Spain Strauss, Capriccio: Teatro Real Orchestra / Asher Fisch (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 2.6.2019. (JMI)
Richard Strauss Is Well Served by the Teatro Real’s New Capriccio
José Irurzun
Extraordinary Die Frau ohne Schatten at the Vienna Staatsoper
Austria Strauss, Die Frau ohne Schatten: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper / Christian Thielemann (conductor), Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, 30.5.2019. (JMI)
An Uneven Concert Version of Handel’s Agrippina at the Teatro Real
Spain Handel, Agrippina (concert version): Il Pomo d’Oro/Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 16.5.2019. (JMI)
TV Reality Show Staging of Les pêcheurs de perles at the Liceu
Spain Bizet, Les pêcheurs de perles: Liceu Chorus and Orchestra / Yves Abel (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 13 & 14.5.2019. (JMI)
Juan Diego Flórez Triumphs in His Valencia Recital
Spain Bellini, Donizetti, Lehár, Bizet, Gounod, Verdi: Juan Diego Flórez (tenor), Vincenzo Scalera (piano), Palau de la Música, Valencia, 12.5.2019. (JMI)
Leo Nucci is, Once Again, a Marvelous Rigoletto
Spain Verdi, Rigoletto: Generalitat Valenciana Chorus, Comunitat Valenciana Orchestra / Roberto Abbado (conductor), Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 11.5.2019. (JMI)
Outstanding Cast Graces Munich’s Less Than Satisfying Production of Tannhäuser
Germany Wagner, Tannhäuser: Soloists, Chorus of the Bayerische Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Simone Young (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 5.5.2019. (JMI)
Anja Harteros Stands Out in the Bayerische Staatsoper’s Latest Tosca
Germany Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus of the Bayerische Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Andrea Battistoni (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 4.5.2019. (JMI)
