United States Met Live in HD 2011/12, Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, conducted by Fabio Luisi. Produced by Robert Lepage. Directed for TV by Gary Halvorson and broadcast to the IMAX, Waterloo, London (and other cinemas throughout the world), 5.11.11. (JPr)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Scottish Ballet Present a Double Bill of Works Old and New
United Kingdom Scottish Ballet Double Bill, Kings 2 Ends and Song of the Earth: Dancers of Scottish Ballet, Karen Cargill (mezzo), Richard Berkeley-Steele (tenor), Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, conducted by Richard Honner. Sadler’s Wells, London, 4.11.11. (JPr)
Handel’s Xerxes At San Francisco Opera: Brimming With Charm and Humor
Handel, Xerxes: Soloists, orchestra and chorus, San Francisco Opera, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 4.11.2011 (HS)
The Loving and Loathing of Don Giovanni
United States W.A. Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Nicola Luisotti (conductor), War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 2.11.2011 (RRR)
Pertusi Steals the Show in Covent Garden’s La Sonnambula
United Kingdom Bellini La sonnambula Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Daniel Oren (conductor), The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 2.11.2011. (CC)
Sparkling Die Fledermaus Closes Juventus Lyrica’s 2011 Season
Argentina Strauss, Die Fledermaus: Soloists and Chorus of Juventus Lyrica, Orquesta Académica de Buenos Aires, Carlos Calleja (conductor), Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 28.10.2011. (JSJ)
Tarik O’Regan, Heart of Darkness: An Emotionally Honest Collaboration
United Kingdom Tarik O’Regan, Heart of Darkness (world premiere): Soloists, CHROMA, Oliver Gooch (conductor). Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London, 1.11.2011 (MB)
Tannhäuser at L’Opéra Bastille, Much to Admire
France Wagner, Tannhäuser: Soloists, Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine, Chorus and Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris, Sir Mark Elder (conductor), Opéra Bastille, 29.10.2011 (MB)