Spain Wagner: Die Walküre: Principado de Asturias Orchestra, Guillermo García Calvo (conductor), Teatro Campoamor, Oviedo, 13.9.2015 (JMI)
in Oviedo’s Die Walküre
A New Production of Die Walküre Continues the Ring in Oviedo
in Oviedo’s Die Walküre
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
in Oviedo’s Die Walküre
Puccini’s Magnificent Score Shines Through in Deutsche Oper’s Tired-looking Turandot
Puccini, Turandot : Soloists, Orchester and Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin / Alexander Joel (conductor), Deutsche Oper, Berlin 12.9.2015. (MC)
New Macbeth Opera at Covent Garden Fails to Excite
United Kingdom Luke Styles, Macbeth: Soloists, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jeremy Bines (conductor). Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, 9.9.2015 (MB)
Not a Dull Moment in Handel’s Giulio Cesare at Komische Oper Berlin
Germany Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto: Chorsolisten und Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin/Konrad Junghänel (conductor), Komische Oper Berlin, 11.9.2015 (MC)
Warm, Expressive and Atmospheric Pelléas et Mélisande in Berlin
Germany Debussy, Pelléas et Mélisande: Soloists, Orchester und Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin/Donald Runnicles (conductor), Berlin 9.9.2015 (MC)
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Lest We Forget Akram Khan’s Gut-Wrenching Dust Continues to Impress
United Kingdom Liszt, Cowton, Pook, Lest We Forget: Artists of English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gavin Sutherland (conductor), Sadler’s Wells, London, 8.9.2015. (JPr)
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A Superb Trovatore Opens the Season in La Coruña
Spain Verdi: Il Trovatore (new production): Galicia Symphony Orchestra, Coro Gaos, Keri-Lynn Wilson (conductor), Palacio de la Ópera, La Coruña, 3.9.2015 (JMI)
A Sense of Wonder as Indelible “Skin” Arrives Onstage
United States Mostly Mozart Festival 2015 (1), George Benjamin, Written on Skin (U.S. stage premiere): Soloists, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Alan Gilbert (conductor), Katie Mitchell (director), David H. Koch Theater, New York City. 13.8.2015 (BH)