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)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
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)
Peter Brook’s Flute-less Magic Flute at the Lincoln Center Festival
Lincoln Center Festival: Mozart/Peter Brook, A Magic Flute: Peter Brook (director), Soloists, Franck Krawczyk (piano),Lynch Theater,New York, 8.7.2011 (SSM)
An Estimable Nozze di Figaro from Opera Holland Park
Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro : Soloists, Opera Holland Park Chorus, City of London Sinfonia, Matthew Willis (conductor). Opera Holland Park, 10.7.2011 (MB)
Opera Holland Park’s La rondine is rather a mixed bag
United Kingdom Puccini, La rondine: (New production by Tom Hawkes): Soloists and Chorus of Opera Holland Park, City of London Sinfonia, Conductor: Peter Selwyn. Holland Park, London, 7.7.2011. (JPr)