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)
Lovely Singing Rescues Strangely Unexciting Lucia
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
In Berlin an Impressive Production of a Rarely Heard Meyerbeer Opera
Germany Meyerbeer, Vasco da Gama: Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra and Chorus / Enrique Mazzola (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 11.10.2015. (JMI)
‘Notorious’ World Premiere in Göteborg: Gefors meets Hitchcock
(c) GöteborgsOperan
Sweden Hans Gefors, Notorious: GöteborgOperans Orkester & Kör, Patrik Ringborg (Conductor), GöteborgsOperan, Gothenburg, 19.09.2015 (ASB)
ETO Recreates the Age of Silent Films in Tales of Hoffmann
United Kingdom Offenbach, Tales of Hoffmann: English Touring Opera and Orchestra /Philip Sunderland (conductor), Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, London, 10.10.15 (RB)
A Classic Production of Elektra Returns to the Hamburg Stage
Germany Strauss: Elektra, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester, Kent Nagano (conductor), Staatsoper, Hamburg, 10.10.2015 (JMI)
Long Awaited Rusalka In Buenos Aires
Argentina Dvořák, Rusalka: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Buenos Aires Lírica, Conductor: Carlos Vieu. Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 2.10.2015. (JSJ)
Kent Nagano Leads the Hamburg Orchestra in a Beautifully Performed Berlioz
Germany Berlioz: Les Troyens: Hamburgische Staatsoper Chorus and Orchestra, Kent Nagano (conductor), Staatsoper, Hamburg, 9.10.2015 (JMI)
(c) Hans Jörg Michel
The Last Hotel from Dennehy & Walsh Focusses on Assisted Suicide
United Kingdom Donnacha Dennehy and Enda Walsh, The Last Hotel: Soloists, Actor and The Crash Ensemble / André de Ridder (conductor), Linbury Studio Theatre, London, 9.10.2015. (JPr)
photo: Patrick Redmond