United Kingdom Adès,Powder Her Face: Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of English National Opera/Timothy Redmond (conductor). Ambika P3, University of Westminster, London, 2.4.2014 (CC)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
WNO’s Winning La Traviata Gets Another Outing
United Kingdom Giuseppe Verdi, La Traviata (Sung in Italian with subtitles in English and Welsh): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Simon Phillippo (conductor), Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno, 1.4.2014.(RJF)
Caligula Comes To Buenos Aires
Argentina Glanert, Caligula: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Colón. Conductor: Ira Levin, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 1.4.2014. (JSJ)
Ambitious Carmen from Ensamble Lírico Orquestal
Argentina Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Ensamble Lírico Orquestal, Gustavo Codina (conductor), Auditorio de Belgrano, Buenos Aires. 28.3.2014. (JSJ)
Lest We Forget: Three Ballets Evoke Poignant Memories of the First World War
United Kingdom Liszt, Stravinsky, Cowton, Pook, Lest We Forget: Artists of English National Ballet, Orchestra of English National Ballet / Gavin Sutherland (conductor), Barbican Theatre, London, 2.4.2014. (JPr)
Another Rarely-Performed Rossini Jewel
Italy Rossini, Maometto 11 Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro dell’Opera, Rome. Chorus master, Roberto Gabbiani. Conductor, Roberto Abbado. Sets and costumes by Pier Luigi Pizzi with his 2005 production from Teatro La Fenice, Venice. 1.4.2014. (JB)
High Standards Prevail in Manchester Mikado
United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado: Manchester Universities Gilbert & Sullivan Society / Oliver Till (musical director), Council Chambers Theatre, Manchester. 26.3.2014 (RJW)
Placido Domingo at His Most Convincing in Simon Boccanegra
Spain Verdi: Simon Boccanegra, Orchestra Comunitat Valenciana, Chorus Generalitat Valenciana, Evelino Pidò (conductor), Valencia’s Palau de Les Arts, 27.3.2014 (JMI).
