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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The Inexhaustible Mind of Paul Taylor
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Metcalf’s Under Milk Wood a Triumph in Dylan Thomas Centenary Year
United Kingdom John Metcalf, Under Milk Wood: Production by Taliesin Arts Centre (Wales) with Le Chien Qui Chante (Quebec) and Companion Star (New York) in association with Welsh National Opera / Wyn Davies (music director), Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. 11.4.2014 (PCG)
Shoestring Macbeth Provides Impressive Performances
United Kingdom Verdi, Macbeth: Soloists and Orchestra of Scottish Opera / Derek Clark (conductor), King’s Theatre, Edinburgh, 8.4.2014 (SRT)
Munich’s Well-Paced Carmen Makes Strong Impression
Germany Georges Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor und Kinderchor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Opernballett der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Statisterie und Kinderstatisterie der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Nationaltheater, Munich, 3.4.2014 (MC)
Fritz Oeser’s 1964 critical edition of Bizet’s score. Sung in French with German surtitles
Jean-Christophe Maillot Reinvents Classic Tchaikovsky Ballet
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky: Lac (after Swan Lake): Dancers of Les Ballets de Monte Carlo. London Coliseum, London, 9.4.2014. (JPr)
Dramatic, Unsettling Performance from Les Ballets C de la B
United Kingdom Bach, Zmijewsky, Maklakievitsh, Vivaldi, Mozart, Alain Platel’s tauberbach: Les ballets C de la B, Sadler’s Wells, London, 9.4.2014 (J.O’D)
Heartwarming Bohème in Helsinki
Finland Puccini La Bohème Soloists, Finnish National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Michael Güttler (conductor). Finnish National Opera, Helsinki 21.3.2014 (Premiere) (GF)
Fassbaender’s Zesty Don Pasquale is Amusing and Enjoyable
Germany Donizetti, Don Pasquale: Soloists, Chor und Statisterie des Staatstheaters am Gärtnerplatz & Orchester des Staatstheaters am Gärtnerplatz, / Loeg Ptashnikov (conductor), Cuvilliéstheater, Residenz, Munich, 4.4.2014. (MC)
