Reviews vom 23.4.2016
Dublin
Tara Erraught’s Rosina steals the show in hilarious Rossini Barber
https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-barber-seville-erraught-dublin-april-2016
Moskau
Donizetti Opera “Don Pasquale” Premiers at Bolshoi
argophilia.com
New York
Muslims, Christians and Mozart: Seeking Harmony at the Met Opera
New York Times
Some Good Credit News for the Met Opera
New York Times
‚Les Fêtes Vénitiennes,‘ a Vaudevillian Spectacle from the Baroque
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/les-fetes-venitiennes-vaudevillian-spectacle-baroque/
BWW Review: LES FETES VENITIENNES
http://www.broadwayworld.com/
Review: The Grandeur of Sibelius and Mahler at the New York Philharmonic
New York Times
New York City Ballet Casts a Singular Luster in “Jewels’
New York Times
Atlanta
Atlanta Ballet’s 2016-17 lineup to show new director’s influence
http://www.ajc.com/news/entertainment/arts-theater/atlanta-/nq8x3/
Dallas
Mighty River
The Dallas Opera takes on its first musical with Kern and Hammerstein’s monumental achievement, Show Boat, at the Winspear Opera House.
http://www.theaterjones.com/ntx/reviews/
San Jose
San Jose’s Smooth Streetcar Ride
http://www.operatoday.com/content/2016/04/san_joses_smoot.php
Seoul
Korea Opera Festival to highlight May
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2016/04/135_203226.html
Feuilleton
The politics of Wagner’s Ring
Why do politicians love the Ring cycle? Perhaps because it’s about the intimate relationship between love and power.
The Guardian
Reviews vom 22.4.2016
Bukarest
2 Stars Rejoin Bucharest Opera’s Ballet Company After Clash
New York Times
London
A Handel opera that isn’t by Handel, and a Mozart opera composed in 1990, reviewed
spectator.co.uk
Noch eine “Jenufa”-Review
Janáček : Jenůfa / Royal Festival Hall, 18th April 2016
operabritannia.wordpress.com
Jurowski takes the LPO on an exotic journey – Review
The Telegraph
Menuhin competition: young talent and hints of greatness to come
The Guardian
Menuhin: 100 facts to celebrate his centenary
Friday 22 April is the centenary of Yehudi Menuhin’s birth. His biographer has compiled for us a list of 100 facts about the great musician and his musical legacy
The Guardian
Yundi review – Chinese superstar never quite lets rip
The Guardian
Seattle
Vorschau
Washington Nat’l Opera finishes “Ring Cycle’ after 10 years
seattletimes.com
San Francisco
Verdi as light opera: Pocket Opera’s King for a Day
bachtrack
Todesmeldung
Star of the Opéra Comique has died, aged 104
slippedisk.com
Reviews vom 21.4.2016
Wien
Dudamel and the Vienna Philharmonic promenade through the Gallery
bachtrack
Amsterdam
Roméo et Juliette: Dutch National Opera and Ballet seal merger with leaden Berlioz
http://www.operatoday.com/content/2016/04/romeo_et_juliet.php
Budapest
17th-century L’Orontea in Budapest goes millennial
bachtrack
London
Noch eine “Jenufa”-Review
Jenůfa, South Bank, opera review: ‚Music of surpassing beauty‘
independent.co.uk
Glasgow
You can strip a Rolls-Royce down only so far before it stops being a Rolls-Royce
Scottish Ballet dance David Dawson’s Swan Lake at Theatre Royal, Glasgow
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/dance/what-to-see/swan-lake-scottish-ballet-review/
New York
Going Dutch
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 9, New York Philharmonic, Bernard Haitink
http://concertonet.com/scripts/review.php?ID_review=11459
Review: Looking for Martha Graham in Her Company’s Dance Steps
New York Times
