Sweden W. A. Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro,Soloists, chorus, Wermland Opera Orchestra, Per-Otto Johansson (conductor), Wermland Opera main stage, Karlstad, 8.11.2014 (NS)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
An Exciting Barber of Seville in Karlstad, With Promise of Good Things to Come
Sweden Gioacchino Rossini: The Barber of Seville, Soloists, chorus, Wermland Opera Orchestra, Per-Otto Johansson (conductor), Wermland Opera main stage, Karlstad, 6.11.2014 (NS)
Company Chameleon’s Beauty of the Beast Surprises and Shocks
United Kingdom Various composers, Beauty of the Beast: Company Chameleon, The Place, London, 18.11.2014 (J.O’D)
Excellent Performances from Valentine and Cresswell in The Bartered Bride
United Kingdom Smetana, The Bartered Bride (comic opera in three acts): Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North/James Holmes (conductor), Lyric Theatre, The Lowry, Salford, 19.11.2014 (MC)
Sung in English – English translation by Leonard Hancock and David Pountney with dialogue by Daniel Slater
Flat and Forgettable La Cenerentola from Scottish Opera
Rossini, La Cenerentola: Soloists, Orchestra of Scottish Opera, The Chorus of La Cenerentola, William Lacey (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 19.11.2014 (SRT)
New Traviata a Mixture of Innovative Ideas with Crude Banality
United Kingdom Verdi, La Traviata (sung in English with surtitles): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Gianluca Marciano (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays. 19.11.2014. (RJF)
Rami Be’er and Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Reflect a Dangerous World
United States Rami Be’er, If At All, Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, 19.11.14-21.11.14 (JRo)
Communist Setting Adds Little to an Average Performance of Smetana’s Masterpiece.
United Kingdom Bedrich Smetana. The Bartered Bride (sung in English with surtitles): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North/Anthony Kraus. (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays. 18.11.2014.