Reviews vom 31.7.2016
Salzburg
Review: In This Opera, You Can Depart, but You Can Never Leave
New York Times
The Exterminating Angel review – Adès delivers unmissable operatic adaptation
The Guardian
The Exterminating Angel, Haus für Mozart, Salzburg — “Adès’s score is brilliant’
https://next.ft.com/content/3e222760-5571-11e6-9664-e0bdc13c3bef
München
Les Indes galantes, Bavarian State Opera
http://www.operatoday.com/content/2016/07/les_indes_galan.php
Don Giovanni, Bavarian State Opera
http://www.operatoday.com/content/2016/07/_at_any_rate_wh.php
London
Vorschau
Shanghai Opera’s “Thunderstorm’ comes to London
The company’s visit brings a significant Chinese work to a new audience
https://next.ft.com/content/15732612-5327-11e6-9664-e0bdc13c3bef
Swan Lake, Bolshoi, Covent Garden, review: “boggles the eyes but doesn’t broadside the emotions’
The Telegraph
Swan Lake, Bolshoi Ballet, Royal Opera House
A peerless Odette almost makes up for production’s psychological shortcomings
http://www.theartsdesk.com/dance/swan-lake-bolshoi-ballet-royal-opera-house-0
Prom 17: Lebewohl: The Proms bid farewell to a leading German radio orchestran
bachtrack
New York
Ballett
Review: In “The Winter’s Tale,’ the Silk Flows Better Than the Steps
New York Times
Before HD, the Met Tour Brought Opera to the US and World
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/before-hd-metropolitan-opera-tour
Feuilleton
Opera in Azerbaijan
http://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Areas/Azerbaijan/Opera
Movie-theater opera is just as dazzling as live opera. And it’s cheaper
Washington Post
Reviews vom 30.7.2016
Verbier
Worshipping at the shrine of Grigory Sokolov in Verbier
https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-schumann-chopin-grigory-sokolov-verbier-july-2016
London
Royal Opera House and Royal Shakespeare Company renew BP deals amid criticism
https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2016/royal-opera-house-and-royal-shakespeare-company
BBC Proms 2016: reviews of the best Proms so far
The Telegraph
Glyndebourne
Béatrice et Bénédict, Glyndebourne
Vin ordinaire all round in what should be a sparking if undramatic caprice
http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/b%C3%A9atrice-et-b%C3%A9n%C3%A9dict-glyndebourne
Gloucester
Grande Messe des Morts review – a momentous aural experience
The Guardian
New York
Tanz
The Magical Transformations of “The Winter’s Tale’
New York Times
Chicago
Ryan Center artists shine brightly in Floyd’s dark “Of Mice and Men”
http://chicagoclassicalreview.com/2016/07/ryan-center-artists-shine-brightly-
Santa Fe
Santa Fe Opera Brings Home A New “Capriccio
http://www.ladailypost.com/content/santa-fe-opera-brings-home
Out of the past: Samuel Barber’s „Vanessa“
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/opera/out-of-the-past-samuel-barber
San Francisco
A Grim Take on Grimm Tales in Susa’s Transformations
https://www.sfcv.org/reviews/merola-opera-program/a-grim-take-on-grimm-tales-
Sidney
Sydney Opera House’s new brand aimed at shifting perceptions
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/in-depth/sydney-opera-houses
Sterling performances help Simon Boccanegra shine in Sydney
bachtrack
Feuilleton
Interview
Opera great Cecilia Bartoli on her first foray into musicals
https://inews.co.uk/essentials/culture/music/opera-great-cecilia-bartoli-taking
Reviews vom 29.7.2016
Bayreuth
Parsifal at Bayreuth, review: ‚a triumph‘
The Telegraph
Magic fire: a blazing account of Die Walküre at Bayreuth
bachtrack
Blandford, Dorset Opera Festival
Dorset Opera’s delightful, unpretentious Eugene Onegin – review
The Telegraph
Fate’s intentions: Eugene Onegin at the Dorset Opera Festival
bachtrack
New York
Lincoln Center Festival Review
A Global Bazaar for Opera Groups from around the world bring new and familiar productions to New York—including “Golem,’ “Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme’ and “Chicago.’
http://www.wsj.com/articles/lincoln-center-festival-review-a-global
Vorschau
Deborah Voigt to premiere new Evan Mack opera
http://www.rhinegold.co.uk/opera_now/roscoe-deborah-voigt/
What We Learned from the First New York Opera Fest
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/what-we-learned-first-new-york-opera-fest/
Tiflis
Paata Burchuladze: Can an opera singer become prime minister of Georgia?
