Opera & Ballet – Page 497 – Seen and Heard International

A Listless Otello —How is That Possible?

09/11/201407/11/2014 by Stan

Verdi, Otello: Soloists, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Patrick Summers (conductor), Houston, Texas. 26.10.2014 (AS) Cast: Otello: Simon O’Neill Desdemona: Ailyn Pérez Iago: Marco Vratogna Cassio: Norman Reinhardt Emilia: Victoria Livengood Lodovico: Morris Robinson Roderigo: Kevin Ray Montao: Peixin Chen Production Director: John Cox Sets/Costume designer: Johan Engels Lighting designer: Michael James Clark … Read more

Fine Concert Performance of Boris Godunov from Mariinsky Opera

07/11/201406/11/2014 by Robert Beattie

United Kingdom Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov: Mariinsky Opera, Tiffin Boys Choir / Valery Gergiev (conductor), Barbican, London, 3.11.2014. (RB)

Grupo Corpo Infuses Classical Dance with Brazilian Style

07/11/201405/11/2014 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Carlos Núñes, José Miguel Wisnik and Tom Zé: Grupo Corpo, Choreography by Rodrigo Pederneiras, Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 4.11.2014 (SRT)

Strauss’ Salome Still Heads Above Contemporary Version

07/11/201405/11/2014 by José Irurzun

Antoine Mariotte: Salome, Wexford Festival Opera Orchestra and Chorus, David Angus (conductor), Wexford Opera House, Ireland, 28.10.2014 (JMI)

Salomé by Antoine Mariotte–Wexford Festival Opera 2014 – photo by Clive Barda_

In Staatsoper Ariadne, Frothy Staging and Uneven Thielemann

07/11/201404/11/2014 by Stan

Austria Austria Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos. Soloists, Christian Thielemann (conductor), Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper. Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna. 21.10.2014 (SS)

Johan Botha (Bacchus). Image: Wiener Staatsoper / Michael Pöhn

Kevin Puts’ Silent Night: Inspired and User-Friendly

07/11/201404/11/2014 by José Irurzun

Kevin Puts: Silent Night, Wexford Festival Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Michael Christie (conductor), Wexford Opera House, Ireland, 27.10.2014 (JMI)

silentnite — Silent Night-Wexford Festival Photo: C. Barta

Fresh and Invigorating Carmen Despite Technical Hitches

30/12/202003/11/2014 by Robert Beattie

United States Bizet, Carmen: The Metropolitan Opera, Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor), Transmitted live to Duke of York Cinema, Brighton, 01.11.2014. (RB)

A Figaro That Could Not Be More Perfect

07/11/201403/11/2014 by Stan

Sweden Sweden Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro: Soloists, chorus, Gothenburg Opera Orchestra, Jane Glover (conductor 27.09.2014), Patrik Ringborg (conductor 31.10.2014) Gothenburg Opera, 27.09.2014/31.10.2014

Figaro Gothenburg1 (1)-500 — Count Almaviva (Thomas Oliemans) and Susanna (Ida Falk Winland) Photo: Mats Bäcker

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