Germany Puccini: Manon Lescaut, Staatskapelle and Staatsoper Dresden, Pier Giorgio Morandi (conductor), Semperoper Dresden 18.6.2013 (JMI).
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Forsythe Company Presents Movement in a Foreign Language
United Kingdom Willems, N.N.N.N. & Study # 3: The Forsythe Company, Sadler’s Wells, London, 18.6.2013. (JO’D)
Dresden’s Der Fliegende Holländer as Senta’s Nightmare
Germany Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer, Staatskapelle and Staatsoper Dresden / Constantin Trinks (conductor). Semperoper Dresden, 15.6.2013. (JMI)
Opera North Continues Ring Cycle Triumph with Siegfried
United Kingdom Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North, Richard Farnes (conductor), Town Hall, Leeds, 15.6.2013 (JL)
ENB’s Swan Lake Tugs at the Heart Strings
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky/Deane, Swan Lake: Dancers and Orchestra of English National Ballet / Tom Seligman (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 15.6.2013. (JPr)
The Voice of Purcell
Italy Purcell, Dido and Aeneas. Chorus and String Orchestra of Teatro dell’Opera, Rome (Chorus Master, Roberto Gabbiani), Conductor: Jonathan Webb. East Gymnasium of the Baths of Caracalla, Rome. 13.6.2013. (JB)
Precise Diction and Characterisation in Pirates of Penzance
Gilbert & Sullivan, The Pirates of Penzance: Scottish Opera & D’Oyly Carte Opera Company / Derek Clark (conductor), Opera House, Manchester, England 11.6.2013 (RJW)
La Fanciulla del West : First Rate Production By Christof Loy
Germany Puccini: La Fanciulla del West, Frankfurter Opern und Museumsorchester, Male Chorus Oper Frankfurt, Sebastian Weigle (conductor), Opernhaus Frankfurt, 9.6.2013 (JMI)