Spain Puccini, La Bohème: Orchestra Comunitat Valenciana, Choir Generalitat Valenciana, Riccardo Chailly (conductor). Valencia’s Palau de Les Arts 2.12.2012. (JMI)
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Some First Rate Singing in Seville’s Siegfried
Spain Wagner: Siegfried, Seville Symphony Orchestra, Pedro Halffter (conductor). Sevilla Teatro de la Maestranza, 12.12.2012 (JMI)
A Libretto to Envy, Written on Skin
France G. Benjamin, Written on Skin: Soloists, Capitole National Orchestra, Franck Ollu (conductor), Thèâtre du Capitole de Toulouse, 25.11.2012 (JMI)
Spectacular Sets And A Mixed Vocal Cast in Valencia’s Rigoletto
Spain Verdi, Rigoletto: Orchestra Comunitat Valenciana, Chorus Generalitat Valenciana, Omer Meir Wellber (conductor), Valencia’s Palau de Les Arts, 13.11.2012 (JMI)
New Mexican Tenor Triumphs as Barcelona’s Nemorino
Spain Donizetti, L’Elisir d’Amore: Liceu’s Orchestra and Chorus, Daniele Callegari (Conductor), Barcelona Gran Teatre del Liceu, 11.11.2012 (JMI)
Two Italian Views Of Imprisonment at the Teatro Real
Spain L. Dallapicolla, Il Prigioniero, G. Puccini: Suor Angelica: Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Ingo Metzmacher (conductor), Madrid Teatro Real, 2 & 3.11.2012 (JMI)
Vocal Cast Makes the Difference in Handel’s Rodelinda
Spain G. F. Handel, Rodelinda: Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis (conductor), Madrid National Auditorium, 28.10.2012 (JMI)
Placido Domingo Holds His Own in Thaïs
Spain Massenet, Thaïs: Seville’s Symphony Orchestra, The Maestranza Chorus,Pedro Halffter (conductor), Seville’s Teatro de la Maestranza, 31.10.2012 (JMI)