Spain Donizetti, Il Duca d’Alba: Orchestra Oviedo Filarmonia, Chorus Ópera de Oviedo, Roberto Tolomelli (conductor), Teatro Campoamor, Oviedo, 19.12.2015. (JMI)
An Intriguing Revival of a Relatively Obscure Donizetti Opera
Opera & Ballet
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Confusing Eugene Onegin with Responsive Orchestra under Bychkov at Covent Garden
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus and Extra Chorus (chorus master: Renata Balsadonna), Dancers, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 19.12.2015. (MB)
and Nicole Car (Tatyana) (c) Bill Cooper
Viaggio à Reims Fails to Amuse in Zurich Opera’s Production
Switzerland Rossini, Il Viaggio à Reims: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich, Conductor: Daniele Rustioni. Zurich Opera, Zurich. 18.12.15. (JR)
Bel Canto: A New Opera, All-Too Topical
United States Jimmy Lopez, Bel Canto: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago. 12.12.2015 (JLZ)
English National Ballet’s Nutcracker Continues to Cast its Magical Spell
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker: Dancers of English National Ballet, Students from the English Ballet School, Supplemented Choir from Tring Park School for the Performing Arts and English National Ballet Philharmonic/Gavin Sutherland (conductor), London Coliseum, London, 16.12.2015. (JPr)
(c) Laurent Liotardo
‘Less is More’ in Collaborations between Wimbledon Designers and LCDS Choreographers
United Kingdom Various composers, Design Collaborations: London Contemporary Dance School/Wimbledon College of Art, The Place, London, 9.12.2015. (J.O’D)
Calaf Solves Turandot’s Riddles in Zurich With Aid From Google
Switzerland Puccini, Turandot: Soloists and chorus of Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich conductor Alexander Joel, Zurich Opera 12.12.2015. (JR)
Plácido Domingo and a Superb Cast Triumph in Valencia’s Macbeth
Spain Verdi, Macbeth: Comunitat Valenciana Orchestra, Generalitat Valenciana Chorus, Henrik Nánási (conductor), Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 11.12.2015. (JMI)
(c) Tato Baeza