United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, The Gondoliers: G&S Opera Company & Buxton Festival Orchestra / David Steadman (conductor), Buxton G&S Festival, Buxton Opera House, Derbyshire 4,5 & 12.8.12 (RJW)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Lucia di Lammermoor: Viewed and Reviewed Again
Sweden. Donizetti Lucia di Lammermoor. Opera på Skäret, Kopparberg. Marcello Mottadelli (conductor). 2.8.2012 (Premiere II)(GF)
English National Ballet Impresses with Swan Lake
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake: Dancers and Orchestra of the English National Ballet, conducted by Gavin Sutherland, Coliseum, London, 3.8.2012. (JPr)
Werther in Delirium at Teatro Argentino
Argentina Massenet, Werther: Soloists, Orchestra and Children’s Chorus of Teatro Argentino. Conductor:Benjamin Pionnier, Teatro Argentino, La Plata. 27.7.2012. (JSJ)
Bringing the King of the Huns to Life: Attila at Caracalla
Italy Verdi, Attila: Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro dell’Opera Rome with pupils of the Opera’s Ballet School. Baths of Caracalla, Rome 31.07.2012. (JB)
A Thunderous Performance of Lucia di Lammermoor
Sweden Donizetti Lucia di Lammermoor. Opera på Skäret, Kopparberg. Marcello Mottadelli (conductor). 28.7.2012 (Premiere I)(GF)
Naglestad’s Tosca from Munich
Germany Verdi, Tosca: Soloists, Bavarian State Orchestra & Chorus, Marco Armiliato (conductor), National Theater, Munich, 24.7.2012. (JMI)
Matlock brings Tudor England to Life at Buxton International G&S Festival
United Kingdom German, Merrie England: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Matlock Gilbert and Sullivan Society / Melanie Gilbert (conductor), The Pavilion Theatre, Buxton, Derbyshire, 28.7.2012 (RJW)