Spain Verdi: La Traviata, Liceu’s Orchestra and Chorus, Evelino Pidò (conductor), Theatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 11.7.2015 (JMI)
A Disappointing Traviata Returns to the Liceu Stage
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Madrid’s Opera Season Ends with a Surprise Triple Bill
Spain Granados: Goyescas, Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Guillermo García Calvo (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 9.7.2015 (JMI)
Don Pasquale Goes to Hollywood
United States Donizetti, Don Pasquale: Soloists, Cincinnati Opera, Richard Buckley (conductor), Chuck Hudson (stage director). Cincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH. 9.7.2015 (RDA)
Dutch National Ballet’s Cinderella Lacks Genuine Emotion and Heart
United Kingdom Prokofiev, Cinderella: Dancers of Dutch National Ballet and the Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Matthew Rowe (conductor). London Coliseum, London, 8.7.2015. (JPr)
Fabio Luisi Conducts Tense, Musically Sublime Performance of Bellini’s Tale of Doomed Love
Switzerland Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich, Fabio Luisi (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich, 7.7.15 (RP)
Ruth Ellis and Stephen Ward Live Again in the World of Opera
United Kingdom Charlotte Bray, Thomas Hyde, Chamber Opera Double Bill: Soloists, Nova Music Ensemble /George Vass (conductor), Richard Williams (director), Cheltenham Music Festival, Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham. 6.7.2015. (RJ)
A Quartet of Singers who are Passionate about Opera
United Kingdom A Passion for Opera Gala Tour – Heritage Opera, St. Leonard’s Church, Penwortham, Preston, Lancashire, 4.7.2015. (MC)
Covent Garden’s controversial Guillaume Tell has several good points
United Kingdom Rossini, Guillaume Tell: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Jonathan Haswell) to the Empire Cinemas, Basildon, Essex, 5.7.2015. (JPr)
