Sweden Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia. Soloists, The Opera på Skäret Chorus, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Andreas Lönnqvist (conductor) at Opera på Skäret, Kopparberg, Sweden. 9.8.2013. Premiere I (GF)
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Ring Returns to Roots at Dalhalla
Sweden. Wagner: Das Rheingold. Soloists, Dalasinfoniettan and Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Partik Ringborg (conductor). Dalhalla 10.8.2013. Premiere (GF)
A Worthy UK Debut by Shanghai Ballet
United Kingdom Shanghai Ballet’s Jane Eyre: Soloists and dancers of the Shanghai Ballet. London Coliseum, London, 14.8.2013. (JPr)
Mostly Mozart Festival (4): Le nozze di Figaro All Dressed Up
Mostly Mozart Festival (4), Le nozze di Figaro (Mostly Mozart première), Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer (conductor), Rose Theater, Lincoln Center, New York, 11-8-2013 (SSM)
Iván Fischer Photograph: © 2013 Richard Termine.
Photo Credit: Photo by Richard Termine
La Traviata: Shared Production in San Sebastián
Verdi: La Traviata, Euskadi Symphonic Orchestra, Easo Chorus, Pietro Rizzo (conductor), Quincena Musical de San Sebastián, Kursaal, 11.8.2013 (JMI) New production in association with Festival El Escorial, Opera Oviedo, Pamplona’s Baluarte and Cordoba’s Gran Teatro. Cast: Violetta: Desirée Rancatore Alfredo: José Bros Germont: Ángel Ódena Flora: Pilar Vázquez Grenvil: Miguel Ángel Zapater Annina: Marta Ubieta … Read more
Fidelio at Edinburgh(4): A Worthy Musical Performance Compromised by a Dog’s Breakfast Production
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2013 (4) – Beethoven: Fidelio Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opéra de Lyon, Kazushi Ono (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 12.8.2013 (SRT)
An Outstanding, Visceral Billy Budd at Glyndebourne
United Kingdom Britten: Billy Budd. Soloists, The Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor) Glyndebourne 10.8.2013 (RB)
Some Tremendous Singing and Playing in Bayreuth’s Tannhäuser
GermanyBayreuth Festival 2013 [4] Wagner, Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg: soloists, chorus and orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival. Conductor: Axel Kober. Bayreuth Festspielhaus, 7.8.2013. (JPr)