San Francisco
Christiane Karg: Art Song’s New Champion
read more
Sidney
Opera Australia’s 60th birthday: cultural voice of the Nation
theaustralian.com.au
Feuilleton
Sounds and sweet airs: Shakespeare and Music
The Guardian
Todesmeldung
Countertenor Brian Asawa has died, aged 49
gramophone.co.uk
Reviews vom 20.4.2016
Wien
“Tosca’ Pauses When a Diva Misses Her Cue on Vienna Stage
New York Times
London
Jenůfa review – the engulfing power of Karita Mattila
The Guardian
A crazily lavish, almost unbearably moving performance of Jenůfa – review
The Telegraph
Mattila delivers powerful Kostelnička in Czech Phil’s Jenůfa
bachtrack
Jenůfa, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Bělohlávek, RFH Gorgeous sounds but not enough tension in concert Janáček
theartsdesk.com
The Seasons review – Rattle and the LSO bring wit and humour to Haydn’s masterpiece
The Guardian
Cardiff
Mariinsky Orchestra/Gergiev review – charm and wolfish drama
The Guardian
New York
Review: Christiane Karg and Yo-Yo Ma Revel in the Classics
New York Times
Chicago
Jansons and Bavarian orchestra deliver a “Leningrad” for the ages
http://chicagoclassicalreview.com/
Houston
Noch eine “Siegfried”-Review:
Fear in future past: Siegfried at Houston Grand Opera
https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-siegfried-morris-
San Diego
San Diego Opera announces 2016-2017 season
http://lgbtweekly.com/2016/04/18/san-diego-opera-announces-2016-2017-season/
Reviews vom 19.4.2016
Zürich
The pulp of great fiction: Christian Spuck’s Romeo and Juliet in Zurich
bachtrack
Braunschweig
Mythic moth: Smareglia’s La falena in Braunschweig
bachtrack
Birmingham
The Next 25 assures Symphony Hall’s reputation as the UK’s finest auditorium – Review
The Telegraph
New York
Miami City Ballet, Dancing Balanchine, Raises the Bar in New York
New York Times
A Mahler Mini-Festival in New York
New York Times
Chicago
Muti leads CSO in dramatic Tchaikovsky, sunny Mahler
chicagoclassicalreview.com
Detroit
MOT debuts solid “Lady Macbeth’
detroitnews
Verdi’s ‚Macbeth‘ receives spectacular Michigan Opera Theatre production
examiner.com
Dallas
Dallas Opera takes gamble and scores with “Show Boat,’ the 1st musical in its history
artsblog.dallas.news
Houston
The Cast of Siegfried Triumphs in HGO’s Production of the Wagner Classic
houstonpress
Sword-forging, horn-blowing, fearless dragon-slaying Siegfried is a dream come true
houston.culturemap.com
Toronto
Interview
Opera star honoured for career that almost wasn’t
Ben Heppner nearly took a job in the auto-parts business — instead he became Canada’s greatest living dramatic tenor
The Star.com
Calgary
Review: Calgary Opera’s Magic Flute an exotic comic adventure
calgaryherald
Feuilleton
Facing the music: Angela Gheorghiu, Streisand, Sinatra and Sting, the Empress Sisi and the sun king – the soprano on her musical inspirations on and off the opera stage
The Guardian
Reviews vom 18.4.2016
Amsterdam
Joyce DiDonato in the Venice of the North
bachtrack
Berlin
Letters from Berlin: Der Rosenkavalier (Deutsche Oper)
musicaltoronto.org
London
Opera reviews: I Capuleti e I Montecchi and Alexander Balus
express.co.uk
Balus-opera-reviews
Saul @ Milton Court Concert Hall, London
musicomh.com
The Goose of Cairo @ St John’s, Smith Square, London
musicomh.com
She Said: The enduring power of the female voice in dance at ENB
bachtrack
London/Edinburgh
Rusalka; OAE/Jurowski – Review
The Guardian
Cardiff
Mariinsky Ballet: Concerto DSCH, Sacre, Wales Millenium Centre A flying visit from St Petersburg, without the swans
