Finland Puccini La Bohème Soloists, Finnish National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Michael Güttler (conductor). Finnish National Opera, Helsinki 21.3.2014 (Premiere) (GF)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Fassbaender’s Zesty Don Pasquale is Amusing and Enjoyable
Germany Donizetti, Don Pasquale: Soloists, Chor und Statisterie des Staatstheaters am Gärtnerplatz & Orchester des Staatstheaters am Gärtnerplatz, / Loeg Ptashnikov (conductor), Cuvilliéstheater, Residenz, Munich, 4.4.2014. (MC)
Rigoletto – Juventus Lyrica On And Up
Argentina Verdi, Rigoletto: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Juventus Lyrica, Antonio Maria Russo (conductor), Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 4.4.2014. (JSJ)
Vardimon’s<1> Triple Bill Engages with Young and Old
United Kingdom Various Composers, JV2 2014 – Triple Bill: Jasmin Vardimon Company, The Place, London, 8.4.2014 (J.O’D)
Randy Behavior and Bourgeois Bad Manners in Don Pasquale
United States Donizetti, Don Pasquale: Soloists of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Omer Ben Seadia (stage director), Mark Gibson (conductor), CCM Corbett Auditorium, Cincinnati, OH. 4.3.2014 (RDA)
Mediocre Salome Fails to Shock
Germany Richard Strauss, Salome: Soloists and Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera / Asher Fisch (conductor), National Theatre, Munich, 2.4.2014 (MC)
Hardly a Good Night for Puccini or WNO’s Reputation
United Kingdom Giacomo Puccini (1858-1925), Manon Lescaut (1893): (Sung in Italian with subtitles in English and Welsh.) Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Lothar Koenigs (conductor), Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno. 2.4.2014.
American Hero and Trojan King Tour Britain Together
United Kingdom Britten, Paul Bunyan; Tippett, King Priam: English Touring Opera /Philip Sunderland, Michael Rosewell (conductors), Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 1/2.4.2014 (RJ)
