United States Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Seattle Opera, soloists, Julian Kovatchev (conductor), McCaw Hall, Seattle, 5 & 11/5/2012 (BJ)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
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)
Oslo. Tristan. Poppycock!
Norway Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Oslo Opera Orchestra, John Helmer Fiore (conductor), Oslo Opera, 18.3.2012 (JFL)
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)