United Kingdom Bizet, The Pearl Fishers: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Jean-Luc Tingaud (conductor), London Coliseum, London, 18.6.2014. (JPr)
Too Much Sangfroid, Too Little Passion in Pearl Fishers
Opera & Ballet
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Coffin Makes Fine Vehicle for Frederica von Stade
United States Ricky Ian Gordon, A Coffin in Egypt (East Coast premiere): Opera Philadelphia, Soloists, Timothy Myers (conductor), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 15.6.2014 (BJ))
Monty Pythonesque Touches in Benvenuto Cellini
United Kingdom Berlioz, Benvenuto Cellini: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Edward Gardner(conductor), London Coliseum seen live at Empire, Basildon, Essex, 17.6.2014. (JPr)
(c) Richard Hubert-Smith
Harmony of Colour and Song in Domingo’s Tosca
United Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra / Plácido Domingo (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 16.6.2014. (JPr)
Macabre Ambiguity in Aldeburgh’s Owen Wingrave
United Kingdom Britten, Owen Wingrave: Aldeburgh Festival Soloists, Britten-Pears Orchestra, Choristers of Chelmsford Cathedral/ Mark Wigglesworth (conductor), Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh, 15.6.2014. (CS)
Welcome Adriana Lecouvreur in Buenos Aires
Argentina Cilea, Adriana Lecouvreur: Buenos AiresLírica. Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Buenos AiresLírica, Conductor:Carlos Vieu. Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 6.6.2014. (JSJ)
Opera North’s Ring Concludes Apocalyptically with Triumphant Götterdämmerung
United Kingdom Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Richard Farnes, (conductor), Leeds Town Hall, Leeds, 14.6.2014 (JL)
Photo Credit Opera North
Two Fine Manifestations of The Fall of the House of Usher
United Kingdom Gordon Getty, Usher House; Claude Debussy (ed. Robert Orledge), La chute de la maison Usher: Soloists, Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Lawrence Foster (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 15.6.2014 (PCG)