Spain Various: Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Il Pomo d’Oro / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor). Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona, 6.6.2023. (JMI)
Joyce DiDonato on her ‘Eden’ tour triumphs in an unusual hymn to nature recital
Barcelona
Michael Fabiano milks Liceu’s Manon for every last melodramatic drop
Spain Massenet, Manon: Chorus and Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu / Marc Minkowski (conductor). Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 24.4.2023. (SS)
A well-deserved triumph for Nadine Sierra in the Liceu’s Manon
Spain Massenet, Manon: Chorus and Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu / Marc Minkowski (conductor). Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 21 and 22.4.2023. (JMI)
A bright vocal cast joins Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante in Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria
Spain Monteverdi, Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria (concert performance): Palau Chamber Music Chorus, Europa Galante / Fabio Biondi (conductor). Palau de la Música, Barcelona, 11.2.2023. (JMI)
The new production of Macbeth at Barcelona’s Liceu is really little more than a concert version
Spain Verdi, Macbeth: Chorus and Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu / Josep Pons (conductor). Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 19 and 20.2.2023. (JMI)
Sondra Radvanovsky triumphs as Tosca in a controversial Barcelona production
Spain Puccini, Tosca: Chorus and Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu / Henrik Nánási and Giacomo Sagripanti (conductors). Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 18, 19 and 20.1.2023. (JMI)
Il trittico triumphs at Barcelona’s Liceu with superb casts and an outstanding conductor
Spain Puccini, Il trittico: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Gran Theatre del Liceu / Susanna Mälkki (conductor). Gran Theatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 1.12.2022. (JMI)
Two fine casts in Il trovatore at Barcelona’s Liceu
United Kingdom Verdi, Il trovatore: Chorus and Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu / Riccardo Frizza (conductor). Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 27 and 28.10.2022. (JMI)
