United Kingdom Vivaldi, Rutter, Lalo, Fauré, The Four Seasons, Of A Rose and Suite en blanc: Dancers and Orchestra of the English National Ballet, City Chamber Choir, Emil Chakalov (violin), Gavin Sutherland (conductor), City of London Festival Golden Jubilee 2012,St Paul’s Cathedral, London, 3.7.2012. (JPr)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Mischief in the Shadows – Britten’s Dream in Rome
Italy Benjamin Britten, A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Rome Opera / James Conlon (conductor), premiere on 19.6.2012 (JB)
A ‘Traditional’ Le Nozze di Figaro
United Kingdom Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Royal College of Music Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Michael Rosewell (conductor). Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, London, 30.6.2012 (MB)
Crates and Brides: Le Nozze di Laffargue
France W.A.Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Orchestre Bordeaux Aquitaine, Choeur Opera National de Bordeaux, Mikhail Tatarnikov (conductor), Grand Théâtre, Bordeaux, 23.6.2012 (JMI)
Recycling Bordeaux’s Hateful Don Giovanni
France W.A.Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Choeur de l’Opera National de Bordeaux, Mikhail Tatarnikov (conductor), Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux, 22.6.2012 (JMI)
Toulouse’s Season-Ending Tannhäuser
France R. Wagner, Tannhäuser: Soloists, Orchestre & Choeur du Capitole, Hartmut Haenchen (conductor), Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse, 24.6.2012 (JMI)
Dr Dee Opera: Insipid, Uninspired, Boring and a Sham
United Kingdom Albarn/Norris, Dr Dee: Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of English National Opera/Stephen Higgins (conductor), Coliseum, London, 26.6.2012. (CC)
Well Turned Turn of the Screw from Juventus Lyrica
Argentina Britten, Turn of the Screw: Soloists and Orchestra of Juventus Lyrica, André Dos Santos (conductor), Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 22.6.2012. (JSJ)