United Kingdom Peter Salem, A Streetcar Named Desire: Scottish Ballet / Richard Honner (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 19.3.2015 (SRT)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Dark Drama in Stockholm’s New Otello
Verdi, Otello. Soloists, Royal Stockholm Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Alexander Vedernikov (conductor). Royal Stockholm Opera. 14.3.2015, Premiere. (GF)
An Evening of Collaborations between Choreographers, Filmmakers, Singers and Dancers
United Kingdom Various composers, Wild Card: Tim Casson – Casson & Friends, Sadler’s Wells (Lilian Baylis Studio), London, 18.03.2015 (J.O’D)
Fine Staging and Performance of The Rake’s Progress
United Kingdom Stravinsky, The Rake’s Progress: Soloists, Royal Academy Opera Chorus, Royal Academy Sinfonia, Jane Glover (conductor). Sir Jack Lyons Theatre, Royal Academy of Music, London, 16.3.2015 (MB)
Powerful Holocaust Memories in Weinberg’s The Passenger
United States Mieczysław Weinberg, The Passenger: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago. 15.3.2015 (JLZ)
Tristan in Barcelona: Inappropriately Cast
Spain Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Mariinsky Orchestra, Liceu Chorus, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Gran Theatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 18.3.2015 (JMI)
Despite its Virtues Opera North’s Figaro Needs Titles or Better Projection of Words
Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro: (Sung in English): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Alexander Shelley, (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays. 10.3.2015
New Production of Norma in Valencia Expertly Sung by Matiella Devia
Spain Bellini, Norma Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana, Gustavo Gimeno (conductor), Palau de les Arts, Valencia, 14.3.2015 (JMI)
