United Kingdom Brennan, Berlioz, Tchaikovsky. Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano); London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 5.2.2015 (CC)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Bryn Terfel in 2015 ROH revival of Der fliegende Holländer
United Kingdom Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of The Royal Opera / Andris Nelsons (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 5.2.2015. (JPr)
A Flowering Tree Blooms in Gothenburg
Sweden John Adams: A Flowering Tree Soloists, Gothenburg Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Joanna Carneiro (conductor), Gothenburg Opera main stage, 7.2.2015 (NS)
A Don QuixoteTransplanted from Holland
United Kingdom Pacific Northwest Ballet, “Don Quixote”: Marius Petipa, Alexander Gorsky and Alexei Ratmansky (choreography and staging); Dutch National Ballet (production); Elizabeth Murphy, Seth Orza, Otto Neubert, Jonathan Porretta, Sarah Ricard Orza, Jerome Tisser and Lesley Rausch (principals); Allan Dameron (conductor). McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA. 30.1.2015 (RC)
Strong Imagination and Emotion in Bartlett Sher’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann
United States Offenbach, Les contes d’Hoffmann: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Yves Abel (conductor). Broadcast to the Odeon Cinema, Chelmsford, Essex, 31.1.2015. (JPr)
A Remarkable Recital by Juliane Banse and Malcom Martineau
United Kingdom Schumann, Mahler, Duparc, Schoenberg: Juliane Banse (soprano); Malcom Martineau (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 30.1.2015 (CC)
An Evening of Music and Dance from Birmingham Royal Ballet
United Kingdom Selected Dance and Orchestral Excerpts: Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Koen Kessels (Conductor), Dancers of Birmingham Royal Ballet, David Bintley (compere), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 31.1.2015 (GR).
Koen Kessels Conductor
Photo Bill Cooper
Giordano’s melodrama is no match for Puccini
United Kingdom Giordano, Andrea Chénier: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House London / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Broadcast to the Empire Cinema, Basildon, Essex. 29.1.2015. (JPr)
