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OPERA REVIEW INDEX JULY - DECEMBER 2007


Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House Bernard Haitink (conductor) Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 21.12 2007 (MB)

Verdi, Don Carlo:  Soloists, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana. Chorus de la Generalitat Valenciana. Conductor: Lorin Maazel. Palau de les Arts de Valencia. 21.12.2007 (JMI)

Gluck,  Iphigénie en Tauride:  Orchestra Principado de Asturias. Chorus Opera Oviedo. Conductor,  Jane Glover. Teatro Campoamor. 18.12.2007 (JMI)

Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Staatsopernchor Berlin, Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (conductor) Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin 15.12. 2007 (MB)

Adams, Doctor Atomic: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Lyric Opera of Chicago, Robert Spano (conductor), Lyric Opera of Chicago, Chicago 14.12.2007 (JLZ)

Strauss, Elektra: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Leopold Hager (conductor) Dancers from the Ballet of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Deutsche Oper Berlin 14.12.2007 (MB)

Paul Dessau, Die Verurteilung des Lukullus: Soloists, Choir, Children’s Choir, and Orchestra of the Komische Oper, Eberhard Kloke (conductor) Komische Oper, Berlin, 12.12. 2007 (MB)

Gluck, Orphée et Eurydice:  (New production) Soloists, chorus. ballet and orchestra of Opéra Toulon Provence Méditeranée, Giuliano Carella conductor. Toulon, France. 9.12.2007 (MM)

Strauss, Die Frau ohne Schatten: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Lyric Opera of Chicago, Sir Andrew David (conductor), Lyric Opera of Chicago, Chicago 9.12.2007 (JLZ)

Gluck,  Orphée: at the Royal Stockholm Opera 8.12.2007 (Premiere) (GF)

Rossini,  Tancredi (Venezia Version): Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus Teatro Real de Madrid. Conductor: Ricardo Frizza. Teatro Real de Madrid, 8.12.2007 (JMI)

Rossini,  Tancredi (Ferrara Version): Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus Teatro Real de Madrid. Conductor: Ricardo Frizza. Teatro Real de Madrid 7.12.2007 (JMI)

Mozart,   The Marriage of Figaro:   Sung in Italian with surtitles. Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Northern College of Music / Baldur Brönniman (conductor) Bruntwood Theatre, RNCM, Manchester  4.12.2007 (RJF)

Stravinsky, The Rake’s Progress: San Francisco Opera; Donald Runnicles, conductor; War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 1.12.2007  (PD)

Stravinsky, The Rake’s Progress (A second look):  San Francisco Opera; Donald Runnicles, conductor; War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 4.12.2007  (HS)

Britten, The Turn of the Screw: Soloists, Orchestra of the English National Opera cond. Garry Walker. Directed by David McVicar. London Coliseum, 1.12. 2007 (ME)

Stravinsky, The Rake's Progress: Soloists, Royal College of Music Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Michael Roswell (conductor)  Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, 1.12.2007 (MB)

Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Bavarian State Opera:   Soloists, Bavarian State Opera Orchestra, Kent Nagano (conductor) Nationaltheater, Munich  30.11.2007 (JFL)

Verdi,  Aida:  Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona. Conductor. Daniele Callegari, Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona, 27, 28 and 29. 11. 2007  (JMI)

Stravinsky, Weill and Puccini: Greek National Opera, GNO Orchestra under Martin André, 25.11.2007 (BM)

Laszlo Tihanyi,  Genitrix: (World Premiere) Orchestra and Chorus of  Opéra National de Bordeaux. Conductor. Laszlo Tihanyi,  Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux  25.11.2007 (JMI)

Handel, Giulio Cesare: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Lyric Opera of Chicago, Emmanuelle Haïm (conductor), Lyric Opera of Chicago, Chicago 24.11.2007 (JLZ) 

Verdi, Aida:  Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Parma. Coro de Ópera de Bilbao. Conductor: Donato Renzetti, Palacio Euskalduna de Bilbao. 24.11 07 (JMI)

Opera North on Tour: The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays. 13 – 17. 11. 2007 (RJF)

