United Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Xian Zhang (conductor). London Coliseum, 16.10.2015. (JPr)
(c) Tristram Kenton
Drug-fuelled La bohème is Not the Fix ENO Needs
(c) Tristram Kenton
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
(c) Tristram Kenton
Strong Musical Values in Glyndebourne Touring’s Entführung
United Kingdom Mozart, Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Soloists, The Glyndebourne Chorus (chorus master: Jeremy Bines), Glyndebourne Tour Orchestra, Christoph Altstaedt (conductor). Glyndebourne Opera House, 15.10.2015
Not a Trovatore for the Ages
India The Met: Live in HD – Verdi, Il Trovatore: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Pre-recorded performance-screening, Godrej Dance Academy Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai, India. 15.10.2015. (JSM)
Overtones of Shakespearian Tragedy in BRB’s Swan Lake at Sadler’s Wells
United Kingdom Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Koen Kessels (conductor), Sadler’s Wells, London, 13.10.2105 (JO’D)
(c) Birmingham Royal Ballet
An Impressive Production of a Rarely Heard Meyerbeer Opera
United Kingdom Meyerbeer: Vasco da Gama, Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra and Chorus, Enrique Mazzola (Conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 11.10.2015 (JMI)
Cenerentola in Chicago: Exquisite Vocal Work in Rossini’s Classic Fairy Tale
United States Rossini, Cenerentola: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago. 10.10.2015 (JLZ)
(c) Lyric Opera of Chicago
A Remarkably Energising Ariadne auf Naxos at Covent Garden
United Kingdom Richard Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos: Soloists; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Lothar Koenigs (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London 10.10.2015 (CC)
(c) Catherine Ashmore/ROH
Lovely Singing Rescues Strangely Unexciting Lucia
United States Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera, Nicola Luisotti (conductor), War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 10.10.2015 (HS)