United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker: New Adventures, Matthew Bourne (director/choreographer). Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 29.11.2011. (SRT)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
398 and Little Sign of Ageing
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Koen Kessels (conductor), Birmingham Hippodrome, 25.11.2011. (GR)
Warmhearted, Sympathetic Béatrice et Bénédict at Royal Academy of Music
United Kingdom Berlioz, Béatrice et Bénédict: Soloists, Royal Academy Opera Chorus, Royal Academy Sinfonia, Sir Colin Davis (conductor), Sir Jack Lyons Theatre, Royal Academy of Music, London, 23.11.2011 (MB)
Opera North’s New ‘The Queen Of Spades’ Lacks What Is Most Important: Heart.
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades: Soloists, Opera North Chorus and Orchestra, Richard Farnes conductor), Barbican Theatre, London, 22.11.2011 (JPr)
Macabre, Absurd: La Fura dels Baus & Ligeti
Spain György Ligeti, Le Grand Macabre: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus Gran teatre del Liceu, Michael Boder (conductor), Barcelona’s Liceu, 22.11.2011 (JMI)
Verdi’s Original Don Carlos In La Plata
Argentina Verdi, Don Carlos: Soloists and Orchestra of Teatro Argentino, Alejo Pérez(conductor), Teatro Argentino, La Plata, Argentina, 18.11.2011. (JSJ)
An Ariadne to Hear, See and Savor: Strauss Opera By Lyric Opera Of Chicago
United States Richard Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago. 19.11.2011 (JLZ)
Violetta and the Luftwaffe: Axel Corti’s (Traditional) Traviata from Frankfurt
Germany G. Verdi, La Traviata: Soloists, Frankfurter Museumorchester, Frankfurt Opera Chorus, Yuval Zorn (conductor), Frankfurt Opera, 13.11.2011. (JMI)