Washington Post
Reviews vom 28.7.2016
Gstaad
Menuhin-Festival
https://www.br-klassik.de/aktuell/menuhin-festival-les-arts-gstaad-konzertsaal-100.html
Bad Ischl
Lehár-Festival: Ohrwürmer und sinniger Unfug
Die Presse
Bayreuth
Review: A Sublime and Provocative “Parsifal’ at Bayreuth
New York Times
Rheingold refuelled: Frank Castorf’s Ring returns to Bayreuth
bachtrack
Macerata
Iago chills the blood in Macerata’s gloomy Otello
https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-macerata-roberto-frontali-jessica-nuccio-frizza-july-2016
Bel canto bliss: Norma at the Macerata Opera Festival
bachtrack
London
Prom 14: a Barber with bite as Glyndebourne goes to The Proms
https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-prom-14-rossini-barber-of-seville-de-niese-mazzola-july-2016
Il barbiere di Siviglia, Glyndebourne Festival Opera at the Proms
http://www.operatoday.com/content/2016/07/il_barbiere_di_.php
Weitere „Don Quixote“-Reviews
Don Quixote, Royal Opera House, London — “A treasure’
The Bolshoi Ballet’s London season opened with a piece rich in historical resonances
https://next.ft.com/content/d731ef16-5315-11e6-befd-2fc0c26b3c60
The Bolshoi Ballet, Royal Opera House, review: ‚The pace is tremendous‘
The Independent
Sir Roger Norrington: ‚I’m against music being handed down from on high‘
The Guardian
Edinburgh
Edinburgh Festival offers refunds before “extreme’ opera opens
http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/edinburgh-festival-offers-refunds-before-extreme
New York
Review: A Gussied-Up Gala of Mozart Opera Excerpts
New York Times
Strong singing illuminates Mostly Mozart’s opera mashup
http://newyorkclassicalreview.com/2016/07/strong-singing-illuminates-mostly
Songs of the Summer for Opera Lovers
At Bard SummerScape, Caramoor and the Mostly Mozart Festival, fans have the chance to hear both classics and rarely performed pieces.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/songs-of-the-summer-for-opera-lovers-1469569545
Guadalajara
Keon-Woo Kim and Elsa Dreisig win Operalia 2016
http://www.rhinegold.co.uk/opera_now/operalia-2016-winners/
Sidney
Simon Boccanegra review: Revival brings neglected Verdi opera out of the shadows
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/stage/simon-boccanegra-sydney-review
Review: Simon Boccanegra (Opera Australia)
http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/live-reviews/review-simon-boccanegra
Reviews vom 27.7.2016
London
Don Quixote, Bolshoi Ballet, Royal Opera House
The Russians are back, marking 60 years since they first took London by storm
http://www.theartsdesk.com/dance/don-quixote-bolshoi-ballet-royal-opera-house-0
Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote review at Royal Opera House, London – “fantastic’
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2016/448914/
Don Quixote / Bolshoi Ballet, review: Anniversary season shows off a wealth of top-class dancers
http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/arts/don-quixote-bolshoi-ballet-review-
Prom 13: this Beethoven’s Ninth was a revelation – review
The Telegraph
LPO/Jurowski at the Proms review – lush Lindberg partners Beethoven
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jul/26/lpo-jurowski-proms-2016-review-lindberg
Annandale-on-Hudson, Bard Festival
A Century After Its Premiere, “Iris’ Might Be The Most Fucked Up Opera Ever
http://observer.com/2016/07/a-century-after-its-premiere-iris-might
Review: Long Dormant, Mascagni’s ‚Iris‘ Opens at Bard
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/review-long-dormant-mascagni-iris-opens-bard/
Chicago
Levine creates a Mahlerian storm in triumphant return to Ravinia
http://theclassicalreview.com/2016/07/levine-creates-a-mahlerian-storm-
Levine makes triumphant Ravinia homecoming with Mahler’s Resurrection
bachtrack
San Francisco
Vorschau
ANDREA CHENIER to Open San Francisco Opera Season, 9/9
http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwopera/article/
Opera tranforms: The Merola Opera Program presents Susa’s Transformations
bachtrack
Festspiele Gut Immling
„Rinaldo“. Liebe, in Gottes Namen!
Münchner Abendzeitung
Reviews vom 26.7.2016
Salzburg
Vorschau
Rifles, bears and Buñuel: Thomas Adès on his new never-ending opera
The Guardian
München
Der fliegende Holländer, Bavarian State Opera
http://www.operatoday.com/content/2016/07/der_fliegende_h.php
London
Notes on a Week of High Drama in London
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/notes-week-high-drama-london/
Le Cercle de l’Harmonie at the Proms review – period instrument ensemble outshone by their soprano
The Guardian
Glyndebourne
Béatrice et Bénédict review – too much outside-the-box thinking
The Guardian
Glyndebourne’s Béatrice et Bénédict was elegant but needs more emotion
The Telegraph
Béatrice et Bénédict, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, review
‚The beauty of the playing and the physical comedy are redeeming elements‘
The Independent
Béatrice et Bénédict, opera review: Love labours in fifty shades of grey
http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/arts/b-atrice-et-b-n-dict-opera-review-love-labours
Boxed in: Pelly serves up a grey Béatrice et Bénédict at Glyndebourne
https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-beatrice-benedict-pelly-oustrac-glyndebourne-july-2016
Béatrice and Bénédict at Glyndebourne
http://www.operatoday.com/content/2016/07/beatrice_and_be.php
Saratoga
Tanz
Review: “Scherzo Fantastique’ Brims With Liberated Energy
New York Times
Santa Fe
Review: Capriccio charms at Santa Fe Opera
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/review-capriccio-charms-at-santa-fe-opera
Sidney
Weitere „Cosi“-Review
Opera Review: Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte – Sydney Opera House
(Performances to August 13th)
http://arts.theaureview.com/reviews/opera-review-mozarts-cosi-fan-tutte-sydney-opera-house-
Attergauer Kultursommer
Mozart pur bei der Eröffnung des Attergauer Kultursommers
Pianist Markus Schirmer und das US-Kammerorchester A Far Cry begeisterten in der Pfarrkirche St. Georgen.
