Sweden Puccini, La Fanciulla del West Royal Swedish Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Pier Giorgio Morandi (conductor), Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm, 17.12.2011 (Premiere) (GF)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Pappano’s Meistersinger Compares Unfavourably With Past Productions At Covent Garden
United Kingdom Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 19.12.2011 (MB)
More “New” Clothes for the Emperor – Turandot in Munich
Germany Puccini: Turandot, Bavarian State Opera, Munich, 17.12.2011 (BM)
Eva-Maria Westbroek of Mtsensk: Haenchen & Kušej Delight in Madrid
Spain Dmitri Shostakovich, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District: Soloists, Madrid Symphony Orchestra, Coro Intermezzo, Hartmut Haenchen (conductor), Teatro Real de Madrid, 9.12.2011 (JMI)
Holy Mackerel: RNCM Triumphs with Albert Herring
United Kingdom Britten. Albert Herring (1947): Orchestra, Chorus and Soloists of the Royal Northern College of Music, Clark Rundell (conductor), Director Stefan Janski. Stage, Set and Costume designer, Lara Booth, RNCM Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 12.12.2011 (RJF)
The Triumphant Return of the Royal Physician to Copenhagen
Denmark Bo Holten, Livlægens besøg (The Visit of the Royal Physician): Bo Holten (conductor), The Royal Danish Opera, Copenhagen, 2.12.2011 (NS)
Merry Widow – Belle Époque in Buenos Aires
Argentina Lehár, The Merry Widow: Soloists and Orchestra of Teatro Colón, Gregor Bühl (conductor), Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 2.12.2011. (JSJ)
The Children Are Terrible, the Audience Missing: Spanish Glass Premiere
Spain Philip Glass, Les enfants Terribles: Soloists, ‘orchestra’ of three pianos, Emmanuel Olivier (conductor, piano), Bilbao’s Teatro Arriaga, 2.12.2012 (JMI)