United Kingdom Resolution! 2014 – Point of View; Disc of Light; Frame: Thea Stanton DANCE, Mildred Rambaud, fiftyfifty, The Place, London, 5.2.2014 (JO’D)
The Place Showcases Three Dance Pieces by Young Choreographers
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
LA Sonnambula : Attractive but Hardly Convincing
Bellini: La Sonnambula, Liceu’s Orchestra and Chorus, Daniel Oren (conductor), Barcelona’s Liceu, 1 & 2.2.2014 (JMI) Casts: Amina: Patrizia Ciofi/Annick Massis Elvino: Juan Diego Flórez/Celso Albelo Count Rodolfo: Nicola Ulivieri/Michele Pertusi Lisa: Eleonora Buratto/Sabina Puértolas Teresa: Gemma Coma-Alabert Alessio: Alex Sanmartí Notary: Jordi Casanova Production: Wiener Staatsoper and Royal Opera House Covent Garden Direction: … Read more
Ivan Putrov Focuses on The Role of the Male Dancer
United Kingdom Debussy, Banschikov, Bach, Mozart, Stravinsky, Gershwin, et al., Men in Motion (devised by Ivan Putrov): Orchestra and New London Chamber Choir / Richard Bernas (conductor),, London Coliseum, London, 31.1.2014 (JO’D)
Elektra: A Production Strauss Himself Would Love
Germany Strauss: Elektra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor, Christian Thielemann (conductor), Berlin Philarmonie, 28.1.2014 (2014).
Weinberger’s Schwanda: Rarely Performed Opera That Has Retained It’s Humour
Germany Weinberger: Svanda, Staatskepelle Dresden, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor, Constantin Trinks (conductor), Dresden Semperoper, 27.1.2014 (JMI)
Warm Reading of Janáček’s Katja Kabanova with Simon Rattle as Conductor
Janáček: Katja Kabanova, Staatskapelle Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Berlin Schiller Theater, 25.1.2014. (JMI)
Katja Kabanova
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Unravelling Ravel
Italy Ravel, L’heure espagnole and L’ enfant et les sortilèges. Chorus and orchestra of Teatro dell’Opera Rome. Conductor, Charles Dutoit. Staging and Costumes by Laurent Pelly in his Glyndebourne production. Rehearsed in Rome by Paul Higgins. Sets of L’heure espagnole by Caroline Ginet; sets of L’enfant et les sortilèges by Barbara de Limburg. Original Glyndebourne lighting by Joël Adam, reset in Rome by Andrew May. Teatro dell’Opera, Rome 01.02.2014 (JB)
Musica di Maurice Ravel
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High Musical Values in Scottish Opera’s Don Pasquale
United Kingdom Donizetti: Don Pasquale: Scottish Opera Soloists, Orchestra of Scottish Opera, Chorus of Don Pasquale / Francesco Corti (conductor), Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 01.02.2014 (SRT)
