Mozart, Die Entführung aus dem Serail: (The Abduction from the Seraglio): Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Rome 17.4.2011 (DG)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Tristan und Isolde at Frankfurt Opera
Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists,Frankfurter Opern und Museumorchester, Male Chorus of Franfurt Oper. Conductor: Sebastian Weigle. Oper Frankfurt 17.4.2011 (JMI)
Don Giovanni with Seattle Opera’s Young Artists
Mozart, Don Giovanni: Seattle Opera Young Artists Program, soloists, members of the Auburn Symphony, Brian Garman (conductor), Peter Kazaras (director); Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue, WA, 1.4.2011 (BJ)
Die Entführung in Frankfurt
Mozart, Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Soloists, Frankfurter Museumsorchester, Frankfurt Opera Chorus. Conductor: Michael Güttler. Frankfurt Opera 16. 4.2011 (JMI)
Frankfurt Opera’s Tales of Hoffmann
Offenbach , Les contes d’Hoffmann: Soloists, Frankfurter Museumsorchester, Frankfurt Opera Chorus. Conductor: Hartmut Keil. Oper Frankfurt 15. 4.2011 (JMI)
Cav and Pag at Barcelona’s Liceu
P. Mascagni, Cavalleria Rusticana and R.Leoncavallo, I Pagliacci: Soloists, Orquestra Simfònica y Cor del Gran Teatre del Liceu. Conductor: Daniele Callegari. Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona. 11,12 and 13. 4.2011. (JMI)
Gianandrea Noseda Bows Out with Verdi’s Otello
Verdi, Otello : (Concert Performance). BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus conducted by Gianandrea Noseda, The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 16.4.2011 (RJF)
The Tsar’s Bride at The Royal Opera
Rimsky-Korsakov, The Tsar’s Bride: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus (chorus master: Renato Balsadonna), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Sir Mark Elder (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 14.4.2011 (MB)