Switzerland Verdi Rigoletto: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich, conductor: Fabio Luisi, Zurich Opera, Zurich. 3.2.12 (JR)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Imaginative New La Clemenza from Opera North
United Kingdom Mozart, La Clemenza di Tito: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North, Douglas Boyd, (Conductor) Grand Theatre, Leeds, 31.1.2013 (JL)
Pushkin is a Superstar in Contemporary Ballet Production
United Kingdom Tatyana: – A full length contemporary ballet based on Alexander Pushkin’s novel in verse Eugene Onegin: Companhia de Dança Deborah Colker, Barbican Theatre, London. 1.2.2013 (MMB)
The Rite of Spring at 100: Still Working Its Magic
United States Adams, Pärt, Stravinsky: Soloists, Joffrey Ballet, Scott Speck (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 1.2.2013-3.2.2013 (JRo)
Impressive Young Talent in Britten’s Dream
United Kingdom Britten, A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Soloists and Chorus of Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Orchestra of Scottish Opera, Timothy Dean (conductor). King’s Theatre, Edinburgh, 01.2.2013 (SRT)
One Foscari Better Than the Other
Spain G. Verdi, I Due Foscari: Soloists, Valenciana Community Orchestra, Generalitat Valenciana Chorus, Omer Meir Wellber (conductor), Palau de Les Arts, Valencia (JMI)
Finding The Nose: Shostakovich in Rome
Italy Shostakovich, The Nose: Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet of Teatro dell’ Opera Rome / Alejo Pérez (conductor). Rome, 29.1.2013. (JB)
The Not So Perfect American
Spain P. Glass, The Perfect American: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus Teatro Real, Dennis Russell Davies (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 22.1.2013 (JMI)