Reviews vom 25.7.2016
London
Opera reviews: Die Fledermaus and Boris Godunov
http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/theatre/692279/Opera-reviews
La Cenerentola @ Opera Holland Park, London
http://www.musicomh.com/classical/reviews-classical/la-cenerentola-opera-holland-park-london
Strauss : Die Fledermaus / Opera Holland Park, 19th July 2016
https://operabritanniauk.wordpress.com/2016/07/23/strauss-die-fledermaus-opera-holland-park
BBC Proms 1, 4, 5, 7 review – when all else fails, try Beethoven
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jul/24/proms-2016-missa-solemnis-bbc-
Prom 11: Wilson, Cresswell, BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales, Wigglesworth
High artistry and deep heartbreak in Wagner and Tippett
http://www.theartsdesk.com/classical-music/prom-11-wilson-cresswell-bbc-national-orchestra
Ten Pieces Prom triumphed in selling classical music to teenagers – review
The Telegraph
Bolshoi Ballet goes to London on „diamond“ guest tour
https://rbth.com/news/2016/07/24/bolshoi-ballet-goes-to-london
Glyndebourne
Review: Béatrice et Bénédict (Glyndebourne)
A rare outing for the comic opera from the pen of Berlioz by way of Shakespeare
http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/reviews/review
New York
Luciano Pavarotti’s Family Wants Him Off Donald Trump’s Soundtrack
New York Times
Philadelphia
When is a music group local – and who really cares?
http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/david_patrick_stearns/20160724
Reviews vom 24.7.2016
Bayreuth
Exclusive: The private thoughts of Bayreuth’s Amfortas
http://slippedisc.com/2016/07/exclusive-the-private-thoughts
Verona
Carmen In Verona: Fusion Of Cultures And Spectacle
huffingtonpost.cm
London
Prom 8: Glitterball and sequins as Strictly sambas into the Proms
bachtrack
Prom 9 was lost in the acoustics of the Royal Albert Hall
The Telegraph
New York
A Vivacious Celebration of Steve Reich, a Maverick Turned Music Hero
New York Times
Colorado
Evergreen Baby in Colorado
Central City Opera celebrated the 60th anniversary of The Ballad of Baby Doe with a hip, canny, multi-faceted new production.
http://www.operatoday.com/content/2016/07/evergreen_baby_.php
Kansas City
Lyric Opera expands its repertoire with Explorations Series http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/music-news-reviews
Santa Fe
Santa Fe Opera’s Roméo et Juliette Hits Right Notes
http://www.ladailypost.com/content/santa-fe-opera
Los Angeles
Dudamel and Wang deliver a ‚Rhapsody in Blue‘ for the Hollywood Bowl history books
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-dudamel-wang-bowl
Guadalajara
Twelve Singers Selected for the Final Round of Plácido Domingo’s Operalia Competition in Guadalajara
operanews.com
Feuilleton
Alberto Ginastera’s Spanish connection
The Guardian
Opera Manners: A night at the 19th-century opera
http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/features/behaviour
Reviews vom 23.7.2016
London
Weitere „Fledermaus“-Reviews
Die Fledermaus (Opera Holland Park)
http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/reviews/die-fledermaus-opera-holland-park
Die Fledermaus @ Opera Holland Park, London
http://www.musicomh.com/classical/reviews-classical/die-fledermaus-opera-holland-park-london
BBC Prommers: Clapping between movements is ‚barbarous‘
The Telegraph
Boston
Boston Midsummer Opera offers boisterous, appealing Italian comedies
https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/07/21/boston-midsummer-opera
Pittsburgh
Opera Theater offers rare chance to see Strauss‘ minor masterpiece ‚The Silent Woman‘
http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2016/07/21/Opera-Theater-offers-rare-chance-
Oakland
This Oakland opera company has an edge
http://www.sfchronicle.com/music/article/This-Oakland-opera-company-has-an-edge-8401127.php
Ton- und Bildträger
DVD
Carl Nielsen: „Saul og David“
Recorded live at the Royal Danish Opera (May 2015)
http://www.concertonet.com/scripts/dvd.php?ID_cd=3780
Reviews vom 22.7.2016
Bregenz
A marvellous lost Hamlet opera, rediscovered – review
The Telegraph
Baden-Baden
Die Walküre, Baden-Baden
A cast worthy of Bayreuth made for an unforgettable Wagnerian experience at the Sommer Festspiele in Baden-Baden.
http://www.operatoday.com/content/2016/07/die_walkure_bad.php
London
Australian Ballet: Cinderella review – big jumps, bigger smiles, Coliseum, London
The Guardian
Cinderella/Australian Ballet, review: A hint of realism beneath the sillines
http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/arts/cinderellaaustralian-ballet-review-
Cinderella, Ratmansky/Australian Ballet, London Coliseum
Serious choreography and lush design make this Surrealist fairytale a visual treat
http://www.theartsdesk.com/dance/cinderella-ratmanskyaustralian-ballet-london-coliseum
BBCSO / Minkowski at the Proms review – a French twist on Shakespeare
The Guardian
Prom 4: Gergiev’s masterful Munich Philharmonic and astonishing Abduraimov
bachtrack
Longborough
Weitere „Jenufa“-Review
The opera for opera sceptics: Jenufa at Longborough reviewed
http://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/07/the-opera-for-opera-sceptics-jenufa
Wormsley
This Creation puts brain before heart: Rambert at Garsington Opera reviewed
Spectator
Edinburgh
Edinburgh International Festival defends £30 opera seats with “no view’
https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2016/edinburgh-international-festival-
New York
Arias Al Fresco: Two New York Operas, Outdoors
http://observer.com/2016/07/arias-al-fresco-two-new-york-operas-explore-the-outdoors/
Cooperstown
Glimmerglass Opera Festival’s ‚La Boheme‘ is fresh, emotional experience (Review)
http://www.newyorkupstate.com/cooperstown/2016/07/glimmerglass_opera_festivals
Sarasota
Sarasota Opera Announces Casting, Schedule for Upcoming Season
broadwayworld.com
Colorado
Lean and Mean Tosca in Colorado
http://www.operatoday.com/content/2016/07/lean_and_mean_t.php
Reviews vom 21.7.2016
London
Die Fledermaus review – acerbically funny and rather sexy
The Guardian
Die Fledermaus review at Opera Holland Park – “commendable’
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2016/die-fledermaus-review-at-opera-holland-park/
The plot’s silly, but this Fledermaus flies – review
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opera/what-to-see/the-plots-silly-but-this-fledermaus-flies–review