theartsdesk.com
New York
Review: Les Arts Florissants in a Heady Mix of Cabaret and Miley Cyrus
New York Times
Boston
Nelsons, Boston Symphony stand strong in uncompromising Mahler Ninth
theclassicalreview.cm
Boston Baroque’s “Magic Flute” delivers Mozart with bells on
bostonclassical-review
Reviews vom 17.4.2016
Düsseldorf
Something to crow about: The Golden Cockerel as sharp political satire in Düsseldorf
bachtrack
London
Weitere „Lucia“-Review
Donizetti : Lucia di Lammermoor, Royal Opera House
http://www.operatoday.com/content/2016/04/donizetti_lucia.php
Brawn and brains: Javier Camarena dazzles at the Wigmore Hall
bachtrack
New York
James Levine: the best moments from his 40 years as Met Opera Boss
The Guardian
A Look Back at Met Opera Maestro James Levine
www.wsj.com
Phila. Orchestra not concerned that Yannick will leave for Metropolitan Opera
philly.com
Weitere “Elektra”-Reviews:
Elektra, Metropolitan Opera, New York — “Virtuosic and volcanic’
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c41705da-02e6-11e6-99cb-83242733f755.html
Elektra at the Met
http://likelyimpossibilities.com/2016/04/elektra-at-the-met/
Brisbane
Review: Three Countertenors (Brisbane Baroque)
limelightmagazin
Reviews vom 16.4.2016
London
A glorious revival of the opera Mozart abandoned
telegraph.co.uk
The Mariinsky combine precision and emotion to luminous effect – Review
telegraph.co.uk
Ballett
The Winter’s Tale, Royal Opera House, London — Review
read more
LSO/Simon Rattle review – compelling conductor delivers full sonic spectrum
The Guardian
Glasgow
Rusalka, Scottish Opera
Reality bites in Dvořák’s rarely heard masterpiece
http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/rusalka-scottish-opera
New York
James Levine, Transformative at the Met Opera, Is Stepping Down
New York Times
A Capstone, Not an End, to James Levine’s Career
New York Times
Review: “Elektra’ at the Met Does Full Justice to Strauss’s Masterpiece
New York Times
Stemme, Meier light a fire in Met’s probing “Elektra”
newyorkclassical.review
Vengeance Reigns in New Staging of “Elektra’
Huffington.post
Charlotte
Operacarolina. announces
Ton- und Bildträger
„Cold Mountain“ opera recording out; bluegrass festival update
santafenewmexico.com
Fort Worth
BWW Interview: Fort Worth’s JFK, the World of Contemporary Opera and American Lyric Theater’s Lawrence Edelson
broawayworld.com
Reviews vom 15.4.2016
Interview: The Proms‘ David Pickard: Evolution not Revolution
The Guardian
Weitere “Winter’s Tale”-Reviews
The Winter’s Tale is a classic of modern ballet – Review
The Telegraph
Review: Ballet Of The Winter’s Tale Is A Modern Classic The Winter’s Tale, Royal Opera House
Londonist
English National Ballet: She Said review – Frida Kahlo and fantastic beasts in mixed evening
The Guardian
She Said, dance review: Rojo paints a different picture of Kahlo in women’s triple bill
standard.co.uk
The Secret Life of Organs review – a night embracing their majesty
The Guardian
New York
Les Arts Florissants Bring Opéra-Ballet Back to Life
New York Times
Boston
Berlin Philharmonic comes to Boston in Celebrity Series’ 2016-17 season
bostonclassicalreview
Fort Worth
Fort Worth Opera gives home town the starring role in “JFK’
http://www.star-telegram.com/living/article71571267.html
“JFK’ Envisions an Operatic Ending for Camelot
New York Times
Toronto
Love spits fire in COC’s Carmen: Review
Joel Ivany and excellent cast pull something new from Bizet’s well-travelled opera.
