Spain Wagner: Die Walküre, Liceu’s Orchestra, Josep Pons (conductor), The Liceu, Barcelona, 22 & 23.5.2014. (JMI)
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Surprising Anomalies Between Performances of Die Walküre
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World Premier Highlighted by Presence of Carreras
Spain Kolonovits: El Juez (Los Niños Perdidos), BIOS Orchestra, Rossini Choir, David Giménez (conductor), Teatro Arriaga, Bilbao, 26.4.2014 (JMI)
Rare Russian Opera Performed in Barcelona
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitesz:, Liceu’s Orchestra and Chorus, Josep Pons (conductor), Liceu, Barcelona, 16.4.2014 (JMI) New Production: Liceu with Nederlandse Opera and Teatro alla Scala Direction and sets: Dmitri Tcherniakov Costumes: Elena Zaitseva and Dmitri Tcherniakov Lighting: Gleb Filschtinsky Cast: Fevronia. Svetlana Ignatovich Grischka: Dmitry Golovnin Prince Yuri: Eric Halfvarson … Read more
Muti Brings Verdi Requiem Alive
Spain Verdi: Messa da Requiem, Orchestras Teatro Real and Giovanile Luigi Cherubini, Chorus Teatro Real and Comunidad de Madrid, Riccardo Muti (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 14.4.2014 (JMI)
Lohengrin Still Showing Mortier’s Influence
Spain Wagner, Lohengrin: Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Hartmut Haenchen/Walter Althammer (conductors), Teatro Real, Madrid, 10 & 11.4.2014. (JMI)
Placido Domingo at His Most Convincing in Simon Boccanegra
Spain Verdi: Simon Boccanegra, Orchestra Comunitat Valenciana, Chorus Generalitat Valenciana, Evelino Pidò (conductor), Valencia’s Palau de Les Arts, 27.3.2014 (JMI).
Vivaldi’s Tito Manilo: Claimed by Vivaldi But Mostly by Other Composers
Spain Vivaldi: Tito Manlio, Concerto de’ Cavalieri, Marcello Di Lisa (conductor), Madrid Auditorio Nacional, 23.3.2014 (JMI).
Tosca Times 3 in Barcelona
Spain Puccini: Tosca, Liceu’s Orchestra and Chorus, Paolo Carignani (conductor), Barcelona’s Liceu, 17,18 & 19.3.2014 (JMI)
