Germany Puccini: Manon Lescaut: Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra and Chorus, Donald Runnicles (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 14.11.2015. (JMI)
Sondra Radvanovsky’s Manon Lescaut at the Deutsche Oper Sets the Bar High
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Nina Stemme Leads Strong Cast in Vienna Opera’s Elektra
Austria Strauss, Elektra: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Peter Schneider (conductor). State Opera, Vienna, 13.11.2015. (MB)
(c) Wiener Staatsoper/Michael Pöhn.
Haas’s Morgen und Abend is a New Existential Opera Exploring Life and Death
United Kingdom Georg Friedrich Haas, Morgen und Abend (world première): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Michael Boder (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London 13.11.2015. (JPr)
Carlos Acosta’s Farewell in Carmen Lacks his Usual Charisma
United Kingdom Carlos Acosta’s Carmen (part of a mixed bill including Viscera, Afternoon of a Faun and Tchaikovsky Pas de deux): Soloists, Corps de ballet and Royal Opera House Orchestra / Emmanuel Plasson and Martin Yates (conductors). Directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon and broadcast to the Empire Cinema, Basildon, Essex. 12.11.2015. (JPr)
A Marriage of Figaro in Berlin that Succeeds on all Fronts for Flimm and Dudamel
Germany Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro: Staatsoper Berlin Orchestra and Chorus, Gustavo Dudamel (conductor), Schiller Theater, Berlin, 13.11.2015 (JMI)
A Gruesome Opera by Janáček Superbly Staged and Performed by Opera North in Salford
United Kingdom Janáček, Jenůfa (1916 edition): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North, Alexandar Marković (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays. 11.11.2015. (RJF)
Sir David McVicar’s Monumental New Wozzeck
United States Berg, Wozzeck: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago. 1.11.2015. (JLZ)
Schwab’s Don Giovanni Reappears on the Berlin Stage, Marred by Some Fundamental Problems
Germany Mozart: Don Giovanni: Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra and Chorus, Daniel Cohen (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 12.11.2015. (JMI)
