Germany Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos: Soloists, Staatskapelle Dresden, Omer Meir Wellber (conductor). Semperoper, Dresden, 15.4.2014 (MB)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Dance with Talk Doesn’t Quite Come Off
United Kingdom Various Composers, If Play Is Play…: HeadSpaceDance, Royal Opera House (Linbury Studio Theatre), London, 16.04.2014 (J.O’D)
Flying Dutchman Makes A Second Call At Teatro Argentino
Argentina Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Soloists, Orchestra, Chorus of Teatro Argentino. Conductor:Federico Víctor Sardella, Teatro Argentino, La Plata. 13.4.2014. (JSJ)
Eifman Offers Halfway House Between Classical Ballet and Moderrn Dance
United Kingdom Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Massenet (recorded), Rodin: Saint Petersburg Eifman Ballet, London Coliseum, London, 15.4.2014 (J.O’D)
Marvellous Modernized Monteverdi
Sweden Monteverdi L’Orfeo. Soloists, Wermland Opera Orchestra, Hans Ek (conductor). Wermland Opera, Karlstad 26.3. 2014
More Drama Off Stage Than On for Met’s Andrea Chénier
United States Giordano, Andrea Chénier: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), The Metropolitan Opera House, New York. 12.4.14 (RP)
A Dark, Sinister Queen of Spades
Switzerland Tchaikovsky: Queen of Spades Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich, conductor: Jiri Belohlavek, Zurich Opera, Zurich. 11.4.14 (JR)
Barenboim’s Tannhäuser Exceeds All Expectations
Wagner, Tannhäuser: Soloists, Dancers, Staatsopernchor Berlin (chorus master: Martin Wright), Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Schiller Theater, Berlin, 12.4.2014 (MB)
TANNHÄUSER
Musikalische Leitung: Daniel Barenboim Inszenierung: Sasha Waltz Bühnenbild: Pia Maier Schriever, Sasha Waltz Kostüme: Bernd Skodzig Licht: David Finn Photo credit Bernd Uhlig