the star
A touch of Broadway in this Carmen, but the voices are opera-ready
national.post.com
Perth
WA Opera rides off with fine work
The Riders, Iain Grandage (composer)/Alison Croggon (librettist)
yahoo.com
Reviews vom 14.4.2016
Paris
Paris Opera Ballet Performs Balanchine, Robbins, Ratmansky, and Peck
Huffington.post
London
The BBC Proms 2016: few surprises, but a solid programme
The Guardian
Proms 2016: 20 things not to miss
The Telegraph
Proms 2016 to feature performance on top floor of Peckham car park
The Guardian
Royal Ballet: The Winter’s Tale review – Wheeldon’s Shakespeare has classic potential
The Guardian
The Royal Ballet’s The Winter’s Tale review – “outstanding’
Thestage.co.uk
Bukarest
Bucharest National Opera’s ballet company falls apart after director’s resignation
romania insider.com
Romanian Ballet Company Loses Its Leading Lights
New York Times
Melbourne
Lucia Di Lammermoor review: Jessica Pratt ascends vocal stratosphere in anaemic Victorian Opera show
read more
Jessica Pratt’s Lucia truly worthy of international acclaim
australian.com.au
Review: Jessica Pratt gives outstanding performance in Lucia di Lammermoor for Victorian Opera
heraldsun.com.au
Toronto
Interview
How Carmen’s Anita Rachvelishvili transforms herself into a red-hot opera heroine
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/florence-foster-jenkins/review/
Film & Oper
Florence Foster Jenkins is the perfect antidote for sobering times – Review
The Telegraph
‚She never knew how terrible she really was‘ – the true story of Florence Foster Jenkins
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/florence-foster-jenkins/true-story/
Feuilleton
How Old Is Too Old for the Opera Stage?
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/how-old-too-old-opera-stage/
Reviews vom 13.4.2016
Budapest
Idomeneo takes Budapest by storm
bachtrack
London
Lemony Snicket: the trouble with being interested in classical music is that people look at you funny
The Guardian
Bach Cantatas and Magnificat, Bach Collegium Japan, Suzuki, Saffron Hall
theartsdesk.com
LPO/Eschenbach review – lucid and humane pairing of Brahms and Schoenberg
The Guardian
Glasgow
Scottish Opera Connect’s chilling Cabinet of Doctor Caligari raises the hairs
bachtrack
Miami
Miami Lyric Opera serves up an enjoyable “Elixir”
southfloridaclassical.review
Pittsburgh
Opera review: ‚Fairy Queen‘ shines but also suffers from identity crisis
post.gazette.com
Omaha
An Opera Company Matures in the Midwest
Handel’s “Semele’ demonstrated both Opera Omaha’s ambitions and some of its challenges.
read more
Houston
Orfeo at Opera in the Heights a Great Way to Finish the Season
houston.press
Dubai
Dubai Opera House’s star-studded line up to include Domingo, Carreras, Shankar and Al Jassmi
read more
Tokio
A rather conventional Werther in Tokyo
“The best French diction (from this non-French cast) came from the versatile baritone Adrian Eröd, who was certainly the best Albert I’d seen in any Werther production.”
bachtrack
Reviews vom 12.4.2016
London
Meet George Williams, the star dancer who uses movement to overcome his learning difficulties
The Telegraph
Giselle, Royal Opera House, London — “Unfailing elegance, subtle power’
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/71ab285e-ffc5-11e5-99cb-83242733f755.html
Glyndebourne
Raqib Shaw: ‚Opera captures the essence of gay suffering‘
The Telegraph
New York
An “Elektra’ at the Met Inhabited by a Vital Spirit
New York Times
2016 Metropolitan Opera: ‚Madama Butterfly‘ Review: Kristine Opolais Delivers Heart-Breaking Turn for the Ages
latinpost.com
Miami
Miami Lyric Opera serves up an enjoyable “Elixir”
southfloridaclassicalreview.com
Sarasota
Review: Sarasota Ballet Blends Oddity and Englishness in a Double Bill
New York Times
Omaha
To mark 60th birthday, Opera Omaha will launch spring festival in 2018
omaha.com
Long Beach
Review
Suzan Hanson brings immediacy, authenticity to Long Beach Opera’s ‚La Voix Humaine‘
latimes.com
Long Beach Opera revives Poulenc’s ‚La Voix Humaine‘
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/opera-711566-poulenc-hanson.html
San Francisco
