United States Aspen Music Festival (4): Soloists, Chorus, Aspen Opera Theater, Steve Mercurio (conductor), Wheeler Opera House, Aspen, Colorado. 10.7.2014 (HS)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
A Japanese Sun Shines on Stockport
United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado: The Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company, The Plaza Theatre, Stockport 11.7.2014 (RJW)
Liepa’s Triple Bill Shows Russian Ballet at its Best
United Kingdom Stravinsky, Chopin, Borodin, Petrushka, Chopiniana and Polovtsian Dances:Dancers, Soloist, Chorus and Orchestra of the Moscow State Music Theatre for Young Audience (named after Natalia Sats) / Alevtina Ioffe. (conductor), Diaghilev Festival, London Coliseum, London, 11.7.2014. (JPr)
Time to Pension Off Covent Garden’s Current La bohème?
United Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Extra Chorus, Members of Tiffin Children’s Chorus, Royal Opera Chorus (chorus master: Renato Balsadonna), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Cornelius Meister (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 9.7.2014 (MB)
Alexi Ratmansky’s Exuberant Romeo and Juliet
United States Alexi Ratmansky, Romeo and Juliet , The National Ballet of Canada, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 10.7.14-13.7.14 (JRo)
- Elena Lobsanova and Guillaume Côté in Romeo and Juliet. Photo by Bruce Zinger
A Piratical Performance at Stockport’s Plaza Theatre
United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance: Gilbert & Sullivan Touring Company, The Plaza Theatre, Stockport, 9.7.2014. (RJW)
A Golden Evening for Rimsky-Korsakov’s Rooster
United Kingdom Rimsky-Korsakov, Le Coq d’Or (The Golden Cockerel): Dancers, Singers, Chorus and Orchestra of the Moscow State Music Theatre for Young Audience named after Natalia Sats / Alevtina Ioffe. (conductor), London Coliseum, London, 8.7.2014. (JPr).
Cheltenham Music Festival: Compelling New Music Drama Inspired by Japanese Prints
United Kingdom Nicola Lefanu, Tokaido Road (world premiere): Soloists, Okeanos / Dominic Wheeler (conductor), Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham, 6.7.2014.