Argentina Schoenerg, Erwartung and Szymanowski, Hagith: Soloists,Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Colón. Conductor:Baldur Brönnimann, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 24.7.2012. (JSJ)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
New Devon Opera’s Madam Butterfly – Well Worth Another Shameless Rave
United Kingdom Puccini, Madam Butterfly (2nd Opinion): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of New Devon Opera, Paul Foster (conductor) The Northcott Theatre, Exeter 22.7.2012 and The Marquee, Ugbrooke Park 28.7.2012, Courtesy of Lord and Lady Clifford. Sung in English. (BK)
Final Tchaikovsky Ballet from Schaufuss an Improvement on Forerunners
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky Trilogy (Part 3), The Nutcracker: Irek Mukhamedov with dancers of the Peter Schaufuss Ballet, London Coliseum, London, 27.7.2012. (JPr)
Better a Jolly Romp Than a Depressing Dirge
United Kingdom Lord Berners, Le Carrosse du Saint-Sacrement; Puccini, Suor Angelica: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Dorset Opera / Jeremy Carnall (conductor), Coade Theatre, Bryanston School, Blandford Forum, 25.7.2011. (RJ)
Mitridate’s Youthful Longueurs
Germany W.A. Mozart, Mitridate, Re di Ponto: Soloists, Bavarian State Orchestra, Mark Wigglesworth (conductor), Prinzregententheater, Munich, 23.7.2012 (JMI)
Schaufuss’s Modern Reworking of Tchaikovsky Ballets
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky Trilogy Parts I & II – Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty: Alban Lendorf and Irek Mukhamedov with dancers of the Peter Schaufuss Ballet. London Coliseum, London, 23 & 24.7.2012. (JPr)
Munich’s Ever Fabulous Wozzeck
Germany A. Berg, Wozzeck: Soloists, Bavarian State Opera, Chorus and Children’s Chorus, Lothar Koenigs (conductor), National Theater, Munich, 22.7.2012 (JMI)
Trovatore in the Catalan Gardens
Spain G. Verdi, Il Trovatore: Soloists, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Chorus of the Palau de la Música Catalana, Roberto Rizzi-Brignoli (conductor), Peralada Castle, Peralada, 20.7.2012 (JMI)