Austria G. Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Vienna State Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Salzburg Festival Children’s Chorus, Simon Rattle (conductor), Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 14.8.2012 (JFL)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Not So Magic Flute in San Sebastian
Spain W.A. Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Euskadi Symphony Orchestra, Easo Chorus, Jaime Martín (conductor), Kursaal, San Sebastian, 13.8.2012 (JMI)
Buxton G&S Festival: A Rare Outing for The Grand Duke Reveals its Strengths
United Kingdom Gilbert and Sullivan, The Grand Duke, G&S Opera Company and Buxton Festival Orchestra / David Steadman (conductor), Buxton Opera House, 17-18.8.2012 (RJW)
ROF (3) Words, Bloody Words: Ciro in Babilonia
Italy Rossini, Ciro in Babilonia. Orchestra and men’s voices of the chorus of Teatro Comunale, Bologna. Teatro Rossini, Pesaro. 16.08.2012 (JB)
ROF (2) Allegro ma non troppo:Il Signor Bruschino
Italy Rossini, Il Signor Bruschino, Orchestra Sinfonica G Rossini. Teatro Rossini, Pesaro. 15.08.2012 (JB)
Rossini Opera Festival (1):Rossini’s Jokesy Melodrama in Pesaro
Italy Rossini, Matilde di Shabran. Orchestra and men’s voices of the Chorus of Teatro Comunale, Bologna. Adriatic Arena, Pesaro. 14.08.2012 (JB)
Salzburg Festival – Rattle’s 1950s Carmen Lacks the Mediterranean Touch
Austria Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chours (chorus master: Ernst Raffelsberger), Salzburg Festival and Theatre Children’s Chorus (chorus master: Wolfgang Götz), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 17.8.2012 (MB)
Seattle’s Turandot: More Than Just Spectacle
United States Puccini, Turandot: Seattle Opera, soloists, Asher Fisch (conductor), McCaw Hall, Seattle, 4 & 5/8/2012 (BJ)