United States Wagner: Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Daniele Gatti (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York 5.4. 2013 (DA)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Solemnity and Folksiness Collide in Stylish Flute
United States Mozart, The Magic Flute: Soloists, Stephen Goldstein (director), Isaac Selya (conductor), College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati, Corbett Auditorium. Cincinnati, Ohio. 7.4.13 (RDA)
Vienna’s Parsifal Runs Far Ahead of the Pack
Austria Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Wiener Staatsoper / Adam Fischer (conductor), Vienna Staatsoper, 4.4.2013 (SRT)
Duato’s Ballet Pays Tribute to Bach and His Music
United Kingdom Bach: Multiplicity. Forms of Silence and Emptiness: Dancers and Orchestra of Mikhailovsky Ballet / Mikhail Tatarnikov (conductor), London Coliseum, London. 5.4.2013 (MMB)
Royal Ballet Conjures Up the Mysterious Orient
United Kingdom Minkus (orch. Lanchbery) , La Bayadère: Dancers and Orchestra of the Royal Ballet / Valeriy Ovsyanikov (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 5.4.2013. (JOD)
Mikhailovsky Ballet Performs Important ‘Museum Piece’
United Kingdom Alexander Krein, Laurencia: Dancers and Orchestra of the Mikhailovsky Ballet / Valery Ovsyanikov (conductor), London Coliseum, London, 2.4.2013. (JPr)
Chorus Inject Colour into Covent Garden’s Monochrome Nabucco
United Kingdom Verdi, Nabucco: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Nicola Luisotti (conductor). .Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 30.3.2013 (CC)
Fun, Frolics and Fireworks from Mikhailovsky Ballet
United Kingdom Ludwig Minkus, Don Quixote: Dancers and Orchestra of The Mikhailovsky Ballet / Pavel Bubelnikov (conductor), London Coliseum, London, 30.3.2013. (JPr)