Germany Puccini: Tosca, Deutsche Oper Orchestra and Chorus, Matthias Foremny (conductor), Berlin Deutsche Oper, 22.1.2014 (JMI)
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A Disappointing Tristan and Isolde
Switzerland Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Orchestra and Chorus Teatro Real, Marc Piollet (Conductor), Madrid Teatro Real, 12.1.2014 (JMI)
Barcelona’s Star-Studded Cendrillon and It’s Not Rossini’s
Spain Massenet: Cendrillon, Liceu’s Orchestra and Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Barcelona’s Liceu, 22 & 23.12.2013 (JMI)
Verdi: Messa Missing Chailly
Spain Verdi: Messa da Requiem, Orchestra Comunitat Valenciana, Chorus Generalitat Valenciana, Carlo Rizzi (conductor), Auditori Palau de Les Arts Valencia, 12.12.2013 (JMI)
Golijov’s Ainadamar: A Fountain of Tears
Spain Golijov: Aadamar, Orchestra Principado de Asturias, Chorus Opera Oviedo, Corrado Rovaris (conductor), inTeatro Campoamor, Oviedo, 10.12.2013 (JMI)
Amore on the Beach
Spain Donizetti: L’Elisir d’Amore, Orchestra and Chorus Teatro Real, Marc Piollet/Vicente Alberola (conductors), Teatro Real, Madrid, 6, 8 and 9.12.2013 (JMI).
Manon Lescaut in Outdated Production
Spain Puccini: Manon Lescaut, Seville Orchestra, Maestranza Chorus, Pedro Halffter (conductor), Teatro de la Maestranza, Seville, 5.12.2013 (JMI)
Falla’s Atlánlida Brilliant Orchestration, But No Masterpiece
Falla: Atlántida, Liceu’s Orchestra and Chorus, Josep Pons (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 28.11.2013. (JMI) Concert Version Cast: Narrator: Ángel Ódena Queen Isabel: Ofelia Sala Pirene: Gemma Coma-Alabert A Court’s Dame: Ana Tobella Gerion Tricephalous: David Alegret, Francisco Vas, Alex Sanmartí Pleiads: María Miró, Elena Copons, Mireia Pintó, Ana Alás i Jové, Inés Moraleda, … Read more