Spain Mozart: Così Fan Tutte, Liceu’s Orchestra and Chorus, Josep Pons (conductor), Gran Theatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 27 & 28.5.2015. (JMI)
JM Irurzun
A Sometimes Confusing Yet Often Rewarding Norma
France Bellini: Norma, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Choeur de l’Opéra National de Bordeaux, John Fiore (conductor), Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux, 25.5.2015 (JMI)
A Superb Reading of Prokofiev in Toulouse
France Prokofiev: Betrothal in a Monastery, Capitole Orchestra and Chorus, Tugan Sokhiev (conductor), Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse, 24.5.2015 (JMI)
An Excellent Nabucco Closes the Valencia Season
Spain Verdi: Nabucco, Comunitat Valenciana Orchestra and Chorus, Ramón Tebar (conductor), Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 14.5.2015 (JMI)
Photo Tato Baeza
A Revelatory Telemann from René Jacobs and the Akademie für Alte Musik
Germany Telemann: Emma und Eginhard, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs (conductor), Berlin Schiller Theatre, 10.5.2015 (JMI)
A Staged-Concert Version of Abduction From the Seraglio Disappoints
Germany Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Staatskapelle Berlin, Staatsopernchor, Christopher Moulds (Conductor), Schiller Theatre, Berlin, 9.5.2015 (JMI)
A Compelling Berlioz Opera Returns to the Berlin Stage
Germany Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra and Chorus, Jacques Lacombe (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 8.5.2015 (JMI)
An Imaginative but Ultimately Muddled Cosi
Germany Mozart: Così Fan Tutte, Komische Oper Orchestra, Uwe Sandner (conductor), Komische Oper Berlin, 7.5.2015 (JMI)