Melancholy and resignation: a moving Das Lied von der Erde in San Francisco
bachtrack
Reviews vom 11.4.2016
Budapest
The JDCMB Long Read: Iván Fischer
read more
London
Und weiteres zur neuen Londoner-“Lucia”:
Lucia di Lammermoor review – flawed but full of provocative thought
The Guardian
Opera review: Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor
express.uk
The Audience Booed Lucia Di Lammermoor, But The Gore Isn’t The Real Problem: Review
http://londonist.com/2016/04/lucia-di-lammermoor
Donizetti : Lucia di Lammermoor / Royal Opera, 7th April 2016
operabritannia.uk
Let rip at the opera, but don’t be a Boor
The Guardian
Glasgow
Rusalka review – Scottish Opera leave fairytale cruelty to lurk below the surface
The Guardian
Boston
Nelsons, BSO play it cool in decorous Mozart, celestial Bruckner
bostonclassicalreview
Chicago
Muti, CSO give elegant advocacy to Berlioz’s bizarro “Romeo and Juliet”
Chicagoclassicalreview
Norfolk, Virginia
Review: Virginia Opera’s „The Flying Dutchman“ delivers plenty for the devoted Wagner fan
pilotonline.com
New Orleans
New Orleans Opera ends season with intensely dramatic “Tosca’
read more
Phoenix
Falstaff Makes a Big Splash in Phoenix
http://www.operatoday.com/content/2016/04/falstaff_makes_.php
Reviews vom 10.4.2016
London
Weiteres zur umstrittenen „Lucia“ am ROH: REVIEW: Blood, Bondage, and Boos in “Lucia di Lammermoor’ at the Royal Opera
read more
Lucia di Lammermoor @ Royal Opera House, London
read more
Outraged audience members boo opening night of “feminist’ production at Royal Opera House amid “gratuitous’ scenes featuring S&M, blood and murder
daylimail
Lucia di Lammermoor (Royal Opera House)
Katie Mitchell’s conceptually interesting production is a mitigated success
whatsonstage.com
Katie Mitchell directs Lucia Di Lammermoor review at the Royal Opera House, London
thestage.co.uk
Renée Fleming review – lightness and luminosity
The Guardian
Les Arts Florissants / Christie @ Wigmore Hall, London
musicomh.com
New York
Review: Orchestra of St. Luke’s, With Susan Graham
New York Times
Miami
Miami City Ballet: Feeling That Warmth and Attack
New York Times
Dallas
How the Dallas Opera is crossing the line with ‚Show Boat‘
http://www.dallasnews.com/lifestyles/arts/headlines/20160408-2.ece
San Francisco
Svadba in San Francisco: The brand new SF Opera Lab opened last month with artist William Kentridge’s staged Schubert Winterreise.
http://www.operatoday.com/content/2016/04/svadba_in_san_f.php
Review: San Francisco Ballet unveils a Broadway-big Justin Peck premiere alongside works by Christopher Wheeldon and George Balanchine
mercurynews.com
Reviews vom 9.4.2016
London
Lucia di Lammermoor, Royal Opera House, verdict: ‚too leaden even for the hecklers‘
The Telegraph
Royal Opera House audience boo violent production of Lucia di Lammermoor
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35995554
Opera review: Lucia di Lammermoor at The Royal Opera House
express.co.uk
Lucia di Lammermoor, Royal Opera House, London — “Undeniable emotional impact’
read more
Lucia di Lammermoor review – fussy, but an unforgettable finale
The Guardian
Boos at Royal Opera House on opening night of ‚gratuitous‘ new production
standard.co.uk
Flawed and floored: Katie Mitchell delivers a powerful Lucia at Covent Garden
bachtrack
Opera must bring down the curtain on gimmickry and gore
The Telegraph
Renée Fleming : Barbican Hall, 6th April 2016
operabritannia.uk
New York
Review: Opera Stars Come Out for a Gala Concert
New York Times
The Soprano Ailyn Pérez Wins Beverly Sills Artist Award
New York Times
San Antonio
Ballet San Antonio Announces 2016-2017 Season
read more
Toronto
Opera Atelier’s Lucio Silla is a production in perfect balance
globeandmail.com
Rock/Rap/ Pop
Reviews vom 8.4.2016
Basel
“Sir Richard” and Theater Basel: Celebrating fifteen years
bachtrack
London
Is there a funnier opera than Gerald Barry’s Importance of Being Earnest?
An anarchic musical cut-up of Wilde’s play that’s dangerously hilarious is given a second outing at the Barbican Theatre
spectator.com.uk.
Otello: Why is a white tenor leading the Royal Opera House’s new production?
