Spain Franco Alfano, Cyrano de Bergerac: Soloists, Madrid Symphony Orchestra, Coro Intermezzo, Pedro Halffter (conductor), Madrid Teatro Real, 10.5.2012 (JMI)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Noisy Carsen Falstaff Falls Short of Zeffirelli’s Production
United Kingdom Verdi, Falstaff: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Daniele Gatti (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 15.5.2012. (JPr)
A Life-Enhancing Magic Flute in Gothenburg
Sweden W.A. Mozart, The Magic Flute: Henrik Schaefer (conductor), Gothenburg Opera 12.5.2012 (NS)
Seattle Madama Butterfly Shows Hand of Genius
United States Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Seattle Opera, soloists, Julian Kovatchev (conductor), McCaw Hall, Seattle, 5 & 11/5/2012 (BJ)
Mahler’s Music Used for an Enthralling Snow White
United Kingdom Ballet Preljocaj’s Snow White, choreography by Angelin Preljocaj: Soloists and Company of Ballet Preljocaj. Sadler’s Wells, London, 10.5.2012. (JPr)
Gallant Indians, Worth a Trip to Toulouse
France Jean-Philippe Rameau, Les Indes Galantes: Soloists, Les Talens Lyriques, Choeur du Capitole, Christophe Rousset (conductor). Capitole, Toulouse, 6.5.2012 (JMI)
Pamplona Magic Flute Redux
Spain Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Symphony Orchestra of Navarre, Coro Intermezzo, Robert Reimer (conductor), El Baluarte, Pamplona 4.5.2012 (JMI)
Anthony Minghella’s Madam Butterfly at ENO
United Kingdom Puccini, Madam Butterfly: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera, conducted by Oleg Caetani. The London Coliseum, London, 8.5.2012. (JPr)