Spain R. Wagner: Die Walküre, Orchestra Comunitat Valenciana, Zubin Mehta (conductor), Valencia’s Palau de Les Arts, 3.11.2013 (JMI)
An Unforgettable Die Walküre in Valencia
JM Irurzun
Rossini’s Cinderella: A Musical, Visual, and Comedic Delight
Verdi: Don Carlo, Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala, Fabio Luisi (conductor), Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 26.10.2013 (JMI)
Don Carlo in La Scala Disappointing
Italy Verdi: Don Carlo, Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala, Fabio Luisi (conductor), Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 26.10.2013 (JMI)
Photo credit Brescia-Amisano / Teatro alla Scala
Upbeat Aida Opens La Scala Season
Italy Verdi: Aida, Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 25.10.2013 (JMI)
Photo credit Brescia-Amisano / Teatro alla Scala
Big Aida in Small Theater
Italy Verdi: Falstaff, Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Regio di Parma, Sebastiano Rolli (conductor), Teatro Giuseppe Verdi di Busseto, 24.10.2013 (JMI)
Rare Opera Offered During Parma’s Verdi Month
Italy Verdi: I Masnadieri, Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, Coro Teatro Regio, Francesco Ivan Ciampa (conductor), Teatro Regio di Parma, 23.10.2013 (JMI)
Iain Bell’s A Harlot’s Progress, An Opera to be Reckoned With
Austria Iain Bell: A Harlot’s Progress, Wiener Symphoniker, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Mikko Franck (conductor), Theater an der Wien, Vienna, 13.10.2013 (JMI).
Anticipated Don Carlo Misses Star Singer
Austria Verdi: Don Carlo, Chorus and Orchestra of the Staatsoper Vienna, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Vienna State Opera, 16.10.2013 (JMI)