United Kingdom Mozart, La finta giardiniera: Soloists, Royal College of Music of Opera Orchestra, Michael Rosewell (conductor). Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, London, 28.11.2016. (MB)
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High Standards in Opera North’s Puccini Double Bil
United Kingdom Puccini, Il tabarro and Suor Angelica: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Jac Van Steen (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 30.11.2016. (SRT)
WNO’s Current Macbeth Compares Poorly with Other Verdi Productions over Past 50 Years
United Kingdom Verdi, Macbeth: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Andriy Yurkevych (conductor), Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno, 24.11.2016. (RJF)
Merchant of Venice is not Easy on the Ear but Well Staged and with a Sterling Cast
United Kingdom André Tchaikowsky, The Merchant of Venice: Soloists, and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Lionel Friend (conductor), Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno, 22.11.2016. (RJF)
Royal Opera’s Manon Lescaut Benefits from Pappano’s Masterly Conducting
United Kingdom Puccini, Manon Lescaut: Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 22.11.2016. (CC)
Covent Garden’s Revived Tales of Hoffmann Plods Along Despite Excellent Singing
United Kingdom Offenbach, Les Contes d’Hoffmann (cinema broadcast): Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus (chorus master: William Spaulding), Orchestra of the Royal Opera, Evelino Pidò (conductor), Royal Opera House, London. (Seen at Curzon Mayfair, London), 15.11.2016. (MB)
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Ellen Kent’s Three Dimensional Aida Puts the ‘Grand’ Back into Grand Opera
United Kingdom Verdi, Aida: Soloists and chorus of Chisinau National Opera, Members of the Orchestra of the National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Moldova ‘Maria Biesu’ and National Philharmonic of Moldova ‘Serghei Lunchevici’ / Vasyl Vasylenko (conductor), Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 16.11.2016. (JPr)
Hartmann’s 30 Years War Opera Simplicius Simplicissimus Has Echoes of Nazi Germany
United Kingdom Hartmann, Simplicius Simplicissimus (sung in English translation by David Pountney): Soloists, Britten Sinfonia / Timothy Redmond (conductor), Lillian Baylis Theatre at Sadler’s Wells, London, 15.11.2016. (CC)
