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)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
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.
New English Ballet Theatre Save the Best till Last
United Kingdom Mussorgsky, Beethoven, Villa-Lobos et al, Tryst: Devotion and Betrayal: New English Ballet Theatre, Peacock Theatre, London, 5.7.2014 (J.O’D)
Rarely Performed Rossini Disappoints
Germany Rossini: Guillaume Tell, Orchestra and Chorus of the Bayerische Staatsoper, Dan Ettinger (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 2.7.2014 (JMI)
The Power of Stories
Italy Britten, The Prodigal Son. Members of the Chorus and Instrumentalists of the Orchestra of Teatro dell’Opera, Rome. Chorus Master, Roberto Gabbiani. Conductor, James Conlon. Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli, Rome. 04.07.2014 (JB)
