national du Rhin’s Idomeneo
France Mozart, Idomeneo: Soloists, Chœurs de l’Opéra national du Rhin, Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse, Sergio Alapont (conductor), Opéra national du Rhin, Strasbourg. 20.03.2016 (RP)