The end of blackface make-up promised a new dawn for singers of colour, writes Alison Kinney
independent.com
Philharmonia/Temirkanov/Lugansky review – first-rate playing
The Guardian
To stream or not to stream, that is the question
read more
New York
BWW Review: Lawrence Brownlee Dominates CHARLIE PARKER’S YARDBIRD at New York’s Apollo
broadwayworld.com
Review: Ballet Hispanico’s Oldies but Goodies
New York Times
Toronto
Opera Atelier’s hailed Lucio Silla returns home to Toronto
theglobeandmail.com
Feuilleton
Understanding Tragedy Through Art
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/understanding-tragedy-through-art/
Reviews vom 7.4.2016
London
Opera and Music 2016/17
Details of The Royal Opera’s 2016/17 Season have been announced.
http://www.roh.org.uk/news/opera-and-music-201617
Royal Opera House launches new 2016-17 season
The Telegraph
Royal Opera House director to have last laugh at critics with final Show
The Telegraph
Royal Opera to serve up opera of Buñuel’s surreal dinner party in 2017
The Guardian
Operndirektor gesucht
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE DIRECTOR OF OPERA
https://jobs.theguardian.com/job/6292327/director-of-opera/
The Royal Ballet’s new season: another tiptoe towards equality
The Guardian
Itzhak Perlman review – a packed-out love-in celebrates the violinist’s 70th
The Guardian
Edinburgh
Scottish Opera’s Rusalka: traditional, but also bristling with macabre humour – Review
The Telegraph
New York
Weitere „Simone“-Review
Met Opera: Domingo, Levine, and Verdi Together Again in “Simon Boccanegro’
Huffingtonpost
Reviews vom 6.4.2016
Oslo
They had it coming: An unsettling Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk in Oslo
bachtrack
Mailand
Jesting aside: La Scala revives Giordano’s La cena delle beffe
bachtrack
Genua
Roberto Devereux in Genova
http://www.operatoday.com/content/2016/04/roberto_deverea.php
Rom
Benvenuto Cellini in Rome
http://www.operatoday.com/content/2016/04/_benvenuto_cell.php
London
Musical
Glenn Close’s triumphant performance makes you feel the shock of Sunset Boulevard as if for the first time
The Telegraph
Glenn Close in Sunset Boulevard reviews roundup: A ‚blend of Cruella de Vil and Maggie Smith in Downton Abbey‚
Independent
New York
Opera’s Changing Face
“Orphic Moments’ and “De Materie’ offer a chance to examine the changing nature of the institutions that perform opera
http://www.wsj.com/articles/operas-changing-face-1459806371
Miami
An Alpha Experience
Mieczyslaw Weinberg: The Passenger
http://concertonet.com/scripts/review.php?ID_review=11430
Melbourne
A delightful and beautifully constructed modern take on Rameau’s classic operetta.
read more
Review: Ariadne auf Naxos (Citiopera)
limelightmagazin
New York
Richard Tucker Music Foundation Names Soprano Tamara Wilson as Winner of 2016
read more
Reviews vom 5.4.2016
Berlin
theartsdesk in Berlin: Three Ballets
Versatile Staatsballett shine in Cranko, Duato, and a classic Giselle
http://www.theartsdesk.com/dance/theartsdesk-berlin-three-ballets
Zürich
Ravens of misfortune: Barrie Kosky innovative Macbeth opens in Zurich
bachtrack
Lyon
Review: Ballet de L’opéra de Lyon
http://www.culturekiosque.com/dance/reviews/ballet_de_lyon981.html
Madrid
Holocaust Survivor Recalls “Brundibar,’ a Children’s Opera
New York Times
New York
Review: Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra’ at the Met, and a Question of Career Timing
New York Times
Old guard stands up well in Met’s revival of Simon Boccanegra
bachtrack
Kathleen Battle to Return to the Metropolitan Opera
New York Times
Tamara Wilson Wins 2016 Richard Tucker Award
New York Times
‚Yardbird‘ opera at the Apollo: A respectable success, despite the libretto, and not enough Parker
