United Kingdom Turnage, Anderson, Various Composers (arr. Millett): Ballet Rambert, Sadler’s Wells, London, 22.10.13 (JO’D)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
ENB Docks At Milton Keynes And Showcases Its Wonderful Le Corsaire
United Kingdom Adam and Others, Le Corsaire: Dancers of English National Ballet and Tring Park School, Orchestra of English National Ballet / Tom Seligman (conductor), Milton Keynes Theatre, Milton Keynes, 19.10.2013. (JPr)
Opera North Pays Tribute to Britten with Death in Venice
United Kingdom Britten, Death in Venice: Soloists, Dancers, Actors, Orchestra of Opera North, Richard Farnes (conductor), Grand Theatre, Leeds, 19.10.2013 (JL)
Peter Wright’s Sleeping Beauty Enchants Again At Sadler’s Wells
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky: Peter Wright and Birmingham Royal Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty: Dancers of Birmingham Royal Ballet and Royal Ballet Sinfonia, conducted by Koen Kessels. Sadler’s Wells, London, 18.10.2013. (JPr)
The Poetic Intensity of Nederlands Dans Theater
Nederlands Dans Theater: Medhi Walerski, “Chamber,” Sol León and Paul Lightfoot, “Same Difference” and “Shoot the Moon,” Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 18.10.13-20.10.13 (JRo)
Anticipated Don Carlo Misses Star Singer
Austria Verdi: Don Carlo, Chorus and Orchestra of the Staatsoper Vienna, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Vienna State Opera, 16.10.2013 (JMI)
Fine Singing in Lighthearted Lortzing Opera: Der Wildschütz
Austria Lortzing: Der Wildschütz: Chorus and Orchestra of the Volksoper Vienna, Alfred Eschwé (conductor), Volksoper Vienna, 15.10.2013 (JMI)
Carlos Acosta’s Quest For The Don Quixote Of His Dreams
United Kingdom Minkus (arr. Martin Yates), Don Quixote: Soloists, Corps de ballet and Royal Opera House Orchestra / Martin Yates (conductor). Broadcast to the Odeon Cinema, Chelmsford, Essex. 16.10.2013. (JPr)