United States Mark Adamo, The Gospel of Mary Magdalene (World Premiere): Soloists, orchestra and chorus of San Francisco Opera, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 19.6.2013 (HS)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
The Bittersweet “Little Mortal Jumps” Shares the Stage with the Ornate “Scheherazade” and “Azimuth”
United States Alonzo King, Scheherazade, Azimuth: Alonzo King Lines Ballet; Alejandro Cerrudo, Little Mortal Jumps: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 21.6.2013-23.6.2013 (JRo)
An Opportunity to Reassess Britten’s Coronation Opera
United Kingdom Britten, Gloriana: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Paul Daniel (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 20.6.2013 (MB)
Symbolic and Shadowless – Strauss’s Die Frau Ohne Schatten
Argentina Strauss, Die Frau ohne Schatten: Soloists,Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Colón. Conductor:Ira Levin, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 14.6.2013. (JSJ)
Fine Production of Death in Venice by Gardner and ENO
United Kingdom Britten, Death in Venice: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the English National Opera / Edward Gardner (conductor). Coliseum, London, 14.6.2013 (MB)
Der Rosenkavalier Not Up to Expectations
Germany Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, Staatskapelle and Staatsoper Dresden, Christian Thielemann (conductor), Semperoper Dresden, 16.6.2013 (JMI)
Manon Lescaut Disappoints
Germany Puccini: Manon Lescaut, Staatskapelle and Staatsoper Dresden, Pier Giorgio Morandi (conductor), Semperoper Dresden 18.6.2013 (JMI).
Forsythe Company Presents Movement in a Foreign Language
United Kingdom Willems, N.N.N.N. & Study # 3: The Forsythe Company, Sadler’s Wells, London, 18.6.2013. (JO’D)