United States Lin Hwai-min, Rice: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 29.1-2016-31.1.2016. (JRo)
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre’s Rice: Primal, Elegant, and Moving
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
The Met’s Spectacular Turandot Lacks Light and Shade
United States Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Paolo Carignani (conductor). Broadcast live to the Empire Cinema, Basildon, Essex from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 30.1.2016. (JPr)
Slow Pacing Detracts from L.A. Dance Project’s Triple Bill
United States Various composers, Peck, Cherkaoui & Millepied (choreography): L.A. Dance Project, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, 29.1.2016-30.1.2016. (JRo)
Photo credit: Rose Eichenbaum
Scottish Opera’s Striking Re-imagining of Stevenson’s Bottle Imp
United Kingdom Stuart MacRae and Louise Welsh, The Devil Inside: Soloists, Orchestra of Scottish Opera, Michael Rafferty (conductor), King’s Theatre, Edinburgh, 30.1.2016. (SRT)
A Worthy but Uneven Caprices de Marianne from the CFPL
France Sauguet, Les Caprices de Marianne: Orchestre national du Capitole, Claude Schnitzler (conductor), Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse, 29.1.2016. (JMI)
Staged or Not, Volcanic Salome Impresses
United States R. Strauss, Salome: Soloists, C-CM Philharmonia, Mark Gibson (conductor). College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH. 29.1.2016. (RDA)
Resolution 2016 Presents Stimulating Triple Bill of Duets and Sketches
United Kingdom Various composers, Resolution 2016 – Spun Through Shadows; I’mperfect; People We Didn’t Quite Meet: Spun Through Shadows Collective/Mahar & Mielech/Jayne Port, The Place, London, 27.01.2016. (J.O’D)
An Imaginative and Delightful Magic Flute in Madrid
Spain Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Ivor Bolton (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 25 & 26.1.2016. (JMI)
