United Kingdom Granados, Bach, Salvatore, Fauré, Banshikov, Vitali, Côté, Kings of the Dance: Sergei Danilian/Segerstrom Center for the Arts/Ardani Artists ,London Coliseum, 19.3.2014 (JO’D)
Oddly Arranged Programme Celebrates the Male Dancer
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
The RNCM Do Justice to Gluck in his Tercentenary.
United Kingdom Gluck, The Drunkard Cured, Orfeo ed Euridice: Soloists, RNCM Opera Orchestra and Chorus / Roger Hamilton (conductor), Royal Northern College of Music. RNCM Studio, Manchester, 16.3.2014. (RJF)
Elspeth Brooke, The Commission and Francisco Coll, Café Kafka Premier at ROH
United Kingdom Elspeth Brooke, The Commission, and Francisco Coll, Café Kafka (London premieres): Soloists, CHROMA / Richard Baker (conductor). Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London, 17.3.2014 (MB)
Photo (c) Stephen Cummiskey
Flying Dutchman Revival Continues to Impress
Switzerland Wagner: The Flying Dutchman, Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich, conductor: Constantin Trinks, Zurich Opera, Zurich. 14.3.14 (JR)
Refined Playing Keeps Werther’s Emotions in Check Until Climax
United States Massenet, Werther (new production by Sir Richard Eyre and directed for live cinema by Gary Halvorson): soloists, chorus and orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, conducted by Alain Altinoglu. Broadcast to the Odeon Cinema, Chelmsford, Essex, 15.3.2014. (JPr)
(c) Ken Howard
A Haunting and Magnificent Lucia di Lammermoor at LA Opera
United States Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor: LA Opera, James Conlon (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 15.3.14-6.4.14 (JRo) 
Photo (c) Robert Millard
Stunning Performance of Die Frau ohne Schatten Compensates for Opaque Plot
United Kingdom Strauss, Die Frau ohne Schatten: Soloists, Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 14.3.2014. (JPr)
Photo credit: © CLIVE BARDA/ArenaPAL;
L’Italiana in Algeria Done as Farce
Spain Rossini: L’Italiana in Algeri, Orchestra Comunitat Valenciana, Chorus Generalitat Valenciana, Ottavio Dantone (conductor), Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 11.3.2014 (JMI)
