United Kingdom Tchaikovsky/Deane, Swan Lake: Dancers and Orchestra of English National Ballet / Tom Seligman (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 15.6.2013. (JPr)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
The Voice of Purcell
Italy Purcell, Dido and Aeneas. Chorus and String Orchestra of Teatro dell’Opera, Rome (Chorus Master, Roberto Gabbiani), Conductor: Jonathan Webb. East Gymnasium of the Baths of Caracalla, Rome. 13.6.2013. (JB)
Precise Diction and Characterisation in Pirates of Penzance
Gilbert & Sullivan, The Pirates of Penzance: Scottish Opera & D’Oyly Carte Opera Company / Derek Clark (conductor), Opera House, Manchester, England 11.6.2013 (RJW)
La Fanciulla del West : First Rate Production By Christof Loy
Germany Puccini: La Fanciulla del West, Frankfurter Opern und Museumsorchester, Male Chorus Oper Frankfurt, Sebastian Weigle (conductor), Opernhaus Frankfurt, 9.6.2013 (JMI)
Rhythmic Vitality and Artistic Licence in Garsington’s Entführung
United Kingdom Mozart, Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Garsington Opera/William Lacey (conductor), Wormsley, 9.6.2013 (RJF)
Garsington Gives Rossini’s Maometto II its British Premiere
United Kingdom Rossini, Maometto II: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Garsington Opera / David Parry (conductor). Wormsley. (RJF)
Two Disparate Operas: Nothing in Common But Quality
Germany Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle: Frankfurter Opern und Museumsorchester, Chor der Oper Frankfurt, Steven Sloane (conductor), Opernhaus Frankfurt, 8.6.2013 (JMI)
Glyndebourne’s Amusing Figaro Has a 1960s Look
United Kingdom Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, The Glyndebourne Chorus and The London Philharmonic Orchestra / Jérémie Rhorer (conductor), Glyndebourne Opera Theatre, Sussex, 8.6.2013 (MMB)