United Kingdom Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Massenet (recorded), Rodin: Saint Petersburg Eifman Ballet, London Coliseum, London, 15.4.2014 (J.O’D)
Eifman Offers Halfway House Between Classical Ballet and Moderrn Dance
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Marvellous Modernized Monteverdi
Sweden Monteverdi L’Orfeo. Soloists, Wermland Opera Orchestra, Hans Ek (conductor). Wermland Opera, Karlstad 26.3. 2014
More Drama Off Stage Than On for Met’s Andrea Chénier
United States Giordano, Andrea Chénier: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), The Metropolitan Opera House, New York. 12.4.14 (RP)
A Dark, Sinister Queen of Spades
Switzerland Tchaikovsky: Queen of Spades Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich, conductor: Jiri Belohlavek, Zurich Opera, Zurich. 11.4.14 (JR)
Barenboim’s Tannhäuser Exceeds All Expectations
Wagner, Tannhäuser: Soloists, Dancers, Staatsopernchor Berlin (chorus master: Martin Wright), Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Schiller Theater, Berlin, 12.4.2014 (MB)
TANNHÄUSER
Musikalische Leitung: Daniel Barenboim Inszenierung: Sasha Waltz Bühnenbild: Pia Maier Schriever, Sasha Waltz Kostüme: Bernd Skodzig Licht: David Finn Photo credit Bernd Uhlig
Two Stravinsky Ballets Become One in Fabulous Production
United Kingdom Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring & Petrushka: Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre/Sadler’s Wells, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / David Brophy (conductor), Sadler’s Wells, London, 11.04.2014 (J.O’D)
Lohengrin Still Showing Mortier’s Influence
Spain Wagner, Lohengrin: Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Hartmut Haenchen/Walter Althammer (conductors), Teatro Real, Madrid, 10 & 11.4.2014. (JMI)
The Inexhaustible Mind of Paul Taylor
United States Paul Taylor, Airs, Banquet of Vultures, Gossamer Gallants: Paul Taylor Dance Company, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 11.4.14-13.4.14 (JRo)
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