United Kingdom Cilea, Adriana Lecouvreur: Soloists, Chorus of Opera Holland Park, City of London Sinfonia/Manlio Benzi, Holland Park, London, 24.7.2014 (CC)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Hynd’s Venerable Coppélia Continues to Entrance All Ages
United Kingdom Delibes, Coppélia: Dancers and Orchestra of English National Ballet / Gavin Sutherland (conductor), London Coliseum, London, 24.7.2014. (JPr)
Crusades to Circus: Handel’s Rinaldo in a Surprising Setting
United Kingdom Handel, Rinaldo: Longborough Festival Opera / Jeremy Silver (conductor), Longborough, 24.7.2014 (RJ)
Photo: Robert Workman
Stark Medea From Juventus Lyrica
Argentina Cherubini, Medea: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Juventus Lyrica, Hernán Schvartzman (conductor), Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 18.7.2014. (JSJ)
Circus Falstaff Comes to Läckö
Sweden Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff Soloists, chorus, Läckö Slottsorkester, Simon Phipps (conductor), Läckö Castle, Sweden, 19.07.2014 (NS)
Gender Confusion and Hasty Mating Encounters
United States Francesco Cavalli, La Calisto: Soloists, Thomas C. Hase (conductor), Cincinnati Opera, Corbett Theater, School for the Creative and Performing Arts, Cincinnati, Ohio. 17.7.2014 (RDA)
Photo credit – Philip Groshong
Anja Harteros Saves Tosca from Last Minute Replacement
Germany Puccini: Tosca, Orchestra and Chorus of the Bayerische Staatsoper, Carlo Montanaro (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 18.7.2014 (JMI)
Opera Stars of Tomorrow Make Strong Impression
United Kingdom Donizetti, Mozart, Opening Acts – Jette Parker Young Artists Summer Performance: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 20.7.2014 (MMB)