Spain Verdi: Il Trovatore (new production): Galicia Symphony Orchestra, Coro Gaos, Keri-Lynn Wilson (conductor), Palacio de la Ópera, La Coruña, 3.9.2015 (JMI)
A Superb Trovatore Opens the Season in La Coruña
José Irurzun
Orfeón Donostiarra Excels in the Brahms Requiem
Spain Brahms: Eine Deutsche Requiem, WDR Köln Sinfonieorchester, Orfeón Donostiarra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor), Kursaal Auditorium, San Sebastian, 28.8.2015 (JMI)
The Cadaqués Orchestra’s Rossini Makes a Very Positive Impression
Spain Rossini: La Morte di Didone & Stabat Mater: Cadaqués Orchestra, Orfeón Donostiarra, Alberto Zedda (conductor), Kursaal Auditorium, San Sebastian, 25.8.2015 (JMI)
Quincena Musical Hosts a Splendid Performance of Alexander Nevsky
Spain Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (excerpts), Alexander Nevsky: St. Petersburg Philarmonic Orchestra, Orfeón Donostiarra, Yuri Temirkanov (conductor), Kursaal Auditorium, San Sebastian, Spain, 18.8.2015 (JMI)
Ainhoa Arteta Shines as Tosca in San Sebastian
Puccini: Tosca, Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi, Coro Easo, Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez (conductor), Kursaal, San Sebastian, Spain, 13.8.2015 (JMI) Cast: Floria Tosca: Ainhoa Arteta Mario Cavaradossi: Teodor Ilincai Baron Scarpia: Roberto Frontali Angelotti: David Lagares Sacristán: Valeriano Lanchas Spoletta: Francisco Vas Sciarrone: Rubén Ramada Jailer: Juan Carlos Rey Shepherd: Luis Larrañaga Production: Barcelona’s … Read more
A Beautifully Sung Otello Graces the Peralada Stage
Spain Verdi: Otello, Orchestra and Chorus of Barcelona’s Liceu, Riccardo Frizza (conductor), Peralada Auditorium, 1.8.2015 (JMI)
Diana Damrau Shines in an Otherwise Uneven Lucia di Lammermoor
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor, Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus, Oksana Lyniv (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 25.7.2015 (JMI) Cast: Lucia: Diana Damrau Edgardo: Pavol Breslik Enrico: Dalibor Jenis Raimondo: Alexander Tsymbaliuk Arturo: Emmanuele D’Aguanno Alisa: Rachel Wilson Normanno: Dean Power Production: Bayerische Staatsoper Direction: Barbara Wysocka Sets: Barbara Hanicka Costumes: Julia Kornacka Lighting: Rainer Casper I’m … Read more
Waltraud Meier’s Dazzling Farewell to Isolde
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus, Philippe Jordan (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 12.7.2015 (JMI) Cast: Isolde: Waltraud Meier Tristan: Robert Dean Smith King Marke: René Pape Brangaene: Michelle Breedt Kurwenal: Alan Held Melot: Francesco Petrozzi Pilot: Christian Rieger Shepherd: Kevin Connors Young Seaman: Dean Power Production: Bayerische Staatsoper Direction: Peter Konwitschny Sets … Read more