REVIEWS Freitag 30.9.2016
Wien
Zubin Mehta leads the Vienna Philharmonic in a brilliant Bruckner 7th at the legendary Musikverein
bachtrack
London
Weitere “Cosi”-Review
Stylish designs undermined by elderly tempi: Royal Opera’s Così fan tutte reviewed
Spectator
Manchester
Giselle review – Akram Khan’s bewitching ballet is magnificently danced
The Guardian
Akram Khan’s Giselle is a banquet for the eyes if not the heart – review
The Telegraph
Review: “Giselle,’ a Winning Gamble for English National Ballet
The New York Times
New York
Weitere “Tristan”-Reviews
Tristan und Isolde review – musical marvel in a grim, cynical cloak
The Guardian
Classic Opera Tristan und Isolde Gets a Modern Met Twist
http://www.out.com/theater-dance/2016/9/28/classic-opera-tristan-und-isolde
Review: A Singer’s Strong Return in a Drab “Don Giovanni’
Simon Keenlyside iin “Don Giovanni,” at the Metropolitan Opera
The New York Times
“Don Giovanni” revival offers middling Mozart at the Met
http://newyorkclassicalreview.com/2016/09/don-giovanni-revival-offers
A winning cast sparks joy in Don Giovanni revival at the Met
https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-mozart-don-giovanni-m
REVIEWS Donnerstag 29.9.2016
Paris
Crystal Pite premiere, Paris Opera Ballet — review
The dancers responded to Pite’s new work with wholehearted commitment
https://www.ft.com/content/637bc5be-8499-11e6-8897-2359a58ac7a5
Italian directs classic at Paris Opera
Michieletto’s Samson and Delilah opens October 4
http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2016/09/27/italian-directs-classic
London
Making hay while the sun shines: glorious Fille opens Royal Ballet season
bachtrack
“Sing O Muse“: Salonen explores Stravinsky inspired by Greek myth
bachtrack
Ballet star Jonathan Ollivier, 38, was killed when his motorbike was hit by a minicab
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3811628/Ballet-star
New York
Weitere “Tristan”-Review
Met opens season with a dark yet musically triumphant “Tristan”
http://newyorkclassicalreview.com/2016/09/met-opens-season-with
Understanding Balanchine’s “Jewels,’ a Perfect Introduction to Ballet
New York Times
Chicago
Vorschau
The play’s the thing for Lyric Opera’s much-anticipated “Rheingold”
http://chicagoclassicalreview.com/2016/09/the-plays-the-thing-for-lyric-opera
Lyric Opera’s “Ring’ cycle a perfect fit for Eric Owens
http://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/lyric-operas-ring-cycle
Los Angeles
Weitere “Macbeth”-Review
Opera review: Macbeth
http://dailybruin.com/2016/09/27/opera-review-macbeth/
REVIEWS Mittwoch 28.9.2016
London
Mariinsky Orchestra, Gergiev, Cadogan Hall Prokofiev’s 125th marked with mostly workaday playing
http://www.theartsdesk.com/classical-music/mariinsky-orchestra-gergiev
New York
Review: In the Met’s New “Tristan,’ the Musical Values Take the Honors
The New York Times
Tristan und Isolde, Metropolitan Opera, New York — review
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5da8838e-8499-11e6-8897-2359a58ac7a5.html
Interview mit Simon Keenlyside
After Setbacks, a Baritone Works His Way Back to the Met Opera
The New York Times
Boston
Boston Symphony opens season with a blast of keyboard virtuosity
bostonclassicalreview
San Francisco
San Francisco Opera Announces Cast for Full Ring Cycle in 2018
http://www.sfcv.org/music-news/san-francisco-opera-announces-cast
Maskat
Royal Opera House Muscat to kick off season with opera of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Julie
The leading roles will be performed by two rising stars: Tenor Jean-François Borras and Soprano Nino Machaidze.
http://timesofoman.com/article/93020/Oman/Heritage/Royal-Opera-House-Muscat
Sidney
Australian Ballet launches 2017 season with three iconic roles for women
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/stage/australian-ballet-launches-2017
REVIEWS Dienstag 27.9.2016
Budapest
A new Traviata with passions running low in Budapest
bachtrack
Paris
Review: Paris Opera Ballet Kicks Off New Season With Futuristic Choreography
The New York Times
London
Weitere „Cosi“-Reviews
Opera reviews: Cosi Fan Tutte
http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/theatre/714576/Opera-reviews
Così fan tutte @ Royal Opera House, London
http://www.musicomh.com/classical/reviews-classical/cosi-fan-tutte
Classical music reviews, September 2016, including the Philharmonia’s 4-star Stravinsky cycle at the Royal Festival Hall
The Telegraph
Philharmonia/Salonen review – lucid and sensuous genre-bending Stravinsky
The Guardian
New York
Remembering the Old Metropolitan Opera House
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/remembering-old-metropolitan-opera-house/
Taking On “Tristan,’ a Role That Demands Much of a Tenor
The New York Times
Philadelphia
Review: “Turandot’ at Opera Philadelphia in Philadelphia, PA.
http://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2016/09/26/review-turandot-opera
Flawed masterpiece: Missy Mazzoli’s Breaking the Waves opens in Philadelphia
bachtrack
Washington
Weitere „Figaro“-Review
The Marriage of Figaro from Washington National Opera (review)
http://dctheatrescene.com/2016/09/26/marriage-figaro-washington-