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OPERA REVIEW INDEX JAN 2011-  APRIL 2011

  Janáček, Katya Kabanova: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra national de Paris (chorus master: Patrick Marie Aubert), Tomáš Netopil (conductor). Palais Garnier, Paris, 1.4.2011 (MB)

  Bruno Mantovani, Akhmatova: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra National de Paris (chorus master: Patrick Marie Aubert), Pascal Rophé (conductor). Opéra Bastille, Paris, 31.3.2011 (MB)

  Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris, Philippe Jordan (conductor). Opéra Bastille, Paris, 30.3.2011 (MB)

 Prokofiev's Cinderella from Birmingham Royal Ballet :  Dancers of the Birmingham Royal Ballet and Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Koen Kessels. London Coliseum, London, 29.3.2011. (JPr)

Beethoven, Fidelio: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus (chorus master: Renato Balsadonna), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Sir Mark Elder (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 29.3.2011 (MB)

 Donizetti, Don Pasquale: Premiere  at the Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm, 26.3.2011 (GF)

 Donizetti, L'Elisir d'Amore: Soloists, Orquesta de la Comunitat Valenciana, Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana. Conductor: Omer Meir Wellber. Palau de Les Arts de Valencia. 26. 3.2011 (JMI)

 Wolf Ferrari, Il Segreto di Susana and Poulenc, La Voix Humaine: Soloists, Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa. Conductor: Lorenzo Ramos. Teatro Arriaga de Bilbao. 25. 3.2011 (JMI)

Samuel Barber, Vanessa:  Opera in Three Acts  (1958). Sung in English with surtitles. Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Northern College of Music/Gareth Jones (conductor), RNCM Theatre, Manchester, 24.3.2011 (RJF)

 Massenet, Werther: Soloists, Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid. Conductor: Emmanuel Villaume. Teatro Real 21&22.3.2011  (JMI)

Bizet, Carmen: Buenos Aires Lírica. Soloists, Chorus, Children's Chorus, and Orchestra of Buenos Aires Lírica, Conductor: Alejo Pérez. Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 23.3.2011. (JSJ)

Massenet, Don Quichotte: Seattle Opera, soloists, Carlo Montanaro (conductor), Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle, 9.3.2011 (BJ)
Monteverdi , Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria: Soloists, Members of the Orchestra of the English National Opera, Jonathan Cohen (conductor). Young Vic Theatre, London, 24.3.2011 (MB)  Sung in English, as The Return of Ulysses)

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Kommilitonen! Royal Academy Opera, Royal Academy of Music Sinfonia, Jane Glover (conductor). Sir Jack Lyons Theatre, Royal Academy of Music, London, 23.3.2011 (MB)

 Ravel , L'Enfant et les sortilèges  and  Zemlinsky ,  Der Zwerg:  Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Bavarian State Opera. Conductor: Kent Nagano. 23.3.2011  (JFL)

 Weber/Mahler, The Three Pintos (Die drei Pintos): Soloists, orchestra and choir of University College London Union Music Society. Bloomsbury Theatre, London. 21.3.2011 (JPr)

 Met Opera Live - Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Metropolitan Opera’s HD transmission live to the Barbican Cinema, London. 19.3.2011 (JPr)

 Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Argentino. Conductor: Stefan Lano, Teatro Argentino, La Plata. 18.3.2011  (JSJ)

Welsh National Opera on Tour Spring 2011:  Theatre Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno. 17-19.3.2011 (RJF)

Bellini,  Norma:  Soloists, Orchestra and Choir Oper Zürich. Conductor: Paolo Carignani. Opernhaus Zurich. 13. 3.2011 (JMI)

Mascagni, Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo,  I Pagliacci: Soloists, Orchestra and Choir Zürich Oper. Conductor: Stefano Ranzani. Opernhaus Zurich. 13.3.2011 (JMI)

Verdi,  Rigoletto: Soloists, Orchestra and Choir Zürich Oper. Conductor: Nello Santi. Opernhaus Zurich 12.3.2011 (JMI)

Verdi, Aida: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of The Royal Opera. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 11.3.2011 (JPr)

 Beethoven, Fidelio: Soloists, Orchestra and Choir Zürich Oper. Conductor: Daniele Gatti. Opernhaus Zürich 11.3.2011 (JMI)

Verdi, Nabucco: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro dell'Opera, Rome, 10.3.2011 (JB)

Verdi, I Lombardi: Soloists, Sarasota Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Victor DeRenzi (Conductor), Sarasota, Florida, 6.3.2011 (LS)

Opera North on Tour: The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays. March 2nd to 6th 2011

  Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Lyric Opera of Chicago, Sir Andrew Davis, (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago, 5.3.2011 (JLZ).
 

