Ireland Mascagni, Guglielmo Ratcliff: Wexford Festival Orchestra, Francesco Cilluffo (conductor), National Opera House, Wexford, 28.10.2015 (JMI)
Now a Forgotten Mascagni Opera is Another Convincing Revival at the Wexford Festival
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
A Compelling Performance in Wexford of a Seldom-Staged Delius Opera
Ireland Delius: Koanga, Wexford Festival Orchestra and Chorus, Stephen Barlow (conductor), National Opera House, Wexford, 27.10.2015 (JMI)
Chelsea Opera Group Offers A Rare Chance to Hear Wagner’s Early Das Liebesverbot
United Kingdom Wagner, Das Liebesverbot: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Chelsea Opera Group/Anthony Negus (conductor) Cadogan Hall, London, 25.10.2015. (JPr)
An Elektra to Remember
United States Richard Strauss, Elektra: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (conductor), Tanglewood Festival Chorus, James Bagwell (chorus conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York, 21.10.2015 (SSM)
Singers Bring the Tension within The Lighthouse to Life
United Kingdom Maxwell Davies, The Lighthouse: Soloists, Southbank Sinfonia, Jonathan Santagada (conductor). Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London, 22.10.2015 (MB)
(c) Clive Barda
Nureyev’s Spirit Lives on in ENB’s Romeo and Juliet
United Kingdom Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet (Rudolf Nureyev Production): Dancers of English National Ballet and the English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gavin Sutherland (conductor). Milton Keynes Theatre, Milton Keynes, 22.10.2015. (JPr)
(c) Bill Cooper
Welcome return of Opera North’s Jenufa
United Kingdom Janáček, Jenufa: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Aleksandar Marković (conductor), Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds 22.10.2015 (JL)
Philippe Jordan’s Moses und Aronan Astonishing Musical Achievement
France Schoenberg, Moses und Aron: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra national de Paris, Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine Children’s Choir of the Opéra national de Paris (chorus masters: José Luis Basso and Alessandro di Stefano) / Philippe Jordan (conductor). Opéra Bastille, Paris, 20.10.2015 (MB)
