Spain Dallapicola: Il Prigioniero; Puccini: Suor Angelica, Liceu Symphony Orchestra, Edmon Colomer (conductor), Gran Theatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 27.6.2014 (JMI)
Two for One Ends Barcelona Season
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Iván Fischer’s The Red Heifer Sends a Powerful Message
Germany Fischer: Die Rote Färse, Members of Budapest Festival Orchestra and Konzerthaus Orchestra Berlin / Iván Fischer (conductor). Konzerthaus Berlin, Werner-Otto-Saal, Berlin, 28.6.2014. (SH)
Fairy-tale Magic of the Vocal Sort in Frankfurt
Germany Dvorak: Rusalka, Soloists, Opera Frankfurt Chorus, Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra, Johannes Debus (conductor), Opera Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, 28.06.14 (RP)
With Rumpled Intensity, Skelton Soars as Grimes
United States Britten, Peter Grimes: Soloists, San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 26.6.2014 (HS)
Merce Cunningham Inspired Dance Event on Two Floors
United Kingdom Selway, Ilhan, Quinta, Rambert Event: Rambert Dance Company, Rambert, London, 28.06.2014 (J.O’D)
Splendid Playing and Singing Transcend Misjudged Nabucco Production
United Kingdom Verdi, Nabucco (Company Premiere): Soloists, chorus and orchestra of Welsh National Operas, conductor, Xian Zhang, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 31.5.2014 (GPu)
Power Cuts: a Slow and Gloomy Carmen
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)
Italianate Ardour in Pappano’s Manon Lescaut
United Kingdom Puccini, Manon Lescaut: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Broadcast to the Empire Cinema, Basildon, Essex, 24.6.2014. (JPr)
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