United Kingdom Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists of Fulham Opera, Benjamin Woodward (piano accompanist), Fiona Williams (stage director). St John’s Church, Fulham, London, 25.5.2012. (JPr)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Judge Me Paris: A Baroque Burlesque Opera
United States Eccles, Judge Me Paris:A Baroque Burlesque Opera, Company XIV, 303 Bond St. Theatre, Brooklyn, New York, 20.5.2012 (SSM)
A Don Giovanni with a Difference in Dresden
Germany Mozart, Don Giovanni (1787): Soloists, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor, Staatskapelle Dresden/Mihkel Kütson (conductor). Semper Opera House, Dresden, Germany 19.5.2012. (MC)
WNO’s Tristan and Isolde was Sound but Lacking in Impulse
United Kingdom Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists. Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Lothar Koenigs (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff 19.5.2012. (LRK)
Nabucco in DC: Confused, Splendid, and Creaking
United States Giuseppe Verdi, Nabucco: Soloists, Washington National Opera Orchestra, Philippe Auguin (conductor), Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington DC, 15.5.2012 (RRR)
Impenetrable Alcina
France Georg Friedrich Haendel: Alcina. Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Choeur de l’Opera National de Bordeaux, Harry Bicket (conductor), Grand Théâtre, Bordeaux, 13.5.2012 (JMI)
Rambert Dance Company Continues Its Pioneering Role
United Kingdom Sub, The Art of Touch, L’Après-midi d’un faune and What Wild Ecstasy: Soloists, Musicians and Company of Rambert Dance Company / Paul Hoskins (conductor). Sadler’s Wells, London, 16.5.2012. (JPr)
Lucia Beyond Redemption
Spain Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Orquesta Clásica Europea, Coro de Amigos Teatro Calderón, Denis Vlasenko (conductor), Teatro Calderón, Valladolid, 11.5.2012. (JMI)