Switzerland Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Simone Young (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich. 21.9.2014. (JR)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Intimate Rosenkavalier in the Round Brings Characters to Life
New Zealand Richard Strauss,
Der Rosenkavalier: Soloists, Opera in a Days Bay Garden Company, Opera in a Days Bay Garden Orchestra (Leader: Blythe Press) / Michaerl Vintin (conductor), Wellesley College Hall, Days Bay, Wellington
, 24.8.2014 (PM)
The Autumn Season Begins…
Switzerland Verdi: Rigoletto, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Grand Théâtre de Genève Chorus, Alexander Joel (conductor), Grand Théâtre de Genève, Switzerland, 3.9.2014 (AL)
Rossini Opera Festival (3): The Coloratura Contralto Herself
Italy ROF(3) Mozart, Gluck, Weber, Rossini, Cherubini, Donizetti, Prokofiev, Glinka, Ponchielli. Ewa Podleś (contralto) Filarmonica Gioacchino Rossini. Conductor, Carlo Tenan. Music by Teatro Rossini, Pesaro 20.08.2014 (JB)
New Production of Le Nozze di Figaro by Finnish National Opera
FinlandMozart Le nozze di Figaro. Soloists, Finnish National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki (conductor). Finnish National Opera, Helsinki, 29.8.2014 (premiere) (GF)
Rossini Opera Festival (1): The Juan Francisco Gatell Recital
Italy Rossini Opera Festival ROF (1)Rossini, Mozart, Beethoven, Donizetti, Auber, Gounod and Zarzuela, Juan Francisco Gatell (tenor) Beatrice Benzi (piano) Auditorium Pedrotti, Pesaro 18.08.2014 (JB)
photo credit: studio amati bacciardi
Rossini Opera Festival (2): Plagiarism Contra Provincialism
Italy. ROF (2) Rossini, Aureliano in Palmira. Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale of Bologna, Chorus Master Andrea Faidutti; Conductor, Will Crutchfield, who is also the Research Editor of the new performing edition of the Fondazione Rossini, Teatro Rossini, Pesaro. 18.9.2014. (JB)
Don Giovanni The Predator In Buenos Aires
Argentina Mozart, Don Giovanni: Buenos AiresLírica. Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Buenos AiresLírica,Conductor:Pedro-Pablo Prudencio. Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 22.8.2014. (JSJ)
