United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Sleeping Beauty: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Koen Kessels (conductor), Birmingham Hippodrome, 10.10.2013 (GR).
Opera & Ballet
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Leipzig Stages Wagner’s Second Opera
Germany Wagner, Das Liebesverbot: Soloists, Chorus of the Leipzig Opera (chorus master: Alessandro Zuppardo), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Matthias Foremny (conductor). Leipzig Opera House, 13.10.2013 (MB)

Vienna Staatsoper Aida Disappoints
AustriaVerdi: Aida, Wiener Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus, Dan Ettinger (conductor), Vienna Staatsoper, 12.10.2013 (JMI).

Courtesy Wiener Staatsoper
Gilbert & Sullivan: Rend With Songs the Air Above
United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, Rend With Songs the Air Above: A Celebrity recital by John Savournin, accompanied by David Eaton on the piano, Manchester Gilbert & Sullivan Society, Cross Street Chapel, Manchester, 13.10.2013. (RW)
Cedar Lake’s Dance Trilogy Impresses Scotland
United Kingdom Various Composers: Indigo Rose, Ten Duets on a Theme of Rescue, Necessity, Again: Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, 12.10.2013 (SRT)

Deep Probing Rigoletto in Tallinn
Estonia Verdi Rigoletto. Soloists, Estonian National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Jüri Alperten (conductor). Estonian National Opera, Tallinn 26.9.2013
Rihm’s Die Eroberung von Mexico: Attractive Performance But Not for Everyone
Spain W. Rihm: Die Eroberung von Mexico, Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Alejo Pérez (conductor), Madrid Teatro Real 9.10.2013 (JMI)

(C): Javier del Real/Teatro Real
Estonian National Opera Celebrates Verdi
EstoniaVana Tallinn Gala. Soloists, Estonian National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Vello Pähn (conductor). Estonian National Opera, Tallinn 25.9.2013