Ullmann, Der Kaiser von Atlantis:  at Jüdisches Kulturzentrum in collaboration with the Bavarian State Opera:   Soloists, Orchester Jakobsplatz München, Daniel Grossmann (conductor) Hubert-Burda Saal, Munich  16.11.2007 (JFL)

 Richard Wagner,  Rienzi: (New Production) Soloists, Chorus of Leipzig Oper and the Gewandhaus Orchestra conducted by Axel Kober, Leipzig Oper  16.11. 2007 (JPr)

Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Soloists, Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias. Coro Opera de Oviedo.Conductor: Roberto Rizzi Brignoli. Teatro Campoamor de Oviedo.15.11.2007 (JMI)

Britten,  The Rape of Lucretia: Soloists, Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid. Conductor,  Paul Goodwin.Teatro Real de Madrid. 13.11.2007 (JMI)

Elizabeth Maconchy,  The Sofa, The Departure:  Independent Opera Company, Dominic Wheeler (conductor) Lilian Baylis Theatre, Sadler’s Wells, London, 13.11.2007 (AO)

Donizetti, L’elisir d’amore: New production, soloists, orchestra and chorus of The Royal Opera, Laurent Pelly (director and costume designs), Chantal Thomas (set designs), Joël Adam (lighting), Mikko Franck (conductor), Covent Garden, London 13.11.2007 (JPr)

Puccini, La Rondine: San Francisco Opera; Ion Marin, conductor; War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 12.11.2007  (PD)

Mozart,  Don Giovanni: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus Opera National du Capitole. Conductor: Günter Neuhold. Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse 11.11.2007 (JMI)

Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Orchestre de l’Opera de Lyon. Conductor: Gerard Korsten. Opera de Lyon. 10.11.2007. (JMI)

Verdi, Aida: (new production) Various soloists, chorus and orchestra of English National Opera, conducted by Edward Gardner, Jo Davies (director), Zandra Rhodes (designer), Costumes realised by Melissa Graff, Bruno Poet (lighting designer), London Coliseum. 10.11.2007 (JPr)

Verdi,  Aida:   English National Opera at the London Coliseum. Soloists, chorus and orchestra of English National Opera cond. Edward Gardner. 10.11 2007 (ME)

Massenet,  Ariane: Orchestre Symphonique et Choeurs Lyriques de Saint Etienne. Conductor. Laurent Campellone, Grand Théâtre Massenet de Saint Etienne 9.11.2007 (JMI)

Donizetti, Lucia  Di Lammermoor: Soloists, orchestra and chorus of Granite State Opera, Philip Lauriat (Artistic Director) Portsmouth ,New Hampshire,  9.11.2007 (LS)

Puccini,  La Bohème:   Kitsap Opera, soloists, cond. Leone Cottrell-Adkins, dir. Tom Sunderland, set designer Emily Andrews, stage manager and choreographer Theresa Ballew, technical direction and lighting design Mark Thomason, Admiral Theatre, Bremerton, WA, 8.11. 2007 (BJ)

Cavalli, La Calisto: at Bavarian State Opera:   Soloists, Continuo Ensemble of the Bavarian State Opera Orchestra, Ivor Bolton (conductor) Nationaltheater, Munich 7.11.2007 (JFL)

Bizet,  Carmen: Orquestra de la Comunitat ValencianaChorus de la Generalitat Valenciana, Conductor: Lorin Maazel. Palau de Les Arts de Valencia. 6.11.2007 (JMI)

Janacek and Bartok: Soloists, Orchestra Gran Teatre del Liceu, Conductor: Josep Pons,  Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona 4.11.2007 (JMI)

Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin:  at Bavarian State Opera.    Soloists, Bavarian State Opera Orchestra, Kent Nagano (conductor) Nationaltheater, Munich  3.11.2007 (JFL)

Welsh National Opera on Tour:  North Wales Theatre, Llandudno. 30.10.2007  to 3.11. 2007 (RJF)

Mozart, The Magic Flute: San Francisco Opera; Donato Cabrera, conductor; War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 31.10.2007  (PD)

