Spain M. de Falla, El Amor Brujo & La Vida Breve: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus Teatro de la Zarzuela, Juanjo Mena (conductor), Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid, 5.10.2012 (JMI)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Jokes Wear Thin in WNO’S Così Fan Tutte in Deckchairs
United Kingdom Mozart, Così fan tutte (Revival Premiere): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Mark Wrigglesworth (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 3.10.2012 (GPu)
Shadows of Theresienstadt Pervade Viktor Ullmann Opera
United Kingdom Christ lag in Todesbanden, Der Kaiser von Atlantis: Soloists, Aurora Orchestra / Peter Selwyn (conductor). Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London, 5.10.2012 (MB)
Gorgeous Singing, Bewildering Staging for Bellini in San Francisco
United States Bellini, I Capuleti e i Montecchi (The Capulets and the Montagues): Soloists, chorus and orchestra of San Francisco Opera, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 3.10.2012 (HS)
A Gritty Don Giovanni for the 21st Century
United Kingdom Mozart, Don Giovanni (sung in English): Soloists and Chamber Orchestra of Mid Wales Opera / Nicholas Cleobury (conductor), Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury, 2.10.2012. (RJ)
Washington’s Don Giovanni: Eros to the End
United States W.A. Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Washington National Opera Orchestra, Philippe Auguin (conductor), Washington National Opera, Kennedy Center, Washington, 1.10.2012 (RRR)
Fairy Tale Cenerentola at Teatro Colón
Argentina Rossini, La Cenerentola: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Colón. Conductor: Reinaldo Censabella, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 28.9.2012. (JSJ)
Choreographed Giulio Cesare from ENO
United Kingdom Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto: Soloists, Orchestra of the English National Opera, Christian Curnyn (conductor). The Coliseum, London, 1.10.2012 (MB)