United Kingdom Amar, Cowton, Mukul, Satie, Still Current: Russell Maliphant Company/Sadler’s Wells, Sadler’s Wells, London, 5.6.2014 (J.O’D)
Interesting Lighting Effects in New Maliphant Ballets
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Thielemann’s Simon Boccanegra : Worth theTrip to Dresden
Germany Verdi: Simon Boccanegra, Staatskapelle and Staatsopernchor, Christian Thielemann (conductor), Dresden Semperoper 3.6.2014 (JMI)
© Matthias Creutziger
Holland Park Opera Go West and Excel Themselves
United Kingdom Puccini La fanciulla del West: Soloists; Holland Park Chorus; City of London Sinfonia/Stuart Stratford. Holland Park, Kensington, London, 3.6.2014 (CC)
Unconvincing Cosi In Dresden
Germany Mozart: Così Fan Tutte: Säìchsischer Staatskapelle and Staatsopernchor, Omer Meir Wellber (conductor), Dresden Semperoper, 2.6.2014 (JMI)
Photo (c) Matthias Creutziger
Salomé: Last of Trilogy and Least Successful
Hungary Strauss: Salomé, Operahaz Orchestra, Pinchas Steinberg (conductor), Budapest Operahaz, 1.6.2014 (JMI)
Die Frau Ohne Schatten: Strikingly Successful
Hungary Strauss: Die Frau Ohne Schatten, Operahaz Orchestra, Péter Halász (conductor), Budapest’s Operahaz, 31.5.2014 (JMI)
Mischief and Utter Transcendence from the Mind of Iván Fischer
United States Dvořák: Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, 2.6.14 (DA)
Boulez, Benjamin and Disciples in NY Philharmonic Biennial
United States Circles of Influence: Pierre Boulez and George Benjamin: Elizabeth Mann (flute), Margaret Kampmeier (piano), Abigail Fischer (mezzo-soprano), Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor), Rose Theater, New York City, 31.5.14 and 1.6.14 (DA)