Germany Mozart, Mitridate, Re di Ponto: Soloists, Bavarian State Orchestra, Ivor Bolton (conductor) Prinzregententheater Munich. 26.7.2011. (JMI)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Donizetti’s Lucrezia Borgia at the Munich Opera Festival
Germany Donizetti, Lucrezia Borgia: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Bavarian State Opera, Paolo Arrivabeni (conductor). Munich National Theater. 25.7.2011 (JMI)
Aspen Music Festival 2011 (8) – “Falstaff” and Recitals by Denk, DeYoung and the American Brass Quintet
Aspen Music Festival (8): Verdi’s Falstaff; Jeremy Denk plays Ligeti and Bach; American Brass Quintet; Michelle DeYoung sings Brahms. 29.7.2011 (HS)
The Tricks of Comedy – Macerata’s Così fan Tutte
Mozart, Così fan Tutte: Conductor, Riccardo Frizza; Sets, Costumes and Staging, Pier Luigi Pizzi; Lighting, Vincenzo Raponi; Chorus Master, David Crescenzi; Choreographer, Roberto Maria Pizzuto. Orchestra Regionale delle Marche; Marchigiano Chorus V Bellini; Salvadei (on-stage) band. Teatro Lauro Rossi, Macerata 24.7.2011 (JB)
Vignette’s apocalyptic La Bohème in an Underground Bunker
Puccini, La Bohème: New production by Andrew Staples with soloists and orchestra conducted by Steven Moore. Village Underground, Shoreditch, London, 26.7.2011. (JPr)
Mixed feelings – Reviewer vs. Audience – Bellini at the Munich Opera Festival
Bellini, I Capuleti è I Montecchi: Soloists, Bavarian State Orchestra and Chorus, Yves Abel (conductor). National Theater Munich. 24. 7.2011 (JMI)
Munich Festival’s Wholly Elegant Rosenkavalier
R. Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier: Soloists, Bavarian State Orchestra and Chorus, Constantin Trinks (conductor). National Theater Munich. 23. 7.2011. (JMI)
Glass’ s Fall of the House of Usher in Munich
Philip Glass, The Fall of the House of Usher: Soloists, Orchestra of the Gärtnerplatz State Theater, Lukas Beikircher (conductor). Gärtnerplatz Theater. 19. 7.2011 (JMI)