Switzerland Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande /Ingo Metzmacher (conductor), Grand Théâtre de Genève, Geneva, 7.11.2013. (JPr)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Oke Gives Magnificent Performance in Britten’s Final Opera
United Kingdom Benjamin Britten, Death in Venice (1973): Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North / Richard Farnes (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays, Salford, 7.11.2013
Opera North Swings into the Sixties with Britten’s Dream
United Kingdom Benjamin Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1960): Sung in English with subtitles. Soloists, Children’s Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North/ Stuart Stratford (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays, Salford, 6.11.2013.
Sung in English with subtitles.
Opera North’s Peter Grimes Continues to Impress
United Kingdom Britten: Peter Grimes (1945): Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North / Jac van Steen (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays, Salford, 5.11.2013 (RJF)
Halloween Adds Whimsy to Britten’s Shakespeare
United States Britten, A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera, James Conlon (conductor), Metropolitan Opera House, New York, NY. 31.10.2013 (DS)
An Unforgettable Die Walküre in Valencia
Spain R. Wagner: Die Walküre, Orchestra Comunitat Valenciana, Zubin Mehta (conductor), Valencia’s Palau de Les Arts, 3.11.2013 (JMI)
Effect Without Cause in ENO’s Zauberflöte
United Kingdom Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Chorus (chorus master: Martin Fitzpatrick) and Orchestra of the English National Opera, Gergely Madras (conductor), The Coliseum, London, 7.11.2013 (MB)
Absorbing Depiction of the Dance of Life
United Kingdom Various Composers, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui m¡longa: Sadler’s Wells Production, Sadler’s Wells, London, 07.11.2013. (JO’D)