United Kingdom Boston Ballet 50th Anniversary Season: Dancers of the Boston Ballet, Coliseum, London, 05.07.2013 (MMB)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Suffragette Opera Receives its World Premiere
United Kingdom Tim Benjamin, Emily:Singers and Orchestra conducted by Antony Brannick, Hippodrome Theatre, Halifax Road, Todmorden, West Yorkshire. 4.07.2013. (RB)
Boston Ballet on Top Form in Rare London Appearance
United Kingdom Boston Ballet 50th Anniversary Season: Dancers of the Boston Ballet and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Jonathan McPhee (conductor), Coliseum, London, 3.7.2013. (JPr)
Rare Mozart Returns to Barcelona’s Licieu
Spain Mozart: Lucio Silla, Liceu’s Orchestra and Chorus / Harry Bicket (conductor), Barcelona’s Liceu. 1 and 2.7.2013. (JMI)
Sparkling Barber From Juventus Lyrica
Argentina Rossini, Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Juventus Lyrica, Hernán Sánchez Arteaga (conductor), Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 28.6.2013. (JSJ)
Rienzi: Both Opera and Performance a Mixed Bag
Spain Wagner: Rienzi: Barcelona’s Symphony Orchestra, Liceu’s Chorus and Polifónica Puig-Reig / Pablo González (conductor). Gran Teatre del Liceu, 30.6.2013. (JMI)
Bittersweet Rosenkavalier at Zurich Festival Lacks Magic and Eroticism
Switzerland R. Strauss, Rosenkavalier : Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich, conductor: Fabio Luisi, Zurich Opera, Zurich. 30.6.2013. (JR)
Glyndebourne Captures Spirit of the Baroque in Rameau’s First Opera
United Kingdom Rameau, Hippolyte et Aricie: Soloists, Glyndebourne Chorus and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, / William Christie (conductor). Glyndebourne Opera Theatre, Sussex, 29.6.2013 (MMB)