United KingdomCavalli, Soloists, Orchestra of Early Opera Company. Christian Curnyn (conductor). The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, 26.3.2014. (CS)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Don Giovanni and the Paparazzi
Sweden. Mozart Don Giovanni. Soloists, The Royal Opera Chorus and Orchestra. Lawrence Renes (conductor). The Royal Opera, Stockholm, 15.3.2014. Premiere (GF)
Dance Artists Present Eclectic Evening of Videos and Live Dance
United Kingdom Wild Card: Eva Recacha – Dear Devil, Sadler’s Wells/The Place, Sadler’s Wells, London, 27.03.2014 (JO’D)
Spirit and Commitment in Prince of the Pagodas
United Kingdom Britten, The Prince of the Pagodas: Dancers of the Birmingham Royal Ballet and Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Koen Kessels (conductor), David Bintley (choreographer), London Coliseum, London, 26.3.2014. (JPr)
Great Singing in Opéra Bastille’s Problematical Zauberflöte
France Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Chorus of the Opéra national de Paris (chorus master: Patrick Marie Aubert), Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris, Philippe Jordan (conductor). Opéra Bastille, Paris, 25.3.2014 (MB)
Anna Bolenaa Fine Start to 2014 Opera in Buenos Aires
Argentina Donizetti, Anna Bolena: Buenos Aires Lírica. Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Buenos Aires Lírica, Conductor: Rodolfo Fischer. Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 21.3.2014. (JSJ)
Highly Visual Choreodrama Lacks Dramatic Focus
United Kingdom Tabac Rouge: Compagnie du Hanneton/Crying Out Loud, Sadler’s Wells, London, 25.03.2014 (JO’D)
Vivaldi’s Tito Manilo: Claimed by Vivaldi But Mostly by Other Composers
Spain Vivaldi: Tito Manlio, Concerto de’ Cavalieri, Marcello Di Lisa (conductor), Madrid Auditorio Nacional, 23.3.2014 (JMI).