Germany Strauss: Elektra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor, Christian Thielemann (conductor), Berlin Philarmonie, 28.1.2014 (2014).
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
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
(C) BERND UHLIG
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)
Geneva Presents a Traditional Siegfried Free of Modern Gimmicks
United Kingdom Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ingo Metzmacher (conductor), Grand Théâtre de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland, 30.1.2014. (JPr)
A Poignant and Haunting Giselle from Royal New Zealand Ballet
United States Kobborg and Stiefel after Petipa, Giselle: Royal New Zealand Ballet, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 31.1.14- 2.2.14 (JRo)
Intriguing Portrait of a Flamenco Dancer
United Kingdom Sanchez, What’s Become of You? (questcequetudeviens?): Compagnie 111 – Aurélian Bory, Barbican Theatre, London, 30.01.2014 (JO’D)