United Kingdom Various Composers: Indigo Rose, Ten Duets on a Theme of Rescue, Necessity, Again: Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, 12.10.2013 (SRT)
Cedar Lake’s Dance Trilogy Impresses Scotland
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Deep Probing Rigoletto in Tallinn
Estonia Verdi Rigoletto. Soloists, Estonian National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Jüri Alperten (conductor). Estonian National Opera, Tallinn 26.9.2013
Rihm’s Die Eroberung von Mexico: Attractive Performance But Not for Everyone
Spain W. Rihm: Die Eroberung von Mexico, Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Alejo Pérez (conductor), Madrid Teatro Real 9.10.2013 (JMI)
(C): Javier del Real/Teatro Real
Estonian National Opera Celebrates Verdi
EstoniaVana Tallinn Gala. Soloists, Estonian National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Vello Pähn (conductor). Estonian National Opera, Tallinn 25.9.2013
Of Bathing Caps and Spaceships: Einstein on the Beach for the Twenty-First Century
United States Philip Glass, Einstein on the Beach, Philip Glass Ensemble (LA Opera Season), Michael Riesman (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 11.10.2013-13.10.2013 (JRo)
Transylvanian Dance Encounters in Jack the Ripper’s Haunts
United Kingdom Various Composers, Dracula: Mark Bruce Company, Wilton’s Music Hall, London, 11.10.2013. (JO’D)
Turnage’s Greek Retains its ‘Angry Young Man’ Image
United Kingdom Mark-Anthony Turnage, Greek: A production by The Music Theatre Wales Ensemble with Michael Rafferty (Conductor) and directed by Michael McCarthy at the Birmingham Town Hall, 5.10.2013 (GR)
Interface between Humans and Technology in McGregor’s New Dancework
United Kingdom A Winged Victory For The Sullen:Atomos, Wayne McGregor | Random Dance, Sadler’s Wells, London, 9.10.13. (JO’D)