United Kingdom Haydn, Orlando Paladino: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, René Jacobs (conductor). Usher Hall, 25.8.2011 (SRT)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Local premiere of Tristan und Isolde in La Plata
Argentina Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists and Orchestra of Teatro Argentino. Conductor: Alejo Pérez, Teatro Argentino, La Plata. 19.8.2011. (JSJ)
Bayreuth Festival 2011 [3] – Memories of the Third Reich haunt Herheim’s Parsifal
Germany Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Daniele Gatti (conductor). Bayreuth Festspielhaus, 21.8.2011. (JPr)
Bayreuth Festival 2011 (2) – Rats play pivotal role in Neuenfels’ Lohengrin
Germany Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival. Conductor: Andris Nelsons. Bayreuth Festspielhaus, 20.8.2011. (JPr)
Verdi’s Attila opens the GöteborgsOperan season with a bang
Sweden Verdi, Attila : Soloists, GöteborgsOperan’s Chorus and Orchestra, Giancarlo Andretta (conductor), GöteborgsOperan main stage, Gothenburg, Sweden, 21.8.2011 (NS)
Bayreuth Festival 2011 (1) – A Tannhäuser better than many people think
Germany Wagner, Tannhäuser: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival. Conductor: Thomas Hengelbrock. Bayreuth Festspielhaus, 19.8.2011. (JPr)
An abstract Pelléas et Mélisande in Buenos Aires
Argentina Debussy, Pelléas et Mélisande: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Colón. Conductor: Emmanuell Villaume, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 17.8.2011. (JSJ)
Rossini Opera Festival (ROF) (3) – Adelaide di Borgogna and Il Viaggio a Reims or ‘ROF Funeral Services’
Italy Rossini, Adelaide di Borgogna: Rossini Opera Festival (ROF), Teatro Rossini, Pesaro, Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna: Conductor – Dmitri Jurowski; Sets, Costumes, Projections and Stage Director: Pier Alli 17.8.2011 (JB)