United Kingdom Mozart, The Magic Flute:(Revival Premiere): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera/ Lothar Koenigs (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 13.2.2015 (GPu)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
A Perceptive and Witty Ariadne auf Naxos
United States Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos: Soloists, Curtis Opera Theatre and Opera Philadelphia, Chas Rader-Schieber (director), David Zinn (set designer), Jacob A. Climer (costume designer), Mike Inwood (lighting designer), Curtis Symphony Orchestra, George Manahan (conductor), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 8.3.2015 (BJ)
2Faced Dance Offers Seamless Spectacle of Dance and Light
United Kingdom, Baranowski, MacRae, Dreaming in Code: 2Faced Dance, The Place, London, 10.3.2015 (J.O’D)
Strength of Emotion in English Touring’s Siege of Calais
United Kingdom Donizetti, L’assedio di Calais (The Siege of Calais): Chorus & Orchestra of English Touring Opera/Jeremy Silver. Hackney Empire, London, 1.3.2015 (CC)
Good Singing, but Scottish Opera’s Orfeo is a Hotchpotch
United Kingdom Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice: Soloists, Orchestra of Scottish Opera, The Chorus of Orfeo ed Euridice / Kenneth Montgomery (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 7.3.2015 (SRT)
Gergiev Conducts Wagner in St. Petersburg
Russian Federation Wagner: Das Rheingold, Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Mariinsky II, St. Petersburg, 4.3.2015 (JMI)
Interesting Production of New Opera Based on Lorca Play
Spain Mauricio Sotelo: El Público, Klangforum Wien, Teatro Real Chorus, Pablo Heras Casado (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 1.3.2015 (JMI)
Chelsea Opera Puts on Memorable Performance of Neglected Massenet Opera
United Kingdom Massenet, Le roi de Lahore (concert performance): Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of the Chelsea Opera Group/Renato Belsadonna (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 01.03.2015 (CC)