United Kingdom Wagner, The Flying Dutchman (Der fliegende Holländer): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Zurich Opera House / Alain Altinoglu (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 15.12.2012. (JPr)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Some First Rate Singing in Seville’s Siegfried
Spain Wagner: Siegfried, Seville Symphony Orchestra, Pedro Halffter (conductor). Sevilla Teatro de la Maestranza, 12.12.2012 (JMI)
Prequel to Così Fan Tutte: So, Do They All?
United States Jonathan Dawe, Così Faran Tutti, Orchestra of the Second Instrumental Unit, Ryan McAdams (conductor), Company XIV, Austin McCormick (Choreography), The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America, Columbia University, New York, 13.12.2012 (SSM)
Satire and Pathos—Opera Company Extends its Stylistic Range
Canada Gilbert and Sullivan, The Pirates of Penzance: Vancouver Opera, soloists, Jonathan Darlington (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia. 9.12.2012 (BJ)
Wayne Eagling’s Nutcracker is Perfectly Charming
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker: Dancers of English National Ballet, Choir of Tring Park School for the Performing Arts, Orchestra of English National Ballet / Benjamin Pope. (conductor), London Coliseum, London, 12.12.2012. (JPr)
Love and Deceit in Ponnelle’s Venerable Don Pasquale
United States Donizetti, Don Pasquale: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Sir Andrew Davis, (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago. 8.12.2012 (JLZ)
Wexford Festival (2) Less Would Have Been More for Chabrier’s Le Roi Malgré Lui
Ireland Emmanuel Chabrier, Le Roi malgré lui: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera / Jean-Luc Tingaud (conductor), Wexford Opera House, 3.11.2012. (ASB)
Witch Steals the Show in Viennese Hänsel und Gretel
Austria Humperdinck, Hänsel und Gretel: Soloists, Orchestra of the Vienna Volksoper, Stage Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera / Guido Mancusi (conductor), Volksoper, Vienna, 8.12.2012 (MB)