United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, Royal Academy Opera Chorus, Royal Academy Sinfonia, Jane Glover (conductor). Sir Jack Lyons Theatre, Royal Academy of Music, London, 11.3.2013 (MB)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Washington DC’s Norma: Good Opera, Bad Theater
United States V. Bellini, Norma: Soloists, Washington National Opera, Daniele Rustioni (conductor), WNO Orchestra, 12.3.2013 (RRR)
In Search of the Two Foscaris
Italy Verdi, I Due Foscari. Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro dell’ Opera, Rome. Conductor, Riccardo Muti. Chorus master, Roberto Gabbiani. Stage director, Werner Herzog. Sets and Costumes, Maurizio Balò 8.3.2013 (JB)
Uncommon Duo Opens Seville Season
Spain L. Janacek: Sarka, P. Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana, Seville’s Symphony Orchestra, Maestranza Chorus, Santiago Serrate (conductor). Seville’s Teatro de la Maestranza, 5.2.2013 (JMI)
Sylvie Brunet Excels in Dialogues des Carmelites
Spain F. Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmelites, Orchestra Bordeaux Aquitaine, Chorus Opera Bordeaux, Nader Abassi (conductor), Bordeaux Grand Thèàtre, 10.2.2012(JMI)
Netrebko’s Windy City Debut
United States Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Emmanuel Villaume (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago. 9.3.2013 (JLZ)
An Entertaining but Perplexing Staging of The Flying Dutchman
United States Richard Wagner, The Fying Duthchman: LA Opera, James Conlon (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, (9.03.2013) (JRo)
Konwitschny’s Tristan, Meier’s Isolde: Still Young at Fifteen
Germany R. Wagner, Tristan & Isolde: Soloists, Bavarian State Orchestra, Kent Nagano (conductor), Bavarian State Orchestra, 7.3.2013 (JFL)