Spain Luigi Cherubini, Medea: Soloists, Valencian Community Orchestra, Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana, Zubin Mehta (conductor), Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 17.6.2012 (JMI)
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Ekaterina Semenchuk’s Valencian Azucena
Spain Giuseppe Verdi, Il Trovatore: Soloists, Valencian Community Orchestra, Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana, Zubin Mehta (conductor), Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 16.6.2012 (JMI)
Weltethos: Far from Festival Fare
United Kingdom Jonathan Harvey, Weltethos: Samuel West (speaker), CBSO Chorus, CBSO Youth Chorus, CBSO Children’s Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner & Michael Seal (conductors). Symphony Hall, Birmingham. 21.6.2012 (JQ)
Mandela Trilogy Premiere Impresses Cardiff
United Kingdom Stephenson, Campbell, van Dijk, Mandela Trilogy (Book and Lyrics by Michael Williams): Soloists and Chorus of Cape Town Opera, Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Albert Horne (conductor and chorus master), Wales Millennium Centre, 20-21.6.2012. (European Premiere). (RJ)
At Last, Rinaldo at Teatro Colón
Argentina Handel, Rinaldo: Soloists and Orchestra of Teatro Colón, Martin Haselboeck (conductor), Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 15.6.2012. (JSJ)
ENO’s Billy Budd is Dark, Powerful and Electrifying
United Kingdom Britten, Billy Budd: Cast, Chorus & Orchestra of English National Opera/Edward Gardner (conductor), London Coliseum, 18.6.2012 (CC)
A Sparkling ‘Cosi’ in Holland Park
United Kingdom Mozart, Così fan Tutte : Chorus and Orchestra of Holland Park Opera, Thomas Kemp (conductor) Holland Park, London 18.6.2012 (RB)
ETO’s 2012 Autumn Opera Tour Could Change People’s Lives
United Kingdom A Series of Compelling 20th Century Operas (RJ)