Germany Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Komische Oper, Berlin, Kristiina Poska (conductor). Komische Oper, Berlin, 13.4.2014 (MB)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Frederica von Stade in the Chamber Opera, A Coffin in Egypt
United States Gordon, A Coffin in Egypt: Kathleen Kelly (conductor), Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, 23.4.14-27.4.14 (JRo)
Photo by Lynn Lane.
Raw Physical Power from Bourne’s Male Swans
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake: New Adventures, Matthew Bourne (director/choreographer) Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 23.04.2014 (SRT)
Wagner’s First Opera Gets the Performance it Deserves
Germany Wagner, Die Feen: Soloists, Chorus of Oper Leipzig, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra,. Leipzig Opera House, Matthias Foremny (conductor). 20.4.2014 (MB)
Photo (c) Leipzig Opera
Wagnerian Harmonies and Period Lustre in Opera Leipzig’s Manon
Germany Puccini, Manon Lescau: Soloists, Chorus of the Leipzig Opera (chorus master: Alessandro Zuppardo), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Anthony Bramall (conductor). Leipzig Opera House, 19.4.2014 (MB)
Foto Tom Schulze
Leipzig Parsifal Offers Space for Reflection
Germany Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Children’s Choir, Women of the Youth Choir, Chorus, and Additional Chorus of the Leipzig Opera, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Ulf Schirmer (conductor). Leipzig Opera House, 18.4.2014 (MB)
Vintage Traviata Production Good but not Memorable
United Kingdom Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra / Dan Ettinger (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 19.4.2014. (JPr)
Eifman’s Anna Karenina Harks Back to Choreography Soviet Style
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Anna Karenina: Saint Petersburg Eifman Ballet, London Coliseum, London, 19.04.2014 (J.O’D)
