United StatesWagner, Der Ring des Nibelungen: Soloists, Stephen Wadsworth (director), Thomas Lynch (set designer), Martin Pakledinaz (costume designer), Peter Kaczorowski (lighting designer), Beth Kirchhoff (chorus master), Seattle Opera, Asher Fisch (conductor), Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle, 20-21-23-25.8.2013 (BJ)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Youth Opera Company Triumphs in Challenging Britten Opera
United Kingdom Britten, Paul Bunyan (Production Premiere): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Youth Opera / Alice Farnham (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 23.8.2013 (GPu)
PROM 60: Elemental Terror in Sir Andrew’s Billy Budd
United Kingdom Prom 60. Britten, Billy Budd: (semi-staged) Soloists, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Andrew Davis. Royal Albert Hall, London, 27.8.2013 (CC)
![Prom 60:Biily Budd Photo: BBC/Chris Christodoulou](https://www.seenandheard-international.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Prom-60_CR_BBC-Chris-Christodoulou_4.jpg" "Prom 60:Biily Budd Photo: BBC/Chris Christodoulou")
Photo: BBC/Chris Christodoulou
Edinburgh Festival (17): Odd Pairing of Purcell and Bartók Operas
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2013 (17) – Purcell, Bartók: Oper Frankfurt / Constantinos Carydis (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 25.8.2013 (SRT)
Mixed Results for Pappano’s Don Carlo (Rebroadcast)
Austria Verdi, Don Carlo: Soloists, Members of the Young Singers Project, Vienna State Opera Chorus Antonio Pappano (conductor), Agnes Méth (film director), Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, Austria. 16.8.2013 (RDA)
Impeccable Verdi and Terfel’s Wotan at Verbier (Rebroadcast)
Switzerland Verdi, Wagner: Soloists, Verbier Festival Orchestra, The Collegiate Chorale, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Salle des Combins, Verbier, Switzerland. Film director: Anaïs Spiro. Production: Idéale Audience. Broadcast on www.medici.tv. 25.7.2013 (RDA)
Tremendous Verdi Requiem from Noseda at Verbier (Rebroadcast)
Switzerland Verdi, Messa da Requiem: Soloists, Verbier Festival Orchestra and Coro del Teatro Regio di Torino / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Maria Agresta (soprano), Daniela Barcellona (mezzo-soprano), Piotr Beczala (tenor), Ildar Abdrazakov (bass). Salle des Combins, Verbier, Switzerland. Movie director: Corentin Leconte. Production: Idéale Audience, – MUSEEC/medici.tv. 1.8.2013 (RDA)
Minimalist Aida In Buenos Aires
ArgentinaVerdi, Aida: Soloists,Chorus and Orchestra of Opera Ayre. Conductor:Ronaldo Rosa De Scalzo, Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 16.8.2013. (JSJ)
