United States Gregory Spears, Paul’s Case: Soloists, American Modern Ensemble, Keith Chambers (piano), Kevin Newbury (director), Robert Wood (conductor). HERE, New York City. 13.1.2014 (DS)
A Willa Cather Tale at the Prototype Festival
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Opera North Strikes Gold in Puccini’s West.
United Kingdom Puccini, La fanciulla del West: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North/Richard Farnes (conductor), Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds 21.1.2014 (JL)
Racy and Effortless Student Production of Don Giovanni
United Kingdom Mozart, Don Giovanni: Opera Warwick / Benjamin Hamilton (conductor), Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, 16.1.2014 (RD)
ROH Presents Stylish Manon
United Kingdom Massenet, Manon: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus and Royal Opera House Orchestra/ Emmanuel Villaume (conductor), Royal Opera House, London, 14.1.2014. (JPr)
A Disappointing Tristan and Isolde
Switzerland Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Orchestra and Chorus Teatro Real, Marc Piollet (Conductor), Madrid Teatro Real, 12.1.2014 (JMI)
Humperdinck Fairy Tale Enchants – as a Ballet
United Kingdom Humperdinck, Hansel and Gretel: Artists and Orchestra of Scottish Ballet, Ollivier-Philippe Cuneo (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 8.1.2014 (SRT)
ENB Brings Exotic Pirate World to Life in Le Corsaire
United Kingdom Adam, Pugni, Delibes et al, Le Corsaire: English National Ballet and Orchestra / Gavin Sutherland (conductor)), London Coliseum, London, 09.01.2014 (JO’D)
, Vadim Muntagirov : English National Ballet Le Corsaire
Photo: Arnaud Stephenson
Barcelona’s Star-Studded Cendrillon and It’s Not Rossini’s
Spain Massenet: Cendrillon, Liceu’s Orchestra and Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Barcelona’s Liceu, 22 & 23.12.2013 (JMI)