United States Mark Adamo, The Gospel of Mary Magdalene (World Premiere): Soloists, orchestra and chorus of San Francisco Opera, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 19.6.2013 (HS)
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The Bittersweet “Little Mortal Jumps” Shares the Stage with the Ornate “Scheherazade” and “Azimuth”
United States Alonzo King, Scheherazade, Azimuth: Alonzo King Lines Ballet; Alejandro Cerrudo, Little Mortal Jumps: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 21.6.2013-23.6.2013 (JRo)
An Opportunity to Reassess Britten’s Coronation Opera
United Kingdom Britten, Gloriana: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Paul Daniel (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 20.6.2013 (MB)
Symbolic and Shadowless – Strauss’s Die Frau Ohne Schatten
Argentina Strauss, Die Frau ohne Schatten: Soloists,Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Colón. Conductor:Ira Levin, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 14.6.2013. (JSJ)
Sons of Meyerbeer: Wagner & Dietsch & Minkowski
Austria P-L. Dietsch, Le vaisseau fantôme + R. Wagner, Flying Dutchman (1841): Soloists, Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble, Marc Minkowski (conductor), Vienna Konzerthaus, 1.6.2013. (JFL)
NSO in MacMillan & Lutosławski
United States Grieg, MacMillan, Lutosławski: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Krzysztof Urbanski (conductor), National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center, Washington D.C., 20.6.2013 (JFL)
Superb Britten Parable Tryptych at Aldeburgh Festival
United Kingdom Britten, The Church Parables (Curlew River, The Prodigal Son, The Burning Fiery Furnace): Soloists, Mahogany Opera, Aurora Orchestra / Roger Vignoles (music director/accompanist), Orford Church, 16-17.6.2013.(RD)
Fine Production of Death in Venice by Gardner and ENO
United Kingdom Britten, Death in Venice: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the English National Opera / Edward Gardner (conductor). Coliseum, London, 14.6.2013 (MB)