Spain Massenet: Cendrillon, Liceu’s Orchestra and Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Barcelona’s Liceu, 22 & 23.12.2013 (JMI)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
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)
Andrew Davis Leads Compelling Parsifal
United States Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Sir Andrew Davis, (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago. 21.11.2013 (JLZ)
International Dimension to Quintet of Works by Dancer-Choreographers
United Kingdom Various Composers, Rambert – Evening of New Choreography: Rambert, Sadler’s Wells (Lilian Baylis Studio), London, 17.12.2013 (J.O’D)