Switzerland Verdi: La Traviata Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich, conductor: Marco Armiliato, Zurich Opera, Zurich. 18.4.15 (JR)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Pina Bausch’s 1984 Ballet Observes the Human Condition
United Kingdom Various composers, Auf dem Gebirge hat man ein Geschrei gehört (On the Mountain a Cry was Heard), Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Sadler’s Wells, London, 15.4.2013 (J.O’D)
Welcome Andrea Chénier From Juventus Lyrica
Life and Art Overlap in Diana Vishneva’s Dancing
A Drama of Extremes: La Damnation de Faust in Berlin
Berlioz: Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Charles Castronovo (tenor, Faust) Joyce DiDanato (mezzo-soprano, Marguerite), Ludovic Tézier (bass Méphistophélès), Florian Boesch (bass, Brander), Simon Halsey (chorus director), Berlin Philharmonikier, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Berlin Philharmonie, 10.04.15 (HR) Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust Not quite an opera and not quite a pure concert work, Hector Berlioz’s La Damnation … Read more
Tansy Davies Brings Twin Towers Catastrophe to the Stage
Il Turco in Italia Revival Provides Plenty of Laughs at Covent Garden
Rebirth of Tippett’s The Ice Break in a Birmingham Warehouse
United Kingdom Tippett, The Ice Break: Soloists, Birmingham Opera Company, Local Chorus of 106 – Jonathan Laird (Chorus Master), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Gourlay (conductor), The B12 Warehouse, Birmingham, 8.4.2015 (GR).




