United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Sleeping Beauty: Dancers and Orchestra (recorded) of Vienna Festival Ballet, Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham, 16.3.2013. (RJ)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Dangerous Games: The Dance Theatrics of Wim Vandekeybus
United States Wim Vandekeybus, What the Body Does Not Remember: Ultima Vez, Royce Hall UCLA, Los Angeles 15.3.2013-16.3.2013
Dante’s Inferno Inspires Exciting Zandonai Opera
Zandonai, Francesca da Rimini: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York/Marco Armilliato (conductor). Transmitted live from New York to Barbican Cinema One, London. 16.03.2013 (CC)
Effective Poulenc, Disappointing Purcell from Opera North
United Kingdom Poulenc, Purcell: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North/ Wyn Davies (conductor). The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays. 12-16.3.2013. (RJF)
Gimmicks Fail to Liven Up Mozart’s Clemenza
United Kingdom Mozart, La Clemenza di Tito (1791) sung in Italian with English surtitles: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North / Douglas Boyd (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays. 12-16.3.2013. (RJF)
Satisfying Otello Despite the Staging
United Kingdom Giuseppe Verdi. Otello (1887) Sung in Italian with titles in English: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North / Richard Farnes (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays. 12-16.3.2013.(RJF)
Perceptive and Inspiring First-Nations Flute
Canada Mozart, The Magic Flute: Soloists, Vancouver Opera, Leslie Dala (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia. 10.3.2013 (BJ)
Ecstasy On and Off the Stage: Tristan and Isolde in Göthenburg
Sweden Richard Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Göthenburg Opera Orchestra and Chorus, extra male chorus, Stefan Lano (conductor), GöteborgsOperan, 09.03.2013 (NS)