Spain Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice: Generalitat Valenciana Chorus, Comunitat Valenciana Orchestra / Gianluca Capuano (conductor). Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 5.3.2024. (JMI)
Robert Carsen’s excellent production of Orfeo ed Euridice reaches Valencia
José Irurzun
Brilliant production of Shostakovich’s The Nose at Teatro Real from Barrie Kosky
Spain Shostakovich, The Nose: Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 27.3.2023. (JMI)
William Christie leads Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas in a memorable new Madrid production
Spain Purcell, Dido and Aeneas: Soloists, Les Arts Florissants / William Christie (conductor). Teatros del Canal, Madrid, 21.1.2023. (JMI)
A satisfying Magic Flute at the Liceu, though it failed to meet prior expectations
Spain Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Cor Infantil Amics de la Unio (chorus director: Josep Vila Jover), Chorus and Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor). Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 20 & 21.6.2022. (JMI)
Excellent production of works by Honegger and Debussy at the Teatro Real
Spain Arthur Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc au Bûcher & Claude Debussy‘s La Damoiselle élue: Pequeños Cantores JORCAM (chorus director: Ana González); Chorus (chorus director: Andrés Máspero) and Orchestra of Teatro Real / Juanjo Mena (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 16.6.2022. (JMI)
The Madrid premiere of de Pablo’s final opera, El Abrecartas: an homage to the Generation of ’27
Spain Luis de Pablo, El Abrecartas (The Letter Opener): Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra / Fabián Panisello (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 22.2.2022. (JMI)
In the Liceu revival of Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades, ‘cancellation’ becomes a major protagonist
Spain Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades (Pique Dame): Chorus and Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu / Dmitri Jurowski (conductor). Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 6 & 8.2.2022. (JMI)
An uneven presentation of Handel’s Partenope at the Teatro Real
United States Handel, Partenope: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Real / Ivor Bolton (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 15 & 16.11.2021. (JMI)