Gags, rhymes and melodies: Opera Holland Park’s Die Fledermaus
https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-fledermaus-johnson-hurrell-opera-holland-park-july-2016
Longborough
Weitere „Jenufa“-Review
Jenůfa, Longborough Festival Opera, Gloucestershire, UK — review
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/148a5818-4d07-11e6-8172-e39ecd3b86fc.html
Katonah
Aureliano in Palmira, Caramoor Venetian Theatre, Katonah, New York — review
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6c9a9ae4-4ccc-11e6-8172-e39ecd3b86fc.html#axzz4ExWy8nxN
Caramoor Reintroduces Rossini’s “Aureliano’ In A Historic Night Of Opera
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zealnyc/caramoor-reintroduces-ros_b_11071810.html
Santa Fe
Death-Mark’d Love on Opera Hill
SFO’s Shakespearean ‚liebesto
http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-12247-death-mark%E2%80%99d-love-on-opera-hill.html
Sidney
Cosi Fan Tutte review: Cast seduces in David McVicar’s updated and dramatically revealing production
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/stage/cosi-fan-tutte-review-20160720-gq9q4r.html
Cosi fan tutte review (Sydney Opera House)
https://dailyreview.com.au/cosi-fan-tutti-review-sydney-opera-house/46060/
Cosi fan tutte: David McVicar updates Mozart for Opera Australia
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/stage/cosi-fan-tutte-david-mcvicar
Review: Così fan tutte (Opera Australia)
http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/live-reviews/review-cos%C3%AC-fan-tutte-opera-australia
Feuilleton
Where have the great composers gone?
The Guardian
Reviews vom 20.7.2016
Berlin
Bruckner and the Minimalists at the Berlin Konzerthaus
https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-russell-davies-chad-hoopes-berlin-july-2016
Frankfurt
Save the Rhine: Frankfurt Ring concludes with a strong message
https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-gotterdammerung-weigle-frankfurt-july-2016
Moskau
Bolshoi denies reports John Berry is to join company’s management team
The Guardian
London
Munich PO/Gergiev at the Proms review – Ustvolskaya’s powerful, profound symphonic scream
The Guardian
Wormsley
The Creation, Garsington Opera, Wormsley, review
‚Baldwin’s choreography is sculptural and focused‘
Independent
Cardiff
The Golden Dragon is a witty Brechtian fable with a brilliant score
The Telegraph
New York
Met Opera Guild chief has died
http://slippedisc.com/2016/07/met-opera-guild-chief-has-died/
Astana
Astana Opera Closes Out Third Season
http://astanatimes.com/2016/07/astana-opera-closes-out-third-season/
Reviews vom 19.7.2016
Frankfurt
A magnificent scherzo: Siegfried in Frankfurt
https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-siegfried-weigle-frankfurt-july-2016
Moskau
Top post at Bolshoi for former ENO head John Berry
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/760b0a00-4a7e-11e6-b387-64ab0a67014c.html
London
La Cenerentola (Opera Holland Park)
whatsonstage.com
La Cenerentola, review: A refined production that plays up the high jinks
http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/arts/la-cenerentola-review-a-refined
Prom 2: Boris Godunov, ROH
Bryn Terfel is making a habit of performing Russian patriarchs at the Proms
http://www.operatoday.com/content/2016/07/prom_2_boris_go.php
Prom 2: Royal Opera’s spine-tingling Boris Godunov transfers to the Proms
bachtrack
OAE/Cleobury at the Proms review – Fauré’s Requiem given renewed poignancy
The Guardian
Longborough
Jenůfa review – no histrionics, just raw emotion for Janáček’s tragic opera
The Guardian
Jenůfa, Longborough Festival Opera
Janáček’s happy-ending tragedy is powerfully moving despite untidy detail
http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/jenufa-longborough-festival-opera
Miami
Soprano Christine Goerke thrills in a rare Wagner night in Miami
http://southfloridaclassicalreview.com/2016/07/star-soprano-goerke-thrills
Santa Fe
Review: Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette’ at Santa Fe Opera
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/review-gounod-s-rom
Reviews vom 18.7.2016
London
Prom 2: Boris Godunov, Royal Opera, Pappano Impressive ensemble and strong cast allow Boris to shine in concert
http://www.theartsdesk.com/classical-music/prom-2-boris-godunov
Opera reviews: Rossini’s La Cenerentola and Humperdinck’s Hansel und Gretel
http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/theatre/689910/opera-review
Wormsley / Hampshire
The Creation; Tristan und Isolde review – a beginning and an end
The Guardian
New York
Eschenbach, National Youth Orchestra of USA scale the heights with Bruckner
http://newyorkclassicalreview.com/2016/07/eschenbach-national-youth-orchestra
Pittsburgh
Opera review: Nothing old-fashioned about Opera Theater of Pittsburgh’s ‚Julius Caesar
http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2016/07/16/Opera-review-Nothing-old-
San Francisco
Young company shines with bare-bones Monteverdi
http://www.sfgate.com/music/article/Young-company-shines
Sprechtheater
Berlin
Frank, der Punk. Tim Renner gratuliert Frank Castorf zum 65er
Berliner Morgenpost
Reviews vom 17.7.2016
London
La Cenerentola review – high camp, modern irony and huge fun
The Guardian
La Cenerentola, Opera Holland Park
http://www.operatoday.com/content/2016/07/la_cenerentola_.php
First night of the Proms review – tribute to France opens a stirring evening
The Guardian
The First Night of The Proms gave the perfect tribute to the victims of the Nice attack – review
The Telegraph
A haunting, poignant Proms opener from the BBCSO and Sakari Oramo
bachtrack
Wormsley
Birds, beasts and the cosmos: Garsington’s Creation is an extraordinary spectacle – review
The Telegraph
San Diego
San Diego Opera to hit the rails
Free family-friendly “Cinderella’ opera shows will be presented near trolley stations in Santee, Chula Vista, National City and more
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/jul/15/san-diego-opera-on-the-tracks/
Opera NEO Opens Summer Season with Aria Marathon
http://timesofsandiego.com/arts/2016/07/15/opera-neo-opens-summer
Medien
HD broadcasts, once the future of opera, are now seen by some as its demise
Washington Post
Review vom 16.7.2016
Lyon
Can Opera Become an Agent of Change?
