Opera & Ballet – Page 497 – Seen and Heard International

A Nearly Perfect Orfeo in Gothenburg

10/02/2014 by Stan

Cristoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (Parma version) Soloists, Gothenburg Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Laurence Cummings (conductor), GöteborgsOperan 08.02.2014 (NS) Cast: Orfeo: Katarina Karnéus Euridice: Kerstin Avemo Amore: Mia Karlsson Production: GöteborgsOperan Direction: David Radok Set design: Lars-Åke Thessman Choreography: Håkan Meyer Costume design: Karin Erskine Lighting: Torkel Blomkvist The Gothenburg Opera took the brave decision to … Read more

Brokeback Mountain: An Intense and Convincing Premiere

23/02/201409/02/2014 by Stan

Spain SpainWuorinen: Brokeback Mountain, Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Titus Engel (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 5.2.2014 (JMI).

The Place Showcases Three Dance Pieces by Young Choreographers

13/08/202006/02/2014 by Stan

United Kingdom Resolution! 2014 – Point of View; Disc of Light; Frame: Thea Stanton DANCE, Mildred Rambaud, fiftyfifty, The Place, London, 5.2.2014 (JO’D)

The Stanton Point of View Photo: Christian Fisher — Thea Stanton Point of View Photo: Christian Fisher

LA Sonnambula : Attractive but Hardly Convincing

10/02/201405/02/2014 by Stan

Bellini: La Sonnambula, Liceu’s Orchestra and Chorus, Daniel Oren (conductor), Barcelona’s Liceu, 1 & 2.2.2014 (JMI) Casts: Amina: Patrizia Ciofi/Annick Massis Elvino: Juan Diego Flórez/Celso Albelo Count Rodolfo: Nicola Ulivieri/Michele Pertusi Lisa: Eleonora Buratto/Sabina Puértolas Teresa: Gemma Coma-Alabert Alessio: Alex Sanmartí Notary: Jordi Casanova Production: Wiener Staatsoper and Royal Opera House Covent Garden Direction: … Read more

Ivan Putrov Focuses on The Role of the Male Dancer

13/05/201403/02/2014 by Stan

United Kingdom Debussy, Banschikov, Bach, Mozart, Stravinsky, Gershwin, et al., Men in Motion (devised by Ivan Putrov): Orchestra and New London Chamber Choir / Richard Bernas (conductor),, London Coliseum, London, 31.1.2014 (JO’D)

Elektra: A Production Strauss Himself Would Love

03/02/201402/02/2014 by Stan

Germany Germany Strauss: Elektra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor, Christian Thielemann (conductor), Berlin Philarmonie, 28.1.2014 (2014).

Weinberger’s Schwanda: Rarely Performed Opera That Has Retained It’s Humour

03/02/201402/02/2014 by Stan

Germany Germany Weinberger: Svanda, Staatskepelle Dresden, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor, Constantin Trinks (conductor), Dresden Semperoper, 27.1.2014 (JMI)

Warm Reading of Janáček’s Katja Kabanova with Simon Rattle as Conductor

03/02/201402/02/2014 by Stan

Janáček: Katja Kabanova, Staatskapelle Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Berlin Schiller Theater, 25.1.2014. (JMI)

Staatsoper Berlin Katja Kabanova Staatsoper (C) BERND UHLIG — Staatsoper Berlin
Katja Kabanova
(C) BERND UHLIG

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