United Kingdom Humperdinck, Hansel and Gretel: Artists and Orchestra of Scottish Ballet, Ollivier-Philippe Cuneo (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 8.1.2014 (SRT)
Humperdinck Fairy Tale Enchants – as a Ballet
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
ENB Brings Exotic Pirate World to Life in Le Corsaire
United Kingdom Adam, Pugni, Delibes et al, Le Corsaire: English National Ballet and Orchestra / Gavin Sutherland (conductor)), London Coliseum, London, 09.01.2014 (JO’D)
, Vadim Muntagirov : English National Ballet Le Corsaire
Photo: Arnaud Stephenson
Barcelona’s Star-Studded Cendrillon and It’s Not Rossini’s
Spain Massenet: Cendrillon, Liceu’s Orchestra and Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Barcelona’s Liceu, 22 & 23.12.2013 (JMI)
Captivating Romeo and Juliet
Switzerland Prokofiev: Romeo und Julia, Zurich Ballet, Zurich Junior Ballet, Philharmonia Zurich, Michail Jurowski (conductor) 4.1.2014 (JR)
Superb Traviata—with Skeletons
United States Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Massimo Zanetti, (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago. 20.12.2013 (JLZ)
Covent Garden’s Carmen Has Spectacle but Little High Drama
United Kingdom Bizet, Carmen: Soloists and Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Daniel Oren /(conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 21.12.2013 (JPr)
The Nutcracker Set in the Warm Glow of a Los Angeles Winter
United States Christensen and Neary, The Nutcracker: Los Angeles Ballet, Royce Hall, Los Angeles, 21.12.2013-22.12.2013 (JRo)