United Kingdom Britten,Peter Grimes: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Operas / Edward Gardner (conductor), screened at Duke of York Cinema, Brighton, 23.2.14 (RB)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Though Evil Triumphs, Beauty Prevails in LA Opera’s Billy Budd
United States Britten: Billy Budd: LA Opera, James Conlon (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 22.2.14-16.3.14 (JRo)
Ritualistic Chinese Dance Piece Moves from Pessimism to Optimism
United Kingdom Lin Hwai-Min, Nine Songs: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan/Sadler’s Wells, Sadler’s Wells, London, 21.02.2014 (JO’D)
Il Trovatore: La Scala Could Do Better
Italy Verdi: Il Trovatore: Orchestra and Chorus Teatro allcala, Daniele Rustioni (conductor), Milan’s Teatro alla Scala,18 & 20.2.2014 (JMI).
Britten/Auden Opera Proves to be Excellent Ensemble Piece
United Kingdom Britten Paul Bunyan: Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of English Touring Opera/Philip Sunderland. Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, London, 17.02.2014 (CC)
New Life for Rossini’s “Barber”
United States Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Michele Mariotti (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago. 15.4.2014 (JLZ)
Great Conducting and Vocal Fireworks in Covent Garden’s Turandot
United Kingdom Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra / Nicola Luisotti in Andrei Serban’s 1984 production: designs by Sally Jacobs. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 17.2.2014. (JPr)
©Tristram Kenton
Pucccini’s Edgar: No Masterpiece But Undeservedly Neglected
Germany Puccini: Edgar, Frankfurter Opern und Museumorchester, Chor and Kinderchor der Oper Frankfurt, Marc Soustrot (conductor), Frankfurt Opernhaus, 16.2.2014 (JMI)
(c) Monika Rittershaus