United Kingdom Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Opera, Ex Cathedra, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 6.4.2012. (RJ)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Touring Barber of Seville Uplifts Despite Budget Restraints
United Kingdom Rossini, The Barber of Seville: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of English Touring Opera, Timothy Carey (conductor), Theatre Royal, York, 3.4.2012 (JL)
Thirteen Years On Gergiev Returns with a Masterful Parsifal
United Kingdom Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Opera, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 3.4.2012. (JPr)
Seattle Young Artists Program Presents Donizetti’s Don Pasquale
United States Donizetti, Don Pasquale: Seattle Opera Young Artists Program, soloists, Seattle Opera Young Artists Program Orchestra, Brian Garman (conductor), Peter Kazaras (director), Meany Hall, Seattle, 31.3.2012 (BJ)
Thaïs, a Valencian Athanaël Festival
Spain Jules Massenet, Thaïs: Soloists, Orchestra Comunitat Valenciana, Chorus Generalitat Valenciana, Patrick Fournillier (conductor), Valencia’s Palau de Les Arts, 31.3.2012 (JMI)
Valencia, Tosca Da Capo
Spain G. Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Orchestra Comunitat Valenciana, Chorus Generalitat Valenciana, Omer Meir Wellber (conductor), Valencia’s Palau de Les Arts, 1.4.2012 (JMI)
Mercadante: How Many Figaros are Enough?
Spain Saverio Mercadante, I Due Figaro: Soloists, Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini, Vienna Philharmonia Chorus, Riccardo Muti (conductor), Madrid Teatro Real, 30.3.2012 (JMI)
Trifling with Die Zauberflöte
Italy Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Teatro dell’Opera, Rome, 31.3.2012 (JB)