Spain R. Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus, Peter Schneider (conductor), Barcelona’s Liceu, 6.9.2012 (JMI)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Bayreuth Festival @ the Liceu: Lohengrin
Spain R. Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus, Sebastian Weigle (conductor), Liceu, Barcelona, 5.9.2012 (JMI)
Concert Version
Bayreuth Festival @ the Liceu: Der Fliegende Holländer
Spain R. Wagner, Der Fliegende Holländer: Soloists, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus, Sebastian Weigle (conductor), Liceu, Barcelona, 4.9.2012 (JMI)
Concert Version
Volksoper Abduction: Men Preferred to Blondes
Austria W.A.Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Soloists, Orchestra & Chorus Volksoper Wien, Gerrit Priessnitz (conductor), Vienna Volksoper, 13.9.2012 (JMI)
Brilliant Balanchine Divertimento from San Francisco Ballet
United Kingdom San Francisco Ballet (Programme A): Dancers and Orchestra of the San Francisco Ballet / Martin West (conductor), Sadler’s Wells, London, 14.9.2012. (JPr)
ENO’s Much Revived Magic Flute Continues to Delight
United Kingdom Mozart, The Magic Flute: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Nicholas Collon (conductor), Coliseum, London, 13.9.2012. (JPr)
Musikfest Berlin 2012: Dynamic John Adams Brings Nixon in China to Berlin
United Kingdom John Adams, Nixon in China (1985/87): Soloists, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra / John Adams (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 10.9.2012. (MC)
Shicoff Impresses as Cavaradossi in Berlin Tosca
Germany Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Staatskapelle Berlin/Julian Salemkour (conductor), Schiller Theater, Bismarckstraße, Berlin, 9.9.2012 (MC)