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 Superb Trovatore Opens the Season in La Coruña
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
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)
The Magic Flute Pays Homage to the Era of Silent Films
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2015 (21) – Mozart, The Magic Flute: Komische Oper Berlin / Kristiina Poska (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 28.8.2015. (SRT)
The Cadaqués Orchestra’s Rossini Makes a Very Positive Impression
Spain Rossini: La Morte di Didone & Stabat Mater: Cadaqués Orchestra, Orfeón Donostiarra, Alberto Zedda (conductor), Kursaal Auditorium, San Sebastian, 25.8.2015 (JMI)
Starry Casting in Edinburgh’s HMS Pinafore
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2015 (18) –Gilbert & Sullivan, HMS Pinafore (concert performance): Scottish Opera, Richard Egarr (conductor), Usher Hall, 23.8.2015. (SRT)
The Unhappy Deception at the Rossini Opera Festival
Italy Rossini Opera Festival (3): L’Inganno Felice: Orchestra Sinfonica G Rossini, Conductor, Denis Vlasenko. Stage Director, Graham Vick (his 1994 staging) with sets and costumes of Richard Hudson and Projections of Matthew Richardson. Teatro Rossini, Pesaro 15.8.2015 (JB)
c Giacomo Mariotti
Flagship Mahler Dance Event from Ballet am Rhein
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2015 (16) – Mahler, Seven : Ballet am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg, Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Wen-Pin Chien (conductor), Playhouse, 20.8.2015. (SRT)
c Gert Weigelt
A Mikado to Remember at Harrogate
United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado: National Gilbert & Sullivan Company / David Steadman (conductor), Royal Hall, Harrogate, 16.8. 2015 (RJW)
