United Kingdom Opposites Attract: A triple bill of dance comprising Take Five (music/The Dave Brubeck Quartet; choreography/David Bintley) Lyric Pieces (music/Edvard Grieg; choreography/Jessica Lang) and Grosse Fuge (music/Beethoven; choreography/Hans Van Manen): Artists of the Birmingham Royal Ballet, the Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Koen Kessels (conductor), Birmingham Hippodrome, 26.9.2012. (GR)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Jenufa in Zurich: an Auspicious Start to a New Era
Switzerland Janacek: Jenufa: Soloists, Philharmonia Zurich and Chorus of Zurich Opera (chorus master Ernst Raffelsberger), Fabio Luisi (conductor), Zurich Opera, 30.9.12 (JR)
Vienna Festival Ballet’s Coppelia Abounds in the Feel-Good Factor
United Kingdom Delibes, Coppelia: Vienna Festival Ballet, The Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham, 27.9.2012 (RJ)
Delius’s Village Romeo and Juliet Gets a Rare London Outing
United Kingdom Delius, A Village Romeo and Juliet: Soloists, The London Chorus, The New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 25.9.2012. (JPr)
New Estonian Ballet Capturing and Beautiful
Estonia Tauno Aints: Modigliani – the Cursed Artist: Estonian National Opera Orchestra and Estonian National Ballet. Risto Joost (conductor). Estonian National Opera, Tallinn, 21.9.2012
Faust Butchered by Bertman – but Survives
Estonia Gounod Faust. Soloists, Estonian National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Vello Pähn (conductor). Estonian National Opera, Tallinn. 20.9. 2012 (Premiere)
Don Carlo in Vienna
Austria G. Verdi, Don Carlo: Soloists, Vienna State Orchestra & Chorus, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Wiener Staatsoper, 10.9.2012 (JMI)
Arabella Trifecta from Vienna
Austria R. Strauss, Arabella: Soloists, Vienna State Opera Chorus & Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Vienna State Opera, 11.9.2012 (JMI)