Spain W.A.Mozart, Così Fan Tutte: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus Teatro Real, Sylvain Cambreling (conductor), Madrid Teatro Real, 4.3.2013 (JMI)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Street Scenes of Madrid
Spain Kurt Weill, Street Scene: Soloists, Liceu Orchestra and Chorus, Tim Murray (conductor), Liceu, Barcelona 5.3.2013 (JMI)
Emergence of New Talent in World of Ballet
English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer Competition: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 4.3.2013. (JPr)
Demarre McGill Wows in Middle Mozart
United Kingdom Mozart: Demarre McGill (flute), Seattle Symphony, Douglas Boyd (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 28.2.2013 (BJ)
Munich’s Godunov: A Bullet to the Head
Germany M. Musorgsky, Boris Godunov: Soloists, Bavarian State Orchestra, Kent Nagano (conductor), Bavarian State Orchestra, 20.2.2012 (JFL)
Pallid New Opera Based on The Secret Garden
United States Nolan Gasser and Carey Harrison, The Secret Garden: Soloists and members of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley, Calif. 2.3.2013 (HS)
Strong Spiritual Element in Met’s Post-Apocalyptic Parsifal
United States Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Daniele Gatti (conductor). Directed for live cinema by Barbara Willis Sweete and broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, to the Barbican Cinema, London, 2.3.2013. (JPr)
Fine Orchestral Playing in Tosca Revival
United Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House/Maurizio Benini (conductor., Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 2.3.2012 (CC)