Italy Bizet, Carmen. Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro dell’Opera, Rome. Chorus Master, Roberto Gabbiani. Conductor, Emmanuel Villaume. Co-production with Teatro Municipal of Santiago, Chile directed by Emilio Sagi, with sets by Daniel Bianco and Costumes by Renata Schussheim. Teatro Costanzi, Rome 20.06.2014 (JB)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Italianate Ardour in Pappano’s Manon Lescaut
Excellent Performances in an Underwhelming Rossini Opera
Garsington’s Well Paced Vixen Not for the Prudish
United Kingdom Janáček, The Cunning Little Vixen – Opera in three acts: Soloists, Garsington Opera Orchestra & Chorus / Garry Walker (conductor), Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 22.6.2014 (CR)
Sung in Czech with English surtitles

Photo: Clive Barda
Salvatore Sciarrino’s Haunting Macbeth
Dark Mystery and Intrigue in Semperoper’s Simon Boccanegra
Potent Imagery Evoking the Weimar Era
Denk and Stucky Have Fun With ‘Classical Style’
United States Haydn, Stucky: Brooklyn Rider (Johnny Gandelsman, Colin Jacobsen, violins; Nicholas Cords, viola; Eric Jacobsen, cello), soloists, The Knights (orchestra), presented by Cal Performances, Hertz Hall, University of California, Berkeley. 20.6.2013 (HS)
