Norway Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Oslo Opera Orchestra, John Helmer Fiore (conductor), Oslo Opera, 18.3.2012 (JFL)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Grand Forza at Teatro Colón
Argentina Verdi: La Forza del Destino (1869 version): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Colón, Renato Palumbo (conductor), Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 28.4.2012. (JSJ)
Elisabetta Steals the Show in Houston’s “Maria Stuarda”
United States Donizetti, Maria Stuarda: Soloists, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Patrick Summers (Conductor), Houston Grand Opera, Houston, Texas, 29.4.2012 (AS)
Veteran – Even Vintage – La bohème Still Satisfies at Covent Garden
United Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of The Royal Opera House / Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 30.4.2012. (JPr)
ENO’s Flying Dutchman – Fascinating and Stimulating
United Kingdom Wagner: The Flying Dutchman: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera /Edward Gardner. London Coliseum, 28.4.2012 (CC)
Pretty, Boring. Thank God for Dogs!
Germany Jerome Robbins / Jiří Kylián’s, Goldberg Variations / Gods and Dogs: Soloists, Bavarian State Ballet, National Theater, Munich, 26.4.2012 (JFL)
Barcelona’s Reasonably Magical Flute
Spain Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Gran Teatre del Liceu, Pablo González (conductor), Liceu, Barcelona, 26.4.2012 (JMI)
Don Giovanni in London Heaven – RC Theatre’s Persuasive Mozart
United Kingdom Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Orchestra, Colin Pettet (conductor). Heaven, London, 23.4.2012 (MB)