Met Opera Live – Strauss, Capriccio: Metropolitan Opera’s HD transmission live to the Barbican Cinema, London. 23.4.2011 (MMB)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Il Trovatore at Juventus Lyrica, Buenos Aires
Verdi, Il Trovatore: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Juventus Lyrica. Conductor: Antonio Maria Russo, Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 8.4.2011. (JSJ)
Barenboim’s Die Walküre in Berlin
Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Schillertheater, Berlin, 17.4.2011 (MB)
Salome at the Komische Oper, Berlin
Strauss, Salome: Soloists, Orchestra of the Komische Oper, Berlin, Alexander Vedernikov (conductor). Komische Oper, Berlin, 15.4.2011 (MB)
Wozzeck at Staatsoper Unter den Linden
Berg, Wozzeck: Soloists, Staatskapelle Berlin, Staatsopernchor Berlin, Children’s Choir of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Schillertheater, Berlin, 16.4.2011 (MB)
‘Monodramas’ from New York City Opera
“Monodramas” by Zorn, Schoenberg and Feldman : George Manahan (conductor), Michael Counts (Production Director and Set Designer), New York City Opera, David A. Koch Theatre, New York City, 27.3.2011 (BH)
Verdi’s Stiffelio in Stockholm
Verdi, Stiffelio : at the Royal Opera in Stockholm, 16.4.2011 (GF)
Debussy’s Pélleas et Mélisande at London’s Barbican
Debussy, Pélleas et Mélisande: (ConcertPerformance) Orchestre de Paris, Louis Langrée (conductor), Barbican Hall, London 19.4.2011 (CG)