Denmark Niels W. Gade and J.P.E. Hartmann, Et Folkesagn [A Folk Tale]: The Royal Danish Ballet and the Royal Danish Orchestra, Carolyn Kuan (conductor), Operaen, Copenhagen. 21.1.2012 (NS)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Carydis’ Conducting Gives Don Giovanni a Mauling
United Kingdom Mozart, Don Giovanni : Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Constantinos Carydis (conductor). 21.1.2012 (CC)
Julius Caesar in Helsinki – Superb Singing, Controversial Concept
Finland Handel, Julius Caesar: Helsinki Baroque Orchestra in cooperation with the Finnish National Opera Orchestra, soloists, Howard Arman (conductor), Finnish National Opera, Helsinki. 20.1.2012 (GF)
Seattle Opera’s Attila is a Mixed Success
United States Verdi, Attila: Seattle Opera, Soloists, Carlo Montanaro (conductor). McCaw Hall, Seattle, 14.1.2012 (BJ)
Birmingham Symphony Hall Celebrates its 21st with Die Meistersinger
United Kingdom Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Orchestra / Antonio Pappano (conductor). Birmingham Symphony Hall, 11.1.2012 (GR).
Tchaikovsky’s The Sleeping Beauty Performed By the Scottish Ballet in a Triumphal Production
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, The Sleeping Beauty: Dominic Grier (Conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 11.1.2012 (SRT)
Kitchen Sink Realism for Merikanto’s Juha
Finland Aarre Merikanto: Juha Finnish National Opera, Kurt Kopecky (conductor), Helsinki. 21.12.2011 (GF)
ENB’s Strictly Gershwin is Strictly an Old-fashioned Entertainment
United Kingdom Strictly Gershwin: Maida Vale Singers, Dancers and Orchestra of English National Ballet, Gareth Valentine (conductor), London Coliseum, London, 4.1.12. (JPr)