SpainWuorinen: Brokeback Mountain, Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Titus Engel (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 5.2.2014 (JMI).
Brokeback Mountain: An Intense and Convincing Premiere
JM Irurzun
La Gioconda Rarely Performed and for Good Reason
Ponchielli: La Gioconda, Deutsche Oper Orchestra and Chorus, Jesús López Cobos (conductor), Berlín Deutsche Oper, 26.1.2014 (JMI) Cast: La Gioconda: Hui He Enzo Grimaldo: Marcelo Álvarez Barnaba: Lado Ataneli Laura: Marianne Cornetti Alvise: Ante Jerkunica La Cieca: Dana Beth Miller Zuane: Ben Wager Isepo: Gideon Poppe Production: Berlin Deutsche Oper Direction: Filippo Sanjust Sets and … Read more
LA Sonnambula : Attractive but Hardly Convincing
Bellini: La Sonnambula, Liceu’s Orchestra and Chorus, Daniel Oren (conductor), Barcelona’s Liceu, 1 & 2.2.2014 (JMI) Casts: Amina: Patrizia Ciofi/Annick Massis Elvino: Juan Diego Flórez/Celso Albelo Count Rodolfo: Nicola Ulivieri/Michele Pertusi Lisa: Eleonora Buratto/Sabina Puértolas Teresa: Gemma Coma-Alabert Alessio: Alex Sanmartí Notary: Jordi Casanova Production: Wiener Staatsoper and Royal Opera House Covent Garden Direction: … Read more
Elektra: A Production Strauss Himself Would Love
Germany Strauss: Elektra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor, Christian Thielemann (conductor), Berlin Philarmonie, 28.1.2014 (2014).
Weinberger’s Schwanda: Rarely Performed Opera That Has Retained It’s Humour
Germany Weinberger: Svanda, Staatskepelle Dresden, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor, Constantin Trinks (conductor), Dresden Semperoper, 27.1.2014 (JMI)
Warm Reading of Janáček’s Katja Kabanova with Simon Rattle as Conductor
Janáček: Katja Kabanova, Staatskapelle Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Berlin Schiller Theater, 25.1.2014. (JMI)
Katja Kabanova
(C) BERND UHLIG
Love for Three Oranges: A Classic Reading
Germany Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges, Komische Oper Orchestra and Chorus, Mikhel Kütson (conductor), Berlin Komische Oper, 24.1.2014 (JMI)
Few Could Match Berlin Opera’s Fiery Angel
Prokofiev: The Fiery Angel, Komischen Oper Orchestra and Chorus, Henrik Nánási (conductor), Berlin Komische Oper, 23.1.2014. (JMI)
