Rossini, Il viaggio a Reims: Soloists and Orchestra of Teatro Argentino. Conductor: Sergio Monterisi, Teatro Argentino, La Plata. 17.7.2011. (JSJ)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Singing With the Fishes: Kristina Opolais Casts Her Net Again in Munich’s Rusalka
A. Dvořák, Rusalka: Soloists, Bavarian State Orchestra, Chorus of the Bavarian State Opera, Tomáš Hanus (conductor), Munich National Theater. 18.07.2011 (JMI)
Buenos Aires travels to Haydn’s ‘World On The Moon’
Haydn, Il mondo della luna: Buenos Aires Lírica. Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Buenos Aires Lírica, Conductor: Rodolfo Fischer. Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 15.7.2011. (JSJ)
The Jette Parker Young Artists Programme Summer Performance
Veneziana , Jette Parker Young Artists Programme Summer Performance: Rodula Gaitanou (director), Simon Bennison (lighting design), Mandy Demetriou (choreographer), Soloists, Orchestra of Royal Opera House; Paul Wynne Griffiths, Volker Krafft and Geoffrey Paterson (conductors). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London 17.7.2011 (JPr)
A Mixed Reception for Nuria Espert’s Tosca in Madrid
G. Puccini, Tosca: Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid. Coro Intermezzo. Pequeños Cantores. Conductor: Renato Palumbo. Teatro Real de Madrid. 12. 7.2011 (JMI)
‘Sleepless’ promenade opera at Cardiff Coal Exchange
Deazley, The Sleeper: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Youth Opera, The Coal Exchange, Cardiff, 15.7.2011 (GPu)
Mysterious Six Hours: Messiaen’s Saint François d’Assise in Madrid
O. Messiaen, Saint François d’Assise: Soloists, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden – Freiburg. Coro Intermezzo, Coro de la Generalitat Valenciana, Sylvain Cambreling (conductor). Madrid Arena, 11.7.2011 (JMI)
Buxton Festival 2011 – Breaking new ground with three distinctive home grown productions
Buxton Festival 2011 – Donizetti, Handel and Thomas: Soloists, Buxton Festival Chorus and Orchestra, 9-11.7.2011 (RJF)