United Kingdom Nitin Sawhney, Jocelyn Pook, Ben Frost, iTMOi: Akram Khan Company, Sadler’s Wells, London, 10.6.2014 (J.O’D)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Garsington Opera Hits Gold Standard with Beethoven Revival
United Kingdom Beethoven, Fidelio. (The triumph of married love): Soloists, Garsington Opera Orchestra and Chorus./ Douglas Boyd (conductor), Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 8.6.2014. (RJF)
Strauss’s Feuersnot: A Strong Performance All Around
Germany Strauss: Feuersnot, Dresdner Festspielorchester, Staatsopernchor Dresden, Kinderchor der Singakademie Dresden, Stefan Klingele (conductor), Residenzschloss, Dresden, 7.6.2014 (JMI)
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Tara Erraught a Perfect Octavian in Glyndebourne’s Rosenkavalier
United Kingdom Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier: Soloists, Glyndebourne Festival Opera Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, / Robin Ticciati (conductor). Broadcast to Gate Cinema, Notting Hill Gate, London, 7.6.2014. (JPr)
Handel’s Alcina, Not Baroque Enough
Germany Handel: Alcina, Staatskapelle Dresden, Rainer Mühlbach (conductor), Dresden Semperoper, 5.6.2014 (JMI)
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Hofesh Shechter Company Aesthetic Permeates In Good Company
United Kingdom Various composers, In Good Company, Hofesh Shechter Company, The Place, 06.06.2014 (J.O’D)
Entertaining, Well-sung Bohème in Dresden
Germany Puccini, La bohème: Soloists,Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Kinderchor der Sächsischen Staatsoper Dresden, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden / Riccardo Frizza (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden, 6.6.2014 (MC)
Choreography and Circus Skills Combine in A Simple Space
United Kingdom A Simple Space: Gravity and Other Myths, Udderbelly Festival, Southbank Centre, London, 4.6.14. (JPr)
Performers: Lachlan Binns, Jascha Boyce, Rhiannon Cave-Walker, Daniel Liddiard, Jacob Randell, Martin Schreiber, Triton Tunis-Mitchell, Elliot Zoerner (also live percussion)