Italy Bellini, Norma: Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro dell’Opera, Baths of Caracalla, Rome, 21.07.2012 (JB)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Munich Ring: Götterdämmerung
Germany R. Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists, Kent Nagano (conductor), Bavarian State Orchestra, National Theater, Munich, 15.7.2012 (JMI)
Munich Ring: Siegfried
Germany Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Kent Nagano (conductor), Bavarian State Orchestra, National Theater, Munich, 13.7.2012 (JMI)
Opera Holland Park Finishes Season on Fine Form with Falstaff
United Kingdom Verdi: Falstaff: Soloists and Chorus of Opera Holland Park, City of London Sinfonia / Peter Robinson (conductor), Holland Park, London, 20.7.2012. (GD)
Luminous Lucretia at the Concert Barn
Sweden Britten, The Rape of Lucretia: Soloists, Vattnäs Operakapell. Mattias Böhm (conductor). The Concert Barn, Vattnäs, Dalecarlia, Sweden. 13.7.2012 (Premiere) (GF)
Munich Ring: Die Walküre
Germany R. Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Bavarian State Orchestra, Kent Nagano (conductor), Bavarian State Orchestra, 11.7.2012 (JMI)
Longborough’s Götterdämmerung: a Monumental Achievement
United Kingdom Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Longborough Festival Opera / Anthony Negus (conductor), Alan Privett (director), Kjell Torriset (designer),16-19.7.2012 (JPr)
Munich’s Der Ring des Nibelungen: Das Rheingold
Germany R. Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists, Bavarian State Orchestra, Kent Nagano (conductor), Bavarian State Orchestra, National Theater, Munich, 10.7.2012. (JMI)