Italy Bizet, Carmen. Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro dell’Opera, Rome. Chorus Master, Roberto Gabbiani. Conductor, Emmanuel Villaume. Co-production with Teatro Municipal of Santiago, Chile directed by Emilio Sagi, with sets by Daniel Bianco and Costumes by Renata Schussheim. Teatro Costanzi, Rome 20.06.2014 (JB)
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Jan Lisiecki’s Chopin
Italy Chopin: Jan Lisiecki (piano) Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Sala Santa Cecilia. Rome 28.05.2014 (JB)
Why Donizetti Matters
Italy Donizetti, L’elisir d’amore. Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro dell’Opera, Rome. Chorus Master, Roberto Gabbiani. Conductor, Donato Renzetti. 13.05.2014 (JB)
Roma Opera Aperta
Italy Roma Opera Aperta
Rome Goes Russian
Italy Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky. Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Chorus Master, Ciro Visco. Conductor, Stanislav Kochanovsky. Evgeny Nikitin (bass) Sala Santa Cecilia 07.04.2014 (JB)
Another Rarely-Performed Rossini Jewel
Italy Rossini, Maometto 11 Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro dell’Opera, Rome. Chorus master, Roberto Gabbiani. Conductor, Roberto Abbado. Sets and costumes by Pier Luigi Pizzi with his 2005 production from Teatro La Fenice, Venice. 1.4.2014. (JB)
Winterreise to Waly – Bostridge in Rome
Italy Schubert, Ives, Britten Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano) Accademia Filarmonica Romana at Teatro Argentina, Rome 27.03.2014 (JB)
Unravelling Ravel
Italy Ravel, L’heure espagnole and L’ enfant et les sortilèges. Chorus and orchestra of Teatro dell’Opera Rome. Conductor, Charles Dutoit. Staging and Costumes by Laurent Pelly in his Glyndebourne production. Rehearsed in Rome by Paul Higgins. Sets of L’heure espagnole by Caroline Ginet; sets of L’enfant et les sortilèges by Barbara de Limburg. Original Glyndebourne lighting by Joël Adam, reset in Rome by Andrew May. Teatro dell’Opera, Rome 01.02.2014 (JB)