Germany Wagner: Götterdämmerung, Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus, Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 29.3.2015 (JMI)
A Memorable Ring Cycle Comes to a Close in Munich
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
A Pleasing and Successful Offenbach in Munich
Germany Offenbach: Les Contes D’Hoffmann, Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus, Constantin Trinks (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 28.3.2015 (JMI)
Choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh Fuses East and West in Bayadère
United Kingdom Prokoviev, Bayadère – The Ninth Life, Shobana Jeyasingh Dance, Royal Opera House (Linbury Studio Theatre), London, 28.3.2015 (J.O’D)
Magnificent Meistersinger in Helsinki
Finland Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Soloists, Finnish National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Michael Güttler (conductor). Finnish National Opera, Helsinki, 25.3.2015. (GF)
A Remarkable Jenufa in Stuttgart
Germany Janáček: Jenufa, Orchestra and Chorus of the Stuttgart Staatsoper, Sylvain Cambreling (conductor), Staatstheater, Stuttgart, 27.3.2015 (JMI).
90th Birthday Celebration for Contemporary Dance Pioneer
United Kingdom Various Composers, Robert Cohan at 90, Yorke Dance Project/Martha Graham Dance Company/Richard Alston Dance Company/The Place, The Place, London, 26.3.2015 (J.O’D)
Munich’s Wagner Tetralogy Features a Brilliant Siegfried
Germany Wagner: Siegfried, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 26.3.2015 (JMI)
Excellence Rewarded at ENB’s Emerging Dancer Final
United Kingdom English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer 2015 Final: Nominated dancers, English National Ballet Philharmonic, Gavin Sutherland (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 23.3.2015. (JPr)