United Kingdom Verdi, Otello: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Midsummer Opera, the Blackheath Choir, David Roblou (Conductor), John Upperton (Chorus Master) St. John’s Church, Waterloo, London 18.10.2013. (MH)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Ballet Rambert in Performances that Puzzle and Disturb
United Kingdom Turnage, Anderson, Various Composers (arr. Millett): Ballet Rambert, Sadler’s Wells, London, 22.10.13 (JO’D)
ENB Docks At Milton Keynes And Showcases Its Wonderful Le Corsaire
Opera North Pays Tribute to Britten with Death in Venice
United Kingdom Britten, Death in Venice: Soloists, Dancers, Actors, Orchestra of Opera North, Richard Farnes (conductor), Grand Theatre, Leeds, 19.10.2013 (JL)
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)