United Kingdom, Tanjore Quartet, Bhagavatula Sitarama Sarma, Wild Card: Seeta Patel – Something Then, Something Now, Sadler’s Wells, Sadler’s Wells (Lilian Baylis Studio), London, 26.9.2014 (J.O’D)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Barcelona’s Barbiere in Need of Better Staging
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Liceu Orchestra and Chorus, Giuseppe Finzi (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 16 & 22.9.2014 (JMI) Casts: Figaro: Mario Cassi/Lionel Lhote Rosina: Annalisa Stroppa/Ketevan Kemoklidze Almaviva: Juan Francisco Gatell/Bogdan Mihai Don Bartolo: Carlos Chausson/José Fardilha Don Basilio: John Relyea/Dmitry Ulyanov Berta: Marisa Martins Fiorello/Officer: Manel Esteve Production: Liceu … Read more
Gorgeously Sung ‘Norma’ in Listless Production
United States Bellini, Norma: Soloists, orchestra and chorus of San Francisco Opera, Nicola Luisotti (conductor), War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 23.9.2014 (HS)
Sondra Radvanovsky (Norma) and Jamie Barton (Adalgisa). ©Cory Weaver/ San Francisco Opera.
Tchaikovsky’s Vintage Charodeyka Ravishes
Tchaikovsky, Charodeyka: Soloists, ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien and Arnold Schoenberg Chor conducted by Mikhail Tatarnikov. Theater an der Wien, Vienna. 23.9.2014 (SS)
Berlin Experiences Best of All Worlds in Bernstein Operetta
Germany Leonard Bernstein, Candide (comic operetta in 2 acts): Staatsopernchor, Staatskapelle Berlin/Wayne Marshall (conductor), Schiller Theater, Berlin, Sunday 21st September 2014 (MC)
Martin Lawrance’s Dance Premiere Inspired by Liszt
United Kingdom Britten, Riley, Liszt: Richard Alston Dance Company, Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, 26.9.2014 (SRT)
Rossini’s L’Inganno Felice Returns to City in which it was Premiered
Italy Rossini: L’Inganno Felice, La Fenice Orchestra, Stefano Montanari (conductor), Teatro La Fenice, Venice, 21.9.2014 (JMI)
Intriguing Choreography in Mats Ek’s Juliet & Romeo
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky et al, Juliet & Romeo: Soloists and corps de ballet of the Royal Swedish Ballet, Royal Swedish Ballet Orchestra / Alexander Polianichko – conductor (recorded), Sadler’s Wells, London, 24.9.2014. (JPr)
