Rossini, La Cenerentola: Soloists, Orchestra of Scottish Opera, The Chorus of La Cenerentola, William Lacey (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 19.11.2014 (SRT)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
New Traviata a Mixture of Innovative Ideas with Crude Banality
United Kingdom Verdi, La Traviata (sung in English with surtitles): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Gianluca Marciano (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays. 19.11.2014. (RJF)
Rami Be’er and Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Reflect a Dangerous World
United States Rami Be’er, If At All, Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, 19.11.14-21.11.14 (JRo)
Communist Setting Adds Little to an Average Performance of Smetana’s Masterpiece.
United Kingdom Bedrich Smetana. The Bartered Bride (sung in English with surtitles): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North/Anthony Kraus. (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays. 18.11.2014.
Ascher Fisch Leads a Riveting Il trovatore
United States Verdi, Il trovatore: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Ascher Fisch (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago, IL. 15.11.2014 (JLZ)
An Exemplary L’elisir d’amore at the Royal Opera House
Donizetti, L’elisir d’amore (Laurent Pelly’s production revived by Daniel Dooner): soloists, orchestra and chorus of The Royal Opera, Daniele Rustioni (conductor), Covent Garden, London 18.11.2014 (JPr) Cast: Adina: Lucy Crowe Nemorino: Vittorio Grigolo Dulcamara: Bryn Terfel Belcore: Levente Molnár Giannetta: Kiandra Howarth Production: Director: Laurent Pelly Set designs: Chantal Thomas Costume designs: Laurent Pelly Associate … Read more
Swans Rise Memorably From The Lake In Milton Keynes
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake: Dancers and Orchestra of the English National Ballet / Alex Ingram (conductor), Milton Keynes Theatre, Milton Keynes, 15.11.2014. (JPr)
Gorgeously Sung Curlew River from Bostridge and Britten Sinfonia
United States Britten, Curlew River: Britten Sinfonia, Britten Sinfonia Voices (Eamonn Dougan, director), Martin Fitzpatrick (conductor), presented by Cal Performances, Zellerbach Hall, University of California, Berkeley, California. 15.11.2014 (HS)