Handel, Orlando: Soloists, Orchestra of Scottish Opera., Conductor: Paul Goodwin. Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 05.03.2011 (SRT))
 

Handel, Hercules: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Lyric Opera of Chicago, Harry Bicket, (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago, 4.3.2011 (JLZ)
 

Schoenberg, Erwartung: (Concert Version) Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid. Conductor: Sylvain Cambreling, Deborah Polaski. Teatro Real de Madrid. 4.3.2011 (JMI)

La Fille mal Gardée: Ballet to the music of Ferdinand Hérold and John Lanchbery, performed by dancers from the Birmingham Royal Ballet, together with the Royal Ballet Sinfonia, conducted by Philip Ellis. Birmingham Hippodrome, 2.3.2011 (GR).

 

R. Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos: Soloists, Orchestre Bordeaux-Aquitaine. Conductor: Kwamé Ryan. Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux. 3. 3.2011 (JMI)


Poulenc - Dialogues des Carmélites: Students of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Clive Timms (conductor), Silk Street Theatre, GSMD, London, 3.3.2011 (GDn)

 

Meyerbeer, Les Huguenots:  (Concert Version) Soloists, Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, coro Intermezzo and Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid. Conductor: Renato Palumbo. Teatro Real de Madrid. 1. 3.2011 (JMI)

Gilbert & Sullivan,  The Yeomen of the Guard: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Manchester University Gilbert & Sullivan Society (MUGSS), Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 2-5.3.2011 (RJW)


 P. Jurado, La Página en Blanco: (World Premiere) Soloists, Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Coro Intermezzo. Conductor: Titus Engel. Teatro Real de Madrid 28.2.2011 (JMI)

Rossini, The Barber of Seville: David Small (baritone), Fenlon Lamb (mezzo-soprano), Timothy Culver (tenor), Noel Bouley (bass-baritone), Nathan Stark (bass), Beth Roop Stuvall, Tomasz Sadowink (baritone), Thompson Smillie (stage director), Dr. C.M. Shearer (chorus master), Gerhardt Zimmermann (conductor), The Canton Symphony Orchestra, with the Canton Symphony Men's Chorus, Umstattd Hall, Canton, Ohio, USA, 27.2.2011, (TW)

 Sir Arthur Sullivan, The Mikado: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra (Peter Robinson - conductor) of English National Opera at the London Coliseum, 26.2.2011 (KC)

 Lorin Maazel, 1984: Soloists, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana. Conductor: Lorin Maazel. Palau de les Arts de Valencia. 26.2.2011 (JMI)

Purcell, The Indian Queen: Early Music Guild, Baroque Northwest, Seattle Early Dance, The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, 25.2.2011 (BJ)


 R. Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Orquestra Simfònica and Cor del Gran Teatre del Liceu. Conductor: Michael Boder. Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona. 24 & 25.2.2011 (JMI)

 Puccini, Madam Butterfly: Soloists and Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Oliver Gooch. Royal Albert Hall, London. 24.2.2011 (JPr)

 Verdi , Il trovatore :  (Revival Premiere) Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Andrea Licata conductor, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 24.2.2011 (GPu)

 Donizetti, Anna Bolena:  Soloists, Orquestra Simfònica and Cor del Gran Teatre del Liceu. Conductor: Andriy Yurkevych. Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona. 23. 2.2011(JMI)

Turnage, Anna Nicole :  Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Antonio Pappano. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Thursday, 17.2.2011 (CC)

Wagner, Parsifal:  Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera/Mark Wigglesworth. London Coliseum, 16.2.2011 (CC)

 Rautavaara,  Aleksis Kivi:  reprise premiere at the Finnish National Opera,  Soloists, Finnish National Opera Orchestra / Mikko Franck Almi Hall, Helsinki, 15.2.2011 (GF)

 Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Vienna State Opera. Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst. 16. 2.2011 (SM)

Donizetti, Belisario :  (Concert performance)  Soloists, chorus and orchestra of Chelsea Opera Group. Conductor: Richard Bonynge. Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 13.2.2011  (JPr)

Strauss, Die Fledermaus: (New Production) Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Thomas Rösner, conductor, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 12.2.2011 (GPu)

 Bizet, Carmen:  MJ-UK Productions. Conductor: Malcolm Webb, Director: Maria Jagusz, Choreographer: Maria-Louise Flexen. The Playhouse, Cheltenham 11.2.2011 (RJ)

Verdi, La Traviata: Soloists, Orchester und Chor Deutsche Oper Berlin. Conductor: Yves Abel. Berlin Deutsche Oper. 6. 2.2011  (JMI)

 Mozart, La clemenza di Tito: Vancouver Opera, soloists, Jonathan Darlington (conductor), Chas Rader-Shieber (director), David Zinn (set and costume designer), Gerald King (lighting designer), Leslie Dala (chorus director), Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia, 5.2.2011 (BJ)

 R. Strauss, Die Liebe der Danae: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Deutsche Oper Berlin. Conductor, Andrew Litton. Deutsche Oper Berlin. 5.2.2011. (JMI)

 O. Respighi,  Marie Victoire:  Soloists, Orchester und Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin. Conductor: Michail Jurowski, Deutsche Oper Berlin.  3.2.2011 (JMI)

 Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Sir Colin Davis (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 1.2.2011 (MB)

Donizetti,  Lucrezia Borgia:  (sung in English). Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera/Paul Daniel. London Coliseum 31.1.2011 (CC)

Donizetti, Anna Bolena:  Soloists, Orquestra Simfònica and Coro del Gran Teatre del Liceu. Conductor: Andreij Yurkevich. Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona. 30.1.2011. (JMI)

Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias, Coro de la Ópera de Oviedo. Conductor: Guillermo García Calvo. Teatro Campoamor de Oviedo. 27. 1.2011. (JMI)

Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana. Conductor: Omer Meir Wellber. Palau de Les Arts de Valencia. 25.1.2011 (JMI)

Puccini, La Bohème: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of the English National Opera. Conductor: Stephen Lord. The London Coliseum, 22.1.11. (JPr)


 Rossini, L’Italiana in Algeri: Soloists, Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi, Coro de Ópera de Bilbao. Conductor: Michele Mariotti. Palacio Euskalduna de Bilbao. 22.1.2011 (JMI)

 Puccini, The Girl of the Golden West: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of  Lyric Opera of Chicago, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor) Civic Opera House, Chicago, 22.1.2011 (JLZ)

J. Guridi, El Caserío: Soloists, Bilbao Philarmonia, Coro Rossini. Conductor, Miquel Ortega. Teatro Arriaga de Bilbao. 21.1.2011 (JMI)

 Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Conductor: Rory Macdonald. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 18.1.2011. (JPr)

 Rossini,  Il barbiere di Siviglia: Seattle Opera, soloists, Dean Williamson (conductor), Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle, 16 & 17.1. 2011 (BJ

 Prokofiev, Betrothal in a Monastery: Soloists, Orchestre National du Capitole, Choeur du Capitole. Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev. Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse. 16.1.2011 (JMI)
Gluck, Iphigenie en Tauride: Soloists, Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Coro Intermezzo. Conductor: Thomas Hengelbrock. Teatro Real de Madrid 13 and 14. 1.2011. (JMI)

 Unexpected Meetings - The operas of Haydn: Sophie Bevan, Ana James (sopranos); Thomas Hobbs (tenor); Classical Opera Company/Ian Page. Wigmore Hall, 12. 1. 2011 (CC)

 Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker: St Petersburg Ballet Theatre Production with Vadim Nikitin (Conductor) Konstantin Tachkin (Director) and Irina Kolesnikova (Principal) Birmingham Symphony Hall, 9.1.2011 (GR)

Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin:  Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Norwegian National Opera,  Eivind Gullberg Jensen (conductor) Oslo, 7.1.2011 (GF)