United Kingdom Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists of Fulham Opera, Nick Fletcher (piano accompanist), Peter Relton (revival director). St John’s Church, Fulham, London, 9.2.2014. (JPr)
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Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Opera North Ratchets Up Tension in Macbeth Revival
United KingdomVerdi, Macbeth: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North/Tobias Ringborg(conductor), Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds 7.2.2014 (JL)
Jenůfa Premieres in Helsinki
Janáček Jenůfa: Soloists, Finnish National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Jakob Hrůša (conductor). Finnish National Opera, Helsinki, 24.1.2014 (Premiere)(GF)
A Nearly Perfect Orfeo in Gothenburg
Cristoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (Parma version) Soloists, Gothenburg Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Laurence Cummings (conductor), GöteborgsOperan 08.02.2014 (NS) Cast: Orfeo: Katarina Karnéus Euridice: Kerstin Avemo Amore: Mia Karlsson Production: GöteborgsOperan Direction: David Radok Set design: Lars-Åke Thessman Choreography: Håkan Meyer Costume design: Karin Erskine Lighting: Torkel Blomkvist The Gothenburg Opera took the brave decision to … Read more
Brokeback Mountain: An Intense and Convincing Premiere
SpainWuorinen: Brokeback Mountain, Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Titus Engel (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 5.2.2014 (JMI).
The Place Showcases Three Dance Pieces by Young Choreographers
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)
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)