France Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Chorus of the Opéra national de Paris (chorus master: Patrick Marie Aubert), Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris, Philippe Jordan (conductor). Opéra Bastille, Paris, 25.3.2014 (MB)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Anna Bolenaa Fine Start to 2014 Opera in Buenos Aires
Argentina Donizetti, Anna Bolena: Buenos Aires Lírica. Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Buenos Aires Lírica, Conductor: Rodolfo Fischer. Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 21.3.2014. (JSJ)
Highly Visual Choreodrama Lacks Dramatic Focus
United Kingdom Tabac Rouge: Compagnie du Hanneton/Crying Out Loud, Sadler’s Wells, London, 25.03.2014 (JO’D)
Vivaldi’s Tito Manilo: Claimed by Vivaldi But Mostly by Other Composers
Spain Vivaldi: Tito Manlio, Concerto de’ Cavalieri, Marcello Di Lisa (conductor), Madrid Auditorio Nacional, 23.3.2014 (JMI).
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