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)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
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)
Prokofiev’s Cinderella at The Royal Ballet
United Kingdom Prokofiev’s Cinderella: Dancers of The Royal Ballet and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Pavel Sorokin (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 7.4.2011. (JPr)
La Clemenza di Tito at English Touring Opera
Mozart, La Clemenza di Tito: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English Touring Opera/Richard Lewis (conductor), Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 6.4.2011. (RJ)
Günter Krämer’s Siegfried At Opéra Bastille
Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris, Philippe Jordan (conductor). Opéra Bastille, Paris, 30.3.2011 (MB)