Rimsky-Korsakov, The Tsar’s Bride: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus (chorus master: Renato Balsadonna), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Sir Mark Elder (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 14.4.2011 (MB)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Heritage Opera’s Così fan tutte
Mozart, Così fan tutte : (Opera buffa in two acts, K.588 (1790) Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. English translation by Chris Gill 2006, revised 2010): Heritage Opera, Haigh Hall, Wigan, Lancashire: 15.4.2010 (MC)
London Diaghilev Festival (1) Thamar and Schéhérazade
Diaghilev Festival (1) Thamar and Schéhérazade, with music by Balakirev and Rimsky-Korsakov: Guest soloists and dancers of the Kremlin Ballet Company, St Petersburg State Academic Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Titov. London Coliseum, London, 14.4.2011. (JPr)
Eugene Onegin in Bilbao
Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, Orquesta Sinfónica de Szeged, Coro de Ópera de Bilbao. Conductor: Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez. Palacio Euskalduna de Bilbao. 9.4.2011 (JMI)
A Grand Macabre “Premiere” in a Troubled Colón
A Grand Macabre “premiere” in a troubled Colón: Ligeti, Le Grand Macabre: Soloists, Chorus and Pianos and percussion. Conductor: Baldur Brönnimann, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 3.04.2011. (JSJ)
Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi; Il Tabarro, English Touring Opera in Cheltenham
Strauss’s Intermezzo at Scottish Opera
Richard Strauss, Intermezzo: Soloists, Orchestra of Scottish Opera. Conductor: Francesco Corti. Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 5. 3.2011 (SRT)
Ivan the Terrible and Leila Josefowicz
Prokofiev: London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Leila Josefowicz (violin), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Alexei Tanovitsky (bass), Rob Heaps (narrator), Xian Zhang (conductor), Barbican Hall, London 3.4.2011 (CG)