Antoine Mariotte: Salome, Wexford Festival Opera Orchestra and Chorus, David Angus (conductor), Wexford Opera House, Ireland, 28.10.2014 (JMI)
Strauss’ Salome Still Heads Above Contemporary Version
JM Irurzun
Kevin Puts’ Silent Night: Inspired and User-Friendly
Kevin Puts: Silent Night, Wexford Festival Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Michael Christie (conductor), Wexford Opera House, Ireland, 27.10.2014 (JMI)
Something Funny, Talented and Thought-Provoking
Antonio Cagnoni: Don Bucefalo, Orchestra and Chorus Wexford Opera Festival, Sergio Alapont (conductor), Wexford Opera House, 26.10.2014 (JMI)
Recital in Memory of Alfredo Kraus
Spain Verdi, Donizetti, Gounod, Massenet, Bizet, Moniuszko, Puccini, Piotr Beczala (tenor), Teatro Real Orchestra, Marc Piollet (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 24.10.2014 (JMI)
Outstanding Alcina: Highlighted by Joyce DiDonato
Spain Handel: Alcina, The English Concert, Harry Bicket (conductor), El Baluarte, Pamplona, and Auditorio Nacional, Madrid, 12 & 14.10.2014 (JMI)
La Traviata in Barcelona: Filled House, Routine Production
Spain Verdi: La Traviata, Liceu Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Evelino Pidó (conductor), Gran Theatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 20 & 21.10.2014 (JMI)
Rare Performance of Peter Ronnefeld’s Nachtausgabe
Germany Ronnefeld: Nachtausgabe, Orchestra Giuseppe Sinopoli Akademie, Ekkehard Klemm (conductor), Semperoper II, Dresden, 4.10.2014 (JMI)
Photo © Matthias Creutziger
Wagner’s Tannhäuser Back in Dresden
Germany Wagner: Tannhäuser, Staatskapelle and Staatsopernchor Dresden, Cornelius Meister (conductor), Semperoper Dresden, 3.10.2014 (JMI)
