United Kingdom Keaton Henson, Young Men: BalletBoyz, Sadler’s Wells, London, 6.10.2015 (J.O’D)
More Satisfying Ending for BalletBoyz’ Revised Young Men
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Opera Philadelphia’s Emotionally Compelling and Thought-Provoking La traviata
United States Verdi, La traviata: Opera Philadelphia, soloists, Corrado Rovaris (conductor), Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 4.10.2015 (BJ)
(c) Opera Philadelphia
A Rewarding Double Bill Opens the Toulouse Season
United Kingdom Dallapiccola: Il Prigioniero; Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle, Capitole Orchestra and Chorus, Tito Ceccherini (conductor), Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse, 4.10.2015 (JMI)
Anna Netrebko Excels as Leonora in Met Live’s Il trovatore
United States Met Live’s 10th Season – Verdi, Il trovatore: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Broadcast to the Empire Cinema, Basildon, Essex, 3.10.2015. (JPr)
(c) Marty Sohl/The Metropolitan Opera
An Imaginative Director Camps Up Figaro
United States Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro: Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra & Chorus, Henrik Nánási (conductor), Michael Black (chorus master), Civic Opera House, Chicago, Illinois, 26.9.2015 (DP)
High Standards of Singing and Playing in Concert Version of Wozzeck
United Kingdom Berg, Wozzeck (concert performance): Zurich Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Zurich, Fabio Luisi (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 2.10.2015 (MB)
Rickshaw Boy Rolls Through Italy
Italy Guo, Rickshaw Boy: National Centre for the Performing Arts Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Zhang Guoyong (conductor), Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa, 29.9.2015 (RP)
Roberto Devereux in Madrid: A New Opera Season Begins
Spain Donizetti: Roberto Devereux: Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Bruno Campanella and Andriy Yurkevych (conductors), Teatro Real, Madrid, 30.9 & 1.10.2015 (JMI)
(c) Javier del Real