Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi; Il Tabarro: English Touring Opera/Michael Rosewell (conductor), Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7.4.2011.(RJ)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Strauss’s Intermezzo at Scottish Opera
Richard Strauss, Intermezzo: Soloists, Orchestra of Scottish Opera. Conductor: Francesco Corti. Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 5. 3.2011 (SRT)
Ivan the Terrible and Leila Josefowicz
Prokofiev: London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Leila Josefowicz (violin), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Alexei Tanovitsky (bass), Rob Heaps (narrator), Xian Zhang (conductor), Barbican Hall, London 3.4.2011 (CG)
Prokofiev’s Cinderella at The Royal Ballet
United Kingdom Prokofiev’s Cinderella: Dancers of The Royal Ballet and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Pavel Sorokin (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 7.4.2011. (JPr)
La Clemenza di Tito at English Touring Opera
Mozart, La Clemenza di Tito: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English Touring Opera/Richard Lewis (conductor), Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 6.4.2011. (RJ)
Günter Krämer’s Siegfried At Opéra Bastille
Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris, Philippe Jordan (conductor). Opéra Bastille, Paris, 30.3.2011 (MB)
Bruno Mantovani’s Akhmatova in Paris
Bruno Mantovani, Akhmatova: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra National de Paris (chorus master: Patrick Marie Aubert), Pascal Rophé (conductor). Opéra Bastille, Paris, 31.3.2011 (MB)
Katya Kabanova in Paris
Janáček, Katya Kabanova: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra national de Paris (chorus master: Patrick Marie Aubert), Tomáš Netopil (conductor). Palais Garnier, Paris, 1.4.2011 (MB)