Switzerland Verdi, Rigoletto: Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonie Zurich, Antonello Allemandi (conductor), Zürich Opernhaus, Zurich, 14.2.2016. (RP)
Modern, Minimalist, Misogynistic Rigoletto Packs a Punch
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Live Action and Animation Entertain in a 1920s Version of The Magic Flute
United States Mozart, The Magic Flute: LA Opera, James Conlon (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 13.2.2016 (JRo)
‘Lost’ Ruddygore Steps Out of the Past with Jiving Ghosts
United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, Ruddygore: Manchester Universities & RNCM Gilbert & Sullivan Society, Manchester Grammar School Theatre, Manchester, 10-13.2.2016. (RJW)
Impressive Cast and Production for East Coast Premiere of Cold Mountain
United States Higdon, Cold Mountain: Soloists, Opera Philadelphia, Corrado Rovaris (conductor), Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 7.2.2016 (BJ)
Pina Bausch’s Final Dance Work Comes to London
United Kingdom Various composers, “…como el musguito en la piedra, ay si, si, si” (Like moss on a stone): Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Sadler’s Wells, London, 11.2.2016 (J.O’D)
Fidelio at the Staatsoper: Fine Singing but an Unsatisfactory Staging
Germany Beethoven, Fidelio: Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chorus, Zubin Mehta (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 10.2.2016. (JMI)
An Intriguing Premiere in Munich of a Much-Anticipated Opera
Germany Srnka, South Pole: Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 9.2.2016 (JMI)
© Wilfried Hösl
Back to the Seventies! Wolfgang Rihm’s Impressive and Incomprehensible Die Hamletmaschine
Switzerland Rihm: Die Hamletmaschine: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonie Zurich, Gabriel Feltz (conductor), Zürich Opernhaus, Zurich, 07.02.2016 (RP)
(c) Tanja Dorendorf