Spain Vivaldi: Tito Manlio, Concerto de’ Cavalieri, Marcello Di Lisa (conductor), Madrid Auditorio Nacional, 23.3.2014 (JMI).
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Porgy and Bess Production in Copenhagen: a Great Operatic Experience
Denmark George and Ira Gershwin: Porgy and Bess Soloists, choral ensemble, Royal Danish Orchestra, Michael Boder (conductor), Operaen, Copenhagen, 22.03.2014 (NS)
The Curse of the Tales of Hoffmann Lives on
Switzerland Offenbach: Tales of Hoffmann Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich, conductor: Fabio Luisi, Zurich Opera, Zurich. 21.3.14 (JR)
Northern Ballet’s Cinderella Let Down by Indifferent Score
United Kingdom Philip Feeney, Cinderella: Northern Ballet, Northern Ballet Sinfonia / John Pryce Jones, Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 23.3.2013 (SRT)
Fine Singing in Stockholm’s Flawed Don Giovanni
Sweden Mozart, Don Giovanni, Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus and Royal Court Orchestra, Orchestra / Lawrence Renes (conductor), Royal Opera, Stockholm, 15.3.2014. (RD)
Luthando Qave as Leporello and Anders Lorentzson as the Commendatore – photo Markus Gårder
Tosca Times 3 in Barcelona
Spain Puccini: Tosca, Liceu’s Orchestra and Chorus, Paolo Carignani (conductor), Barcelona’s Liceu, 17,18 & 19.3.2014 (JMI)
Royal Ballet Attempts to Recreate its First Post-War Production
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky,The Sleeping Beauty: Soloists, Students of The Royal Ballet School, Corps de Ballet and Royal Opera House Orchestra / Valery Ovsyanikov (conductor). Live cinema relay (introduced by Darcey Bussell) broadcast to the Vue Cinema, Piccadilly, London. 19.3.2014. (JPr)
Light, Dark and High Decibels in Shechter’s Sun
United Kingdom Shechter, Sun:Hofesh Shechter Company, Sadler’s Wells, London, 20.3.2014 (J.O’D)