The Autumn Opera Season in Athens : a report from Bettina Mara (BM)

Strauss and Rihm at Bavarian State Opera:   Soloists, Bavarian State Opera Orchestra, Kent Nagano (conductor) Nationaltheater, Munich  28.10.2007 (JFL)

Introducing the Bayreuth Bursary Competition: ’The Mastersingers Company’ with a recital of duets and arias by ’Wagner’s Gods’ and a recital by Miranda Keys (soprano) with Phillip Thomas (piano): Linbury Studio Theatre, London 27.10.2007 (JPr)

Verdi,  I Vespri Siciliani : Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus Teatro Carlo Felice Genova, Conductor: Renato Palumbo,  Teatro Carlo Felice Genoa. 25.10.2007 (JMI)

Wagner, Götterdämmerung:  Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor) Royal Opera, 24.10.2007 (MB)

Humperdinck,  Hänsel und Gretel : at the Royal Stockholm Opera, 23.10.2007 (GF)

Verdi,  Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio: (New Production) Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Regio di Parma. Conductor: Antonello Allemandi. Teatro Verdi di Busseto. 23.10.2007  (JMI)

Verdi,  La Traviata: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus Teatro Regio di Parma ,Conductor: Donato Renzetti 24.10.2007 (JMI)

Verdi, Luisa Miller: (New Production) Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus Teatro Regio di Parma. Conductor: Donato Renzetti. Teatro Regio di Parma 22.10.2007 (JMI)

Wagner, Siegfried:  Soloists, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Antonio Pappano, Royal Opera House, London, 21.10. 2007 (MB)

Donizetti, Anna Bolena: Soloists,  Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi. Coro de Ópera de Bilbao, conductor: Keri-Lynn Wilson, Palacio  Euskalduna de Bilbao. 20.10.2007 (JMI)

Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Antonio Pappano, Royal Opera House, London, 19.10. 2007 (MB)

Antonio Vivaldi,  Motezuma:  Soloists, Orchestra Il Complesso Barocco, Conductor Alan Curtis, Teatro Arriaga de Bilbao. 19.10.2007 (JMI)

Monteverdi, The Coronation of Poppea: (new production) Soloists, continuo and musicians of English National Opera, conducted from the harpsichord by Laurence Cummings, Chen Shi-Zheng (director), Walt Spangler (set designer), Elizabeth Caitlin Ward (costumes), Mimi Jordan Sherin (lighting designer), London Coliseum. 18.10.2007 (JPr)

Massenet,  Thaïs: Soloists, Oviedo Filarmonía and Chorus Ópera de Oviedo, Conductor: Alain Guingal,   Teatro Campoamor de Oviedo. 18. 10. 2007 (JMI)

Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists, Orchestral of Royal Opera/ Antonio Pappano, Royal Opera House, London , 17.10. 2007 (MB)

Gluck,  Iphigénie en Tauride:  Seattle Opera, soloists, cond. Gary Thor Wedow, dir. Stephen Wadsworth, set designer Thomas Lynch, costume designer Martin Pakledinaz, lighting designer Neil Peter Jampolis, choreographer Daniel Pelzig, Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle, 13.10.2007 (BJ)

 Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of  Lyric Opera of Chicago, Chicago Children's Choir, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor) Lyric Opera Center, Chicago 13.10.2007 (JLZ)

Philip Glass, Appomattox: San Francisco Opera, Dennis Russell Davies, conductor; War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 14.10.2007 (HS)

Wagner Rarities: – including excerpts from Die Hochzeit, Männerlist grösser als Frauenlist – oder Die gluckliche Bärenfamilie, and Siegfrieds Tod: Ailish Tynan (soprano), Robert Murray (tenor), Liora Grodnikaite (mezzo), Catriona Beveridge (piano), Members of The Royal Opera Chorus and Extra Chorus (chorus director Renato Balsadonna); Southbank Sinfonia conducted by Stephen Barlow. Linbury Studio Theatre, London 13.10.2007 (JPr)

Vaughan Williams,  Hugh the Drover : York Opera, Theatre Royal, York, UK   9.10.2007 (JL)

