United States Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Bartok: Bluebeard’s Castle, LA Opera, Steven Sloane (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 25.10.14-15.11.14 (JRo)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Jette Parker Young Artists on the First Rung of a (Silken) Career Ladder
United Kingdom Rossini’s La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder): Jette Parker Young Artists, Meet The Young Artists Week, Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London 24.10.2014 (JPr)
Linbury Studio Theatre Photo (c) Mark Douet
Figaro Revival Mitigates Worst Excesses of Shaw’s Original Production
United Kingdom Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the English National Opera, Jaime Martin (conductor). Coliseum, London, 25.20.2014 (MB)
Outstanding Alcina: Highlighted by Joyce DiDonato
Spain Handel: Alcina, The English Concert, Harry Bicket (conductor), El Baluarte, Pamplona, and Auditorio Nacional, Madrid, 12 & 14.10.2014 (JMI)
Runnicles Brings Out Details of Wozzeck’s Kaleidoscopic Score
United Kingdom Berg,:Wozzeck (semi-staged performance): Soloists, Choristers of St Mary’s Cathedral Choir, Edinburgh; BBC Singers, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Donald Runnicles (conductor), Glasgow City Halls, 23.10.2014 (SRT)
La Traviata in Barcelona: Filled House, Routine Production
Spain Verdi: La Traviata, Liceu Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Evelino Pidó (conductor), Gran Theatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 20 & 21.10.2014 (JMI)
A Sparkling Madhouse from the Young Mozart
United Kingdom Mozart, La finta giardiniera: Glyndebourne Touring Opera, Glyndebourne Tour Orchestra / Christopher Moulds (conductor), Glyndebourne Opera, Sussex 14.10.2014 (MH)
Surprises, Refinement and Finesse in Young Opera Venture’s Magic Flute
United Kingdom Mozart, The Magic Flute: Young Opera Venture/ John Longstaff (conductor), Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield, 20.10.2014. (RD)
