United Kingdom Various composers, Paradise Lost (lies unopened beside me): Lost Dog, The Place, London, 9.10.2015 (J.O’D)
Ben Duke’s Intriguing One Man Dance Tribute to Milton
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Perfect Blend of Youth and Experience Ensures Success of Opera North’s Barber Revival
United Kingdom Rossini, The Barber of Seville: Soloists , Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North, Stuart Stratford (conductor), Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds, 7.10.2015 (JL)
A Triple Bill from Birmingham Royal Ballet to Gratify, Appetise and Delight
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Kline & Elgar – A Triple Bill from Birmingham Royal Ballet: Dancers of Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Paul Murphy & Philip Ellis (conductors), Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham, 28.9.2015 (GR)
An Attractive but Ultimately Disappointing Marriage of Figaro in Berlin
Germany Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro: Deutsche Oper Orchestra and Chorus, Yves Abel (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 8.10.2015 (JMI)
The Mariinsky Ballet’s Broadly Comic and Oddly Unsettling Cinderella in LA
United States Prokoviev, Cinderella (choreography – Alexi Ratmansky): The Mariinsky Ballet and Orchestra, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 8.10.2015 (JRo)
A Splendidly Performed Meistersinger in a Brilliant New Production
Germany Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Staatskapelle Berlin, Staatsopernchor, Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Schiller Theatre, Berlin, 7.10.2015 (JMI)
Copyright: Bernd Uhlig
A Singular Berlin Staging of Der Freischütz Fails to Deliver
Germany Weber, Der Freischütz: Staatskapelle Berlin, Staatsopernchor, Alexander Soddy (conductor), Schiller Theatre, Berlin, 6.10.2015 (JMI)
Lucio Silla in Sweden: Just Embryos of Mozart’s Development.
Sweden Mozart, Lucio Silla: Soloists, Rebaroque, Maria Lindal (leader) at the Royal Castle, Stockholm 27.9.2015 (GF)