New York Times
London
La Cenerentola review at Opera Holland Park – “glamorous and spirited’
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2016/la-cenerentola-review-at-opera-holland-park/
New York
Review: A Powerful Opera of Eastern and Western Allure
New York Times
Huang Ruo’s “Paradise, Interrupted” proves compelling at Lincoln Center
Newyorkclassicalreview.com
Review: ‚Paradise Interrupted‘ Fuses Eastern Manners with Western Narrative
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/review-paradise-interrupted-fuses
Muskat
Royal Opera House Muscat Lineup for 2016/2017
http://timesofoman.com/article/87956/HI/Events/Royal-Opera-House-Muscat
Christchurch
Opera Review: NZ Opera, La Traviata
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/christchurch-life/art-and-stage/theatre/82132587
Feuilleton
Darcey Bussell: modern ballet dancers need more tricks up their sleeves
The Telegraph
Reviews vom 15.7.2016
Paris
New York City Ballet Savors the City of Light
On Saturday, City Ballet will wrap its three-week season at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris
New York Times
Review: In Paris, a Bold Ballet Adventure From Justin Peck
New York Times
A musical tour of Europe’s great cities: Paris
The Guardian
London
Swan Lake review at Coliseum, London – “buoyant classicism’
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2016/
Australian Ballet: Swan Lake review – a royal tragedy lifted by its leads Coliseum, London
The Guardian
Swan Lake, ENO, review: dismantled with power tools and reassembled with a nail gun
The Telegraph
Birmingham
CBSO/Gardner: Falstaff review – played in the highest of end-of-term spirits
The Guardian
Falstaff, CBSO, Gardner, Symphony Hall Birmingham
A concert performance with big voices and a bigger heart
http://www.theartsdesk.com/classical-music/falstaff-
Belly laugh: Verdi’s Falstaff ends CBSO season in high spirits
bachtrack
San Francisco
Future opera stars performing now
http://ebar.com/arts/art_article.php?sec=music&article=1488
Feuilleton
Is this the “ugliest” music ever written?
limelightmagazine.au
Reviews vom 14.7.2016
London
Berlin v Dresden, barking dogs and a car park party: five Proms 2016 highlights
The Guardian
New York
“Paradise Interrupted.”
An Opera That Springs From China but Laps Distant Shores Qian Yi, who comes from the kunqu tradition, has performed in the West many times but faces new challenges in her latest vehicle, “Paradise Interrupted.”
New York Times
American Ballet Theater Announces New Season
New York Times
Review: “Twyla Tharp and Three Dances’ Lends a Look of Sensuous Improvisation
New York Times
Cleveland
Surrealism, austerity and heroism: Welser-Möst and The Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom
bachtrack
Perth
Review: Dame Felicity Lott & Graham Johnson (WAAPA)
limelight.magazine
Ton- und Bildträger
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro CD review –
an immaculate marriage, but lacking joy Pisaroni/Karg/Yoncheva/Hampson/COE/Nézet-Séguin
The Guardian
Feuilleton
Steinway’s Grand Ambitions for Its Pianos in China
New York Times
Nachruf
Maralin Niska, 1926-2016: “Formidable talent’ stunned opera audiences from NYC to S.F.
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/life/features/maralin-niska—formidable-
Reviews vom 13.7.2016
Frankfurt
Wotan and his women: Family drama of Die Walküre in Frankfurt
https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-walkure-weigle-rutherford-frankfurt-july-2016
Riga
Baroque rarities rapturously received at Riga’s Early Music Festival
bachtrack
Moskau
Photos of famous Russian ballet dancers now in color
Rare archival photos of Russia’s principal ballet dancers have now been colorized.
http://rbth.com/multimedia/pictures/2016/07/12/ballet-colored-images_609687
Buxton
Leonore/I Capuleti e i Montecchi/Tamerlano review – Beethoven revealed
The Guardian
Games of Thrones: Handel’s Tamerlano at the Buxton Festival
https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-tamerlano-cummings-buxton-festival-july-2016
Knives out in Verona: a fine I Capuleti e i Montecchi at Buxton Festival
bachtrack
Philadelphia
BWW Dance Review: BALLETX
http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BWW-Dance-Review-BALLETX-20160712
Cincinnati
Finding Opera and Freedom in Cincinnati
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/finding-opera-and-freedom-cincinnati/
Sidney
BWW INTERVIEWS: BWWSydney Chats To Director Michael Gow
Ahead Of Opera Australia’s Regional Tour of THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
http://www.broadwayworld.com/australia-melbourne/article/BWW-
Reviews vom 12.7.2016
London
Magdalena Kožená review – mezzo misbehaves, gently, with Cole Porter
The Guardian
Buxton
Leonore, Opera House, review: ‚Buxton Festival at its best‘
The Telegraph
Leonore, I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Buxton Festival Love stories with a difference in the Peak District
http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/leonore-i-capuleti-e-i-montecchi-buxton-festival
“Beethoven’s what?” Leonore at Buxton Festival
bachtrack
Brisbane
Opera Queensland’s The Barber of Seville is riotously funny
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/stage/opera-queenslands-the-barber-of-seville
The Barber of Seville
Rossini’s tongue-in-cheek, evergreen operatic comedy celebrates its 200th Anniversary.
