Spain Bellini, I Puritani: Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Evelino Pidò (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 17 & 19.7.2016. (JMI)
Two Superb Casts Produce Two Splendid Nights of I Puritani in Madrid
Madrid
Plácido Domingo Heads a Stellar Cast in Madrid’s I due Foscari
Spain Verdi, I due Foscari: Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Pablo Heras Casado (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 18.7.2016. (JMI)
An Intense, Well-Played Performance of a Rare Ullmann Opera
Spain Ullmann: Der Kaiser von Atlantis, Teatro Real Orchestra, Pedro Halffter (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 10.6.2016 (JMI)
A Masterfully Played and Sung Moses und Aron
Spain Schönberg: Moses und Aron, Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Lothar Koenigs (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 9.6.2016 (JMI)
James Conlon and the Teatro Real Orchestra with a Superb Reading of Luisa Miller
Spain, Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, James Conlon (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 26.4.2016 (JMI)
Bychkov’s Outstanding Parsifal
Spain Wagner, Parsifal: Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Madrid Teatro Real, 18.4.2016. (JMI)
A Pleasing Concert Version of a Seldom-Heard Scarlatti Opera
Spain Scarlatti, Cain, overo il primo omicidio (concert version): Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor), Madrid Auditorio Nacional, 20.3.2016. (JMI)
A Splendid Concert Version of this George Benjamin Opera (but One Does Miss the Staging)
Spain Benjamin, Written on Skin: Mahler Chamber Orchestra, George Benjamin (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid 17.3.2016. (JMI)
