United States New York Opera Fest – Hertzberg, The Rose Elf: Soloists and Orchestra / Teddy Poll (conductor), The Catacombs, Green-Wood Cemetery, New York, 10.6.2018. (RP)
Communing with the Dead at the Premiere of David Hertzberg’s The Rose Elf
Rick Perdian
In First Appearance with the MET Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas Makes Music of the Heavens
United States Ruggles, Mozart, Mahler: Pretty Yende (soprano), MET Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York, 5.6.2018. (RP)
Graham Vick Mines Mozart’s Jimi Hendrix Moment in Idomeneo
Lithuania Mozart, Idomeneo: Soloists, Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre Ballet, Chorus and Orchestra / Johannes Wildner (conductor), Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, Vilnius, 31.5.2018. (RP)
Bayreuth’s 1967 Lohengrin Recreated by the Prague National Opera
Czech Republic Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, National Theatre Chorus and Orchestra / Constantin Trinks (conductor), The National Theatre, Prague. 27.5.2018. (RP)
A Supersized Faust with a Magnificent Marguerite
Czech Republic Gounod, Faust: Soloists, National Theatre Brno Ballet, Chorus and Orchestra/Marko Ivanović (conductor), Brno Exhibition Centre – Pavilion P, Brno, 26.5.2018. (RP)
A Janáček Rarity – Time Traveling with Mr. Brouček
Czech Republic Janáček, The Excursions of Mr. Brouček: Soloists, National Theatre Ballet, Chorus and Orchestra / Jaroslav Kyzlink (conductor), The National Theatre, Prague, 20.5.2018. (RP)
Polish National Opera Presents Mariusz Treliński’s Powerful Madama Butterfly
Poland Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatr Wielki / Piotr Staniszewski (conductor), Polish National Opera, Moniuszko Auditorium, Teatr Wielki, Warsaw 19.5.2018. (RP)
A Billy Budd for the Twenty-First Century
Italy Britten, Billy Budd: Soloists, Orchestra, Chorus and Boys Choir of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma / James Conlon (conductor), Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Rome, 15.5.2018. (RP)