http://performing.artshub.com.au/news-article/reviews/performing-arts/gillian-wills
Ton- und Bildträger
In new recordings, Nézet-Séguin arrives – from many directions
http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/david_patrick_stearns/20160710_In_new
Feuilleton
Commentary
How the ballet world’s choreographer of the moment is still searching for his next move
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-misty-copeland
After the Cultural Revolution: what western classical music means in China
The Guardian
Reviews vom 11.7.2016
London
Noch ein Nachtrag zum „Ring“
A diamond Ring: Opera North’s version of Wagner’s The Ring is a triumph
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/event/article-3681247/A-diamond
London/Glyndebourne
Opera reviews: Verdi’s Il Trovatore and Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro
express.co.uk
Glyndebourne
Watch Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg from Glyndebourne
… for free HERE at 5.30pm on Tuesday, July 12 and available on demand for the following seven days
The Telegraph.co.uk.
Iford
The Magic Flute, Iford Manor Garden
Pamina shines and the Three Ladies work hard in charming cloistered Mozart
http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/magic-flute-iford-manor-garden
Santa Fe
Review: “Don Giovanni’ acting, choreography superb
http://www.abqjournal.com/805075/don-giovanni-acting-choreography-superb.html
Review: “La Fanciulla’ golden despite missed opportunity of setting
http://www.abqjournal.com/805074/la-fanciulla-golden-despite-
Cicinnati
Beethoven’s ‚Fidelio‘ rivets in rare outing
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/2016/07/08/
San Francisco
San Francisco Opera Announces Winner of Emerging Stars Competition: Baritone Lucas Meachem
broadwayworld
Feuilleton
Sounds and sweet airs: Shakespearean operas quiz
The Guardian
A Child of Our Time: Tippett’s response to European disunity feels all too fresh
The Guardian
Shakespearian opera in the shadow of war
Gustav Holst Henry IV opera, “At The Boar’s Head”
http://blog.oup.com/2016/07/shakespeare-and-opera/
The day Benjamin Britten and I played the piano together
The Guardian
Reviews vom 10.7.2016
Aix-en-Provence
Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno in Aix
http://www.operatoday.com/content/2016/07/_il_trionfo_del.php
London
L.A. Dance Project, Sadler’s Wells, review:
Founder Benjamin Millepied’s new works are “underpowered’
The Independent.co.uk
Paris
Paris Opera Ballet/New York City Ballet, Paris — review
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/810cc5f4-44f9-11e6-9b66-0712b3873ae1.html
New York
Review: In “La Bohème,’ Young Singers Embrace the Roles of Puccini’s Free Spirits
New York Times
They’re Young, They’re in Love, And They’re Ready for the Big Time Prelude to Performance’s La Boheme builds the divas and divas of tomorrow.
The oberserver.com
Saratoga
Weitere “Il postino”-Review
Review: Opera Saratoga’s “Il Postino’ is so good, everyone should see it
http://www.saratogian.com/article/ST/20160708/NEWS/160709794
San Antonio
Opera San Antonio names new director
http://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/music-stage/article
Feuilleton
Opera star Roberto Alagna talks Aida, love and loss before local shows
australien.com.au
Kunst
Dada Was Born 100 Years Ago. So What?
New York Times
Reviews vom 9.7.2016
London
Noch eine “Trovatore”-Review
Il trovatore (Royal Opera House)
Verdi’s revenge melodrama returns to Covent Garden in all its g(l)ory
http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/reviews/il-trovatore
Noch eine Review zum Gastspiel des Opera North-„Rings“ in London Götterdämmerung @ Royal Festival Hall, London
http://www.musicomh.com/classical/reviews-classical/gotterdammerung
New York
Met Opera’s New Concertmaster: The Canadian Violinist Nikki Chooi
New York Times
Dancing Juliet: The power, stillness and pain of one of ballet’s greatest heroines
Washington Post
Becket, Mass. Review: Five Contemporary Ballets, Zero Female Choreographers
New York Times
Saratoga
Review: “Il Postino” @ Opera Saratoga, 7/8/16
http://blog.timesunion.com/localarts/review-il-postino-opera-saratoga-7816/41343/
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Opera says ticket sales jump in its anniversary season
latintimes
San Francisco
Entrance Interview: Matthew Shilvock, SF Opera’s Next General Director
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/entrance-interview-matthew-shilvock-sf-opera/
Feuilleton
Interview
Jose Carreras on following in Caruso’s footsteps to take opera to the masses
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/jose-carreras-on-followinghtml
Reviews vom 8.7.2016
Oslo
Financial drama grips the Opera
The results for 2015 were much worse than for 2014, and the Opera & Ballet’s chief executive Nils Karstad Lysø confirmed the Opera and Ballet is in a “difficult and serious” economic situation.
