Germany Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Children’s Choir, Women of the Youth Choir, Chorus, and Additional Chorus of the Leipzig Opera, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Ulf Schirmer (conductor). Leipzig Opera House, 18.4.2014 (MB)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Vintage La traviata production good but not memorable
United Kingdom Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra / Dan Ettinger (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 19.4.2014. (JPr)
Eifman’s Anna Karenina Harks Back to Choreography Soviet Style
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Anna Karenina: Saint Petersburg Eifman Ballet, London Coliseum, London, 19.04.2014 (J.O’D)
Rare Russian Opera Performed in Barcelona
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitesz:, Liceu’s Orchestra and Chorus, Josep Pons (conductor), Liceu, Barcelona, 16.4.2014 (JMI) New Production: Liceu with Nederlandse Opera and Teatro alla Scala Direction and sets: Dmitri Tcherniakov Costumes: Elena Zaitseva and Dmitri Tcherniakov Lighting: Gleb Filschtinsky Cast: Fevronia. Svetlana Ignatovich Grischka: Dmitry Golovnin Prince Yuri: Eric Halfvarson … Read more
Muti Brings Verdi Requiem Alive
Spain Verdi: Messa da Requiem, Orchestras Teatro Real and Giovanile Luigi Cherubini, Chorus Teatro Real and Comunidad de Madrid, Riccardo Muti (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 14.4.2014 (JMI)
Semperoper’s Ariadne auf Naxos:an Estimable Pleasure
Germany Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos: Soloists, Staatskapelle Dresden, Omer Meir Wellber (conductor). Semperoper, Dresden, 15.4.2014 (MB)
Dance with Talk Doesn’t Quite Come Off
United Kingdom Various Composers, If Play Is Play…: HeadSpaceDance, Royal Opera House (Linbury Studio Theatre), London, 16.04.2014 (J.O’D)
Flying Dutchman Makes A Second Call At Teatro Argentino
Argentina Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Soloists, Orchestra, Chorus of Teatro Argentino. Conductor:Federico Víctor Sardella, Teatro Argentino, La Plata. 13.4.2014. (JSJ)
