United Kingdom Britten, The Prince of the Pagodas: Dancers of the Birmingham Royal Ballet and Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Koen Kessels (conductor), David Bintley (choreographer), London Coliseum, London, 26.3.2014. (JPr)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Great Singing in Opéra Bastille’s Problematical Zauberflöte
France Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Chorus of the Opéra national de Paris (chorus master: Patrick Marie Aubert), Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris, Philippe Jordan (conductor). Opéra Bastille, Paris, 25.3.2014 (MB)
Anna Bolenaa Fine Start to 2014 Opera in Buenos Aires
Argentina Donizetti, Anna Bolena: Buenos Aires Lírica. Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Buenos Aires Lírica, Conductor: Rodolfo Fischer. Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 21.3.2014. (JSJ)
Highly Visual Choreodrama Lacks Dramatic Focus
United Kingdom Tabac Rouge: Compagnie du Hanneton/Crying Out Loud, Sadler’s Wells, London, 25.03.2014 (JO’D)
Vivaldi’s Tito Manilo: Claimed by Vivaldi But Mostly by Other Composers
Spain Vivaldi: Tito Manlio, Concerto de’ Cavalieri, Marcello Di Lisa (conductor), Madrid Auditorio Nacional, 23.3.2014 (JMI).
Porgy and Bess Production in Copenhagen: a Great Operatic Experience
Denmark George and Ira Gershwin: Porgy and Bess Soloists, choral ensemble, Royal Danish Orchestra, Michael Boder (conductor), Operaen, Copenhagen, 22.03.2014 (NS)
The Curse of the Tales of Hoffmann Lives on
Switzerland Offenbach: Tales of Hoffmann Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich, conductor: Fabio Luisi, Zurich Opera, Zurich. 21.3.14 (JR)
Northern Ballet’s Cinderella Let Down by Indifferent Score
United Kingdom Philip Feeney, Cinderella: Northern Ballet, Northern Ballet Sinfonia / John Pryce Jones, Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 23.3.2013 (SRT)