http://www.newsinenglish.no/2016/07/06/financial-drama-grips-the-opera/
London
Placido Domingo was on vintage form in Royal Opera’s Nabucco
But David Bösch’s Il trovatore didn’t know whether to take the plot seriously or send it up
http://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/07/placido-domingo-was-on-vintage
Julia Fischer/Igor Levit review – uncompromising Beethoven from two outstanding musicians
The Guardian
Wormsley
Weitere „Idomeneo“-Review
Idomeneo review – Mozart’s tale of a crisis in Crete looks and sounds good but lacks edge
The Guardian
Albany
A Questionable Resurrection
Philip Glass: The Witches of Venice (American Premiere)
http://www.concertonet.com/scripts/review.php?ID_review=11668
Denver
City Central Opera Announces Programming for 2016 Summer Festival
http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwopera/article/City-Central-Opera
Santa Fe
The Santa Fe Opera celebrates 60th anniversary in classic style
http://www.star-telegram.com/living/indulge/indulge-in-focus/article87973952.html
San Francisco
Could You Shorten That Aria? Opera Weighs Cuts in the Classics
New York Times
Dubai
Emaar to complete work on Dubai Opera in August
http://www.emirates247.com/news/emirates/emaar-to-complete-work-on-dubai
Medien
A Night at the Opera, No Pants Required
Television and streaming video convert your sofa to the best seat in the house
http://observer.com/2016/07/a-night-at-the-opera-no-pants-required/
Reviews vom 7.7.2016
Athen
Ancient Athens Neighborhood Pins Hopes on a Cultural Center
New York Times
Florenz
Verdi: La traviata / Opera di Firenze, 3rd July 2016
https://operabritanniauk.wordpress.com/2016/07/06/verdi-la-traviata
Aix-en-Provence
Trouble in paradise at France’s leading arts festival – review
The Telegraph
Pelleas et Mélisande in Aix
http://www.operatoday.com/content/2016/07/pelleas_et_meli.php
London
Weitere „Il trovatore“-Review
Il Trovatore, Royal Opera
Dark world created around strong, stand-and-deliver Verdi singing
http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/il-trovatore-royal-opera
Paris
William Forsythe, Paris Opera Ballet — “Spectacular’
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1dc5141e-42d4-11e6-9b66-0712b3873ae1.html
Review: William Forsythe’s Wonderful Love Letter to Ballet
New York Times
Toronto
Toronto opera company ditches the gowns and tuxes Opera
5 blends genres and concepts in its non-traditional production
https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2016/07/05/toronto-opera-html
Reviews vom 6.7.2016
London
Weitere Reviews zum konzertanten “Ring”
Opera North’s Ring Cycle was a breath of fresh air
http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/blogs/sameer-rahim/opera-norths-ring-
Siegfried @ Royal Festival Hall, London
musicomh
Wagner : Götterdämmerung / Opera North at the Royal Festival Hall, 3rd July 2016
https://operabritanniauk.wordpress.com/2016/07/04/wagner-gotterdammerung
Glyndebourne
Weitere “Figaro”-Review
Le nozze di Figaro @ Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes
musichome-classical
Wormsley
Weitere “Idomeneo”-Review
Review: Idomeneo @ Garsington Opera ‚ an ancient tale with contemporary resonance‘
oxfordtimes.uk
New York
Savoring the Spectrum of American Ballet Theater’s Rich Season
New York Times
Chicago
On a cool night, Grant Park Music Festival serves up cool Czech rarities
Bohuslav Martinů’s “The Epic of Gilgamesh” was performed Friday night at the Grant Park Music Festival.
chicagoclassical.review.com
Miami
Young singers bring enthusiasm to Miami Music Festival’s “Bohème”
http://southfloridaclassicalreview.com/2016/07/young-singers
Canberra
Review: Opera Gala (Canberra Symphony Orchestra)
limemelightmagazin.com.au
Feuilleton
Interview
Magdalena Kožená returns to her first musical love
limelight-magazin
Girls on top: how the male-dominated English church choir is changing
The Guardian
Reviews vom 5.7.2016
Aix-en-Provence
Review: “Il Trionfo’ and “Pelléas’ at the Aix-en-Provence Festival
New York Times
London
Weitere „Trovatore“-Reviews
Il Trovatore, Royal Opera House, review
Terrific singers make up for trite, distracting video projections
Independent.co.uk
Il Trovatore review at Royal Opera House, London – “disappointing visuals’
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2016/il-trovatore-review-at-royal-opera
Il Trovatore, opera review: Sublime singers can’t save this show from cliché
standard.co.uk
Siegfried/ Götterdämmerung review – not just praiseworthy but wonderful
The Guardian
Götterdämmerung, Opera North, Southbank Centre An outstanding Ring goes out in a blaze of glory
theartdesk.com
Full immersion, total immolation: Götterdämmerung crowns Opera North’s magnificent Ring
bachtrack
Götterdämmerung, Opera North
http://www.operatoday.com/content/2016/07/gotterdammerung.php
Bolshoi Ballet returns to London
Royal Opera House gives the theater a three-week residency.
http://rbth.com/arts/2016/07/04/bolshoi-ballet-returns-to-london_608723
Longborough
The Marriage of Figaro, Longborough Festival Opera, Longborough, review
‚The singing was uniformly excellent‘
Independent.uk/arts
Glyndebourne
Le nozze di Figaro review – exceptional women make Glyndebourne’s Mozart revival sparkle
The Guardian
Every detail finely tuned in Glyndebourne’s Le nozze di Figaro
bachtrack
New York
Cassandra Trenary on Having (Just) Danced “The Sleeping Beauty’
New York Times
Santa Fe
Review: Santa Fe Opera’s “Don Giovanni’ — irresistible, unmissable
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/review-santa-fe-opera-
Reviews vom 4.7.2016
Aix en Provence
Weitere „Cosi“-Review
Cosi fan tutte at the Aix Festival
http://www.operatoday.com/content/2016/07/nothing_held_ba.php
London
Il Trovatore, ROH, review: ‚a dizzying, dreamlike vision‘
The Telegraph
Il Trovatore review – tanks, selfies and operatic teamwork
David Bösch’s production, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda, commendably looks to its ensemble to bring connection and drama to Verdi’s blood-curdling tragedy
The Guardian
Verdi : Il trovatore / Royal Opera, 2nd July 2016
operabritannia.com
Don Carlo at Grange Park Opera review: Bravo for the beggar’s opera (are you watching ENO?)
