Spain Verdi, Donizetti, Gounod, Massenet, Bizet, Moniuszko, Puccini, Piotr Beczala (tenor), Teatro Real Orchestra, Marc Piollet (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 24.10.2014 (JMI)
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Nozze Times 2: Second One Excels
Spain Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro, Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Ivor Bolton (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 17 & 18.9.2014 (JMI)
Tales of Hoffmanin an Obfuscated Production
Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Sylvain Cambreling/Till Drömann (conductors), Teatro Real, Madrid, 12 & 18.6.2014 (JMI) Casts: Hoffmann: Eric Cutler/Jean-Noël Briend Muse/Nicklausse: Anne Sofie von Otter/Hanna Esther Minutillo Lindorf/Coppelius/Dr.Miracle/Dapertutto: Vito Priante Olympia: Ana Durlovski Antonia/Giulietta: Measha Brueggergosman Antonia’s mother: Lani Poulson Stella: Altea Garrido Andres/Cochenille/Frantz/Pitichinaccio: Christopher Homberger Spalanzani: Graham Valentine … Read more
Verdi’s Vespers in the Hands of the Conductor
Spain Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani, Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid, James Conlon (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 17.6.2014 (JMI)
Muti Brings Verdi Requiem Alive
Spain Verdi: Messa da Requiem, Orchestras Teatro Real and Giovanile Luigi Cherubini, Chorus Teatro Real and Comunidad de Madrid, Riccardo Muti (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 14.4.2014 (JMI)
Lohengrin Still Showing Mortier’s Influence
Spain Wagner, Lohengrin: Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Hartmut Haenchen/Walter Althammer (conductors), Teatro Real, Madrid, 10 & 11.4.2014. (JMI)
Vivaldi’s Tito Manilo: Claimed by Vivaldi But Mostly by Other Composers
Spain Vivaldi: Tito Manlio, Concerto de’ Cavalieri, Marcello Di Lisa (conductor), Madrid Auditorio Nacional, 23.3.2014 (JMI).
Gluck’s Alceste at Teatro Real While Remembering Its Artistic DIrector, Gerard Mortier
Gluck: Alceste, Orchestra and Chorus Teatro Real, Ivor Bolton (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 4 & 8.3.2014 (JMI).
