Germany Verdi, Les Vêpres siciliennes: Bayerische Staatsoper Chorus and Orchestra / Omer Meir Wellber (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 22.3. 2018. (JMI)
A Disappointing New Production of Verdi’s Les Vêpres siciliennes
José Irurzun
Delightful and Well-Received Der Rosenkavalier under Kirill Petrenko
Germany Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier: Soloists, Bayerische Staatsoper Chorus and Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 21.3.2018. (JMI)
A Superb Ariodante from the Incomparable William Christie and Les Arts Florissants
Spain Handel, Ariodante (concert performance): Les Arts Florissants / William Christie (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 14.3.2018. (JMI)
A Return to the Brilliant Days of the Liceu with a Superb Andrea Chénier
Spain Giordano, Andrea Chénier: Liceu Orchestra and Chorus / Pinchas Steinberg (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 12 & 13.3.2018. (JMI)
Baroque Opera is Well Served by Madrid’s Concert-Version Rinaldo
Spain Handel, Rinaldo (concert performance): The English Concert / Harry Bicket (conductor), Auditorio de Música, Madrid, 11.3.2018. (JMI)
Aida at the Teatro Real with Three Casts and Some Brilliant Singers
Spain Verdi, Aida: Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra / Nicola Luisotti (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 7, 8 & 9.3.2018. (JMI)
Some Pleasing Voices in an Otherwise Unmemorable Staging of Rigoletto
Germany Verdi, Rigoletto: Frankfurter Opern- und Museumorchester, Oper Frankfurt Chorus / Simone di Felice (conductor), Opernhaus, Frankfurt, 4.3.2018. (JMI)
A Convincing Performance of Weinberg’s Remarkable, Intense Opera, Die Passagierin
Germany Weinberg, Die Passagierin (The Passenger): Frankfurter Opern- und Museumorchester, Oper Frankfurt Chorus / Leo Hussain (conductor), Opernhaus, Frankfurt, 3.3.2018. (JMI)