dailymail.co.uk
Opera reviews: Jenufa and Der Ring des Nibelungen
express.co.uk
Natalia Osipova review – the Russian ballet star is lost in space
The Guardian
Dance review: Natalia Osipova at Sadler’s Wells
expresse.co.uk
Santa Fe
La Fanciulla del West
Opera review: California dreaming at Santa Fe Opera
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/opera-review-california-dreaming
Tel Aviv
ISRAELI OPERA Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, Tel Aviv Opera House, June 28
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/ISRAELI-OPERA-Bizet-The-Pearl-Fishers
Reviews vom 3.7.2016
Aix-en-Provence
Review: Mozart Reimagined in a Violent, Racist World
“Così Fan Tutte,” which was originally set in Naples, now takes place in an East African country, where two of the main characters disguise themselves in blackface.
New York Times
Zürich
An alignment of love and madness: Bellini’s I puritani in Zurich
bachtrack
London
How ‚Brexit‘ Affects Opera and the Arts
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/how-brexit-affects-opera-and-arts/
Wagner : Das Rheingold / Opera North at the Royal Festival Hall, 28th June 2016
https://operabritanniauk.wordpress.com/2016/07/01/wagner-das-rheingold
Wagner : Die Walküre / Opera North at the Royal Festival Hall, 29th June 2016
https://operabritanniauk.wordpress.com/2016/07/01/wagner-die-walkure
Die Walküre, Opera North
http://www.operatoday.com/content/2016/06/die_walkure_ope.php
Die Walküre @ Royal Festival Hall, London
http://www.musicomh.com/classical/reviews-classical/die-walkure-
Opera North’s The Ring Cycle: Die Walküre – The Lowry, Salford
http://www.thereviewshub.com/opera-norths-the-ring-cycle-die-walkure
Wagner : Siegfried / Opera North at the Royal Festival Hall, 1st July 2016
https://operabritanniauk.wordpress.com/2016/07/02/wagner-siegfried
Siegfried, Opera North, Southbank Centre A star soprano shines in the Ring’s conversation piece<
http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/siegfried-opera-north-southbank-centre
New York
BWW Review: Down the River with Catan’s FLORENCIA at New York City Opera
broadwayworld
Alexei Ratmansky: A Choreographer Who Leaps Ever Higher
New York Times
Sidney
Are the arts the canary in the political coal mine?
It won’t be a political priority for many, but is the arts funding crisis a cautionary tale for „real“ Australians?
limelightmagazine
Reviews vom 2.7.2016
London
Welsh National Opera’s production of epic war poem In Parenthesis to be livestreamed for free
Standard.co.uk.
In Parenthesis, Royal Opera House, London — review
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d20d35b0-3eaf-11e6-8716-a4a71e8140b0.html
Early Gluck arias at the Wigmore Hall
http://www.operatoday.com/content/2016/06/early_gluck_ari.php
Cardiff
Bryn Terfel praises Welsh National Opera on 70th anniversary
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-36681138
New York
Review: A “Sleeping Beauty’ Revival Rich in Details and Rewards
New York Times
A Fast Leap by Jeffrey Cirio to Principal at American Ballet Theater
New York Times
Chicago
Lyric Opera of Chicago to remain mum about financials at annual meeting
http://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2016/06/30/lyric-opera-of-chicago
Miami
Young singers bring enthusiasm to Miami Music Festival’s “Bohème”
http://southfloridaclassicalreview.com/2016/07/young-singers-bring-enthusiasm
St. Louis
A look back at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis season
http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/a-look-back-at
Saratoga
Opera Saratoga announces 2017 season
http://blog.timesunion.com/localarts/opera-saratoga-announces-2017-season/41263/
Santa Fe
Editorial: Santa Fe Opera hits all the high notes over 60 years
http://www.abqjournal.com/801296/santa-fe-opera-hits-all-
Reviews vom 1.7.2016
Ostrava
Ambitious world première of At the Waters of Lethe in Ostrava
bachtrack
London
Noch eine „Rheingold“-Review
Das Rheingold @ Royal Festival Hall, London
http://www.musicomh.com/classical/reviews-classical/das-rheingold
Die Walküre, Opera North, Southbank Centre
The Ring’s most wrenching tragedy excels with a great Wotan and Brünnhilde
http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/die-walkure-opera-north-southbank-centre
Disobedient daughter, outraged wife: Wotan’s woes mount in Opera North’s Die Walküre
bachtrack
Die Walküre review – Opera North’s orchestra are the true heroes
The Guardian
In Parenthesis review at the Royal Opera House – “technically exceptional’
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2016/in-parenthesis-review-at-the-royal-opera-house/
Vorschau
An immersive new Nutcracker hopes to bring new audiences to ballet
Standard.co.uk
Wormsley
A beautiful meditation on the Shakespearean-rich Idomeneo at Garsington Opera
http://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/07/a-beautiful-meditation
San Francisco
Mahler and the SF Symphony Chorus are the shining stars of this “Resurrection”
bachtrack
Akra
Opera returns to Acre
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Opera-returns-to-Acre-459077