Spain Verdi, Giovanna d’Arco (concert version): Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra / James Conlon (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 20.7.2019. (JMI)
Plácido Domingo Stars in a Pleasing Concert Version of Verdi’s Giovanna d’Arco
José M. Irurzun
Musically Brilliant Salome from Kirill Petrenko and the Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Germany Munich Opera Festival [3] – R. Strauss, Salome: Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 2.7.2019. (JMI)
Domingo Is Forced to Cancel but Munich’s La traviata Is Still a Pleasure
Germany Munich Opera Festival [2]: Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Chorus of the Bayerische Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Marco Armiliato (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 1.7.2019. (JMI)
An Uneven Norma at the Munich Opera Festival
Germany Munich Opera Festival [1] – Bellini, Norma: Soloists, Chorus of the Bayerische Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Andrea Battistoni (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 30.6.2019. (JMI)
Nadine Sierra’s Outstanding Gilda Leads the Cast in Staatsoper Berlin’s Rigoletto
Germany Verdi, Rigoletto: Soloist, Staatsopernchor, Staatskapelle Berlin / Andrés Orozco-Estrada (conductor), Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 16.6.2019. (JMI)
Daniel Barenboim Leads a Magnificent Tristan und Isolde in Berlin
Germany Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Staatsopernchor, Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 15.6.2019. (JMI)
Juan Diego Flórez Makes an Uneven Debut in the Wiener Staatsoper’s Manon
Austria Massenet, Manon: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper / Frédéric Chaslin (conductor), Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, 1.6.2019. (JMI)
(c) Wiener Staatsoper Michael Pöhn
Anna Netrebko Shines as Maddalena di Coigny in Vienna
Austria Giordano, Andrea Chénier: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper / Marco Armiliato (conductor), Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, 31.5.2019. (JMI)
(c) Wiener Staatsoper/Michael Poehn