philly.com
Miami
FGO’s “The Passenger” proves a gripping and spectacular experience
southfloridaclassical.review
Pittsburgh
Review: Pittsburgh Opera gives classic ‚Barber of Seville‘ a Hollywood makeover
postgazette.com
San Francisco
Review: ‚Svadba-Wedding‘ perfect match for SF Opera Lab
mercurynews.com
SF Opera Lab confronts the enigmatic challenge of “Svadba-Wedding’
Reviews vom 4.4.2016
Preview: Opera Holland Park 2016
musichome.com
Elpidia @ St George’s, Hanover Square, London
musicomh.com
Review: I Capuleti E I Montecchi, Pop-Up Opera
http://www.ayoungertheatre.com/review-i-capuleti-e-i-montecchi/
Opera reviews: The Importance of Being Earnest and Rosenblatt Recitals
express.com.uk
New York
Domingo and Levine bring rich, visceral advocacy to Met’s “Boccanegra”
newyorkclassicalreview
Chicago
Student protesters try to disrupt CSO concert
chicagoclassical.com
Sidney
Swan Lake review: Revival makes stars of swans but lacks in genuine Drama
smh.com.au
BWW Review: The Australian Ballet Brings Stephen Baynes‘ SWAN LAKE Back
To The Sydney Stage To Enchant Audiences With The Tragic Romance
broadwayworld
Reviews vom 3.4.2016
London
Meeting two cultures: Richard Alston Dance Company’s An Italian in Madrid at Sadlers Wells
bachtrack
New York
Weitere Reviews zu „Roberto Devereux“ und „Elisir“ an der Met
BWW Review: Radvanovsky Completes Donizetti Hat Trick with Potent DEVEREUX at the Met
broadwayworld.com
BWW Review: Audience LOVE-fest for Grigolo in Met’s Cartoon-y ELISIR D’AMORE
broadwayworld
James Levine’s Health a Concern as He Returns to Met Pit
newyorktimes.com
Review: “Spanish Nights’ of Falla and Massenet
newyorktimes.com
San Francisco
San Francisco Joins the Growing World of Small Operas
newyorktimes.com
ChamberWORKS debuts in S.F. Opera’s new intimate Taube Theater
santacruzsentinel.com
Photo Flash: First Look at Ana Sokolovic’s SVADBA-WEDDING at SF Opera Lab
broadwayworld.com
Frankenstein in a Tutu! Coming to San Francisco Ballet
read more
Toronto
World premiere of Canadian opera a testament to expertise
theglobeandmail.com
Reviews vom 2.4.2016
London
Viola player sues Royal Opera House for ‚irreversible‘ hearing loss
The Guardian
Elpidia review – Handel’s pastiche sung with magnificence
The Guardian
Opera review: The Importance of Being Earnest
express.co.uk
The Importance Of Being Earnest, opera review: Subversive, wild and sublimely demented
standard.co.uk
Schubert Lieder, Gerhaher, Huber, Wigmore Hall
Hit and miss from the great German baritone and regular Schubertian partner
theartsdesk.com
New York
Angel Corella’s Pennsylvania Ballet at the Joyce
bachtrack
Boston
Haitink and BSO deliver rousing Mahler and elegant Beethoven
bostonclassicalreview
Chicago
Tenor Camarena ignites a fire in high-flying Chicago debut
chicagoclassicalreview
Reviews vom 1.4.2016
Paris
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Opéra Bastille. Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
mundoclasico.com
Wien
Jürgen Flimm’s La clemenza di Tito loses the plot in Vienna
bachtrack
Mailand
A Ballet at la Scala, One of Europe’s Most Acclaimed Theaters
Huffington Post
London
A new dance piece in which race definitely matters: Ballet Black’s Triple Bill reviewed
spectator.co.uk
Birmingham
Opera
The greatest British opera after Dido and Grimes? Vaughan Williams’s Riders to the Sea
spectator.co.uk.
Grange Park
New opera festival at Grange estate unveils first Season
thestage.co.uk
New York
Review: “¡Figaro! (90210),’ a California Love Triangle
New York Times
Interview
Andreas Scholl: A Countertenor Lifts His Voice for Baroque Opera
New York Times
Todesfall
Gegam Grigorian, opera singer – obituary
The Telegraph