Argentina Verdi, Don Carlo: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Colón. Conductor: Ira Levin, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 23.9.2015. (JSJ)
Grand Don Carlo In Buenos Aires
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
A Musically Sound and Interesting Orlando Which Doesn’t Quite Take Off
United Kingdom Handel, Orlando: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor), Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 27.9.2015 (GPu)
Disorienting Dance Piece from Jefta van Dinther
United Kingdom Kiers, As It Empties Out, Jefta van Dinther, Sadler’s Wells/Platform Theatre at Central Saint Martins, London, 01.10.2015 (J.O’D)
English Touring Opera Takes to the Road with Praiseworthy Pelléas et Mélisande
United Kingdom Debussy, Pelléas et Mélisande (arr. Annelies van Parys): Soloists, Orchestra of English Touring Opera / Jonathan Berman (conductor). Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, London, 1.10.2015 (MB)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s Lusty, Powerful Salome
United Kingdom Richard Strauss, Salome (concert version): Lise Lindstrom (soprano) and Kim Begley (tenor) and other soloists. Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Kirill Karabits (Conductor), Lighthouse, Poole, England 30.9.2015. (IL)
BRB celebrate 25 years of Ballet in Birmingham with a ravishing Swan Lake
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Paul Murphy (Conductor), Birmingham Hippodrome, 28.9.2015. (GR)
photo Roy Smiljanic
A Triumphant Figaro Leaves Audience on Cloud Nine
United States Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Henrik Nánási (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago. 26.9.2015 (JLZ)
Jonathan Miller’s ENO Barber as Invigorating as Ever
United Kingdom Rossini, The Barber of Seville: Soloists, Members of the English National Opera Chorus, Orchestra of English National Opera/Christopher Allen (conductor), London Coliseum, 29.9.2015 (CC)