United States Mam-Luft&Co. Dance: Jefferson James, Jeanne Mam-Luft, Susan Honer and Ashley Powers (choreography); Denny Reed (lighting design); Jeanne Mam-Luft (video and sound design); Jefferson James, Chelsea Davis, Jeanne Mam-Luft, Grett Marchek (costumes); Jarson-Kaplan Theater at the Aronoff Center, Cincinnati, Ohio. 23.2.13. (RDA)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Marking the Britten Centenary with His Quintessentially English Operas
Canada Britten Festival: Pacific Opera Victoria, Victoria Symphony, Leslie Dala (conductor), Victoria Children’s Choir, Royal Theatre and Church of St John the Divine, Victoria, BC. 15-16.2.2013 (BJ)
Das Rheingold on the Tiber
Italy Wagner, Das Rheingold in concert form. Orchestra dell’ Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Conductor, Kirill Petrenko. Parco della Musica. Sala Santa Cecilia 23.02.2013 (JB)
Carmen on Grand Scale with Intense Finale
United Kingdom Bizet, Carmen: Soloists and Chorus, Capital Arts Children’s Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Gareth Hancock (conductor), David Freeman (director), Royal Albert Hall, London, 21.2.2013 (JPr)
Tales of the Sole Splendid Robot
Germany Offenbach, Les contes d’Hoffmann: Soloists, Symphony Orchestra & Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Stéphane Denève (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 17 & 19.2.2013 (JMI)
Superb Rigoletto Set in 1960s Las Vegas
United Kingdom Verdi, Rigoletto, Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Michele Mariotti (conductor), Michael Mayer (producer) transmitted live from the Met, 16.2.13 (RB)
Pantomime Season in Full Swing at Birmingham Royal Ballet
United Kingdom Davis, Aladdin: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Paul Murphy (conductor). Birmingham Hippodrome, 15.2.2013 (GR).
Knockout Turandot in Stockholm
Sweden Puccini Turandot. Soloists, Royal Swedish Opera Chorus and Orchestra. Thomas Søndergård (conductor). Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm, 16.2.2013. Premiere. (GF)