United Kingdom Britten, Death in Venice: Soloists, Dancers, Actors, Orchestra of Opera North, Richard Farnes (conductor), Grand Theatre, Leeds, 19.10.2013 (JL)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Peter Wright’s Sleeping Beauty Enchants Again At Sadler’s Wells
The Poetic Intensity of Nederlands Dans Theater
Anticipated Don Carlo Misses Star Singer
Austria Verdi: Don Carlo, Chorus and Orchestra of the Staatsoper Vienna, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Vienna State Opera, 16.10.2013 (JMI)
Fine Singing in Lighthearted Lortzing Opera: Der Wildschütz
Carlos Acosta’s Quest For The Don Quixote Of His Dreams
Uncertainty and Delays Affect Performance by Birmingham Royal Ballet
United Kingdom Hindson, E=mc2; Walton, Tombeaux; Jeffes, ‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Paul Murphy (conductor), Sadler’s Wells, London, 15.10.2013 (JO’D)
Sensuality and Beauty in ENO’s Madama Butterfly
United Kingdom Puccini Madama Butterfly (sung in English): Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of English National Opera/Gianluca Marciano. London Coliseum, 15.10.2013 (CC)