Musorgski,  Boris Godunov:  (New production) Orquesta y Chorus Sinfónica de Madrid. Conductor: Jesús López Cobos. Teatro Real de Madrid. 6 and 7. 10. 2007. (JMI)

Verdi, Il Trovatore: (Revival Premiere)  Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff 5.10.2007 (BK)

Monteverdi, L’Orfeo : (Concert Version) Ensemble La Fenice. Namur Chamber Chorus. , Conductor,  Jean Tubéry,   Teatro Arriaga Bilbao. 5.10.2007 (JMI)

Sonia Ganassi, 'The  Gluck Concert' :  Orchestre de L’Academia del Gran Teatre del Liceu. Conductor,  Michele Mariotti, Gran Teatre del Liceu deBarcelona. 1.10.2007 (JMI)

Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of  Lyric Opera of Chicago, Bruno Bartoletti (conductor) Lyric Opera Center, Chicago 29.9.2007 (JLZ)

Giordano,  Andrea Chenier: Orchestra and Chorus Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona, Conductor: Pinchas Steinberg. Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona,  29 and 30. 9.2007 (JMI)

Verdi,  La traviata : at the Latvian National Opera, Riga, 29.9.2007 (GF)

 Rossini, La Cenerentola: at the Estonian National Opera, Tallinn 27.9.2007 (GF)

Rossini, La Cenerentola:  (New Production Premiere) Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi, conductor, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 27.9.2007 (GPu)

James MacMillan, The Sacrifice: (World Premiere)  Soloists,  Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / James Macmillan (conductor) Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff 22.9.2007 (BK)

Bartok, Bluebeard’s Castle and  Strauss, Elektra:  Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa. Coro de Ópera de Bilbao,Conductor: Juanjo Mena, Palacio Euskalduna de Bilbao, 22.9.2007.(JMI)

Mozart Don Giovanni : Soloists,  Orchestra and Chorus of New York City Opera, David Wroe (conductor) New York , 15.9.2007(MB)

Vladimir Cosma, Marius et Fanny: (World Premiere)   Soloists, chorus and orchestra the Opéra de Marseille, Jacques Lacome conductor, Marseille, France. 14.9.2007 (MM)

Wagner, Götterdämmerung: at the Royal Opera in Stockholm, 15.9.2007 (Premiere) (GF)

Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: (New Production)  Soloists,  Orquesta Sinfónica del principado de Asturias, Coro de la Ópera de Oviedo /conductor,Maximiano Valdés. Teatro Campoamor de Oviedo, Spain, 15.9.2007 (JMI)

Donizetti, Don Pasquale: Soloists, Orquesta Nova de la sinfónica de Galicia, Coro de la sinfónica de Galicia /conductor: Marcello Panni, La Coruña, Spain, 14.9.2007 (JMI)

Hans Werner Henze , Phaedra : Opera in two acts. Libretto by Christian Lehnert. Michael Boder (conductor), Ensemble Modern, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 10. 9.2007 (AO)

Saint-Saëns, Samson and Delilah: Soloists, San Francisco Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Patrick Summers (conductor) San Francisco. 8.9.200 (PD)

La Quincena Musical Donostiarra Festival 2007:  Verdi, Otello (Concert Version) Soloists, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, Orfeón Donostiarra, Conductor: Semyon Bychkov , Auditorio Kursaal. San Sebastián, Spain 1.9.2007 (JMI)

Edinburgh Festival (4) R. Strauss Capriccio:  Christian von Götz (director)  Cologne Opera, Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne; Markus Stenz (conductor) Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh 28.8. 2007 (MB)

53rd Festival Puccini, Tosca: Gran Teatro all’Aperto,. Torre del Lago, Italy 18.8. 2007 (LD)

Bayreuth Festival 2007 (2) Wagner, Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg : in a revival by Philippe Arlaud, sets by Philippe Arlaud, costumes by Carin Bartels, Soloists, the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus, conducted by Christoph Ulrich Meier. Bayreuth Festival, 18. 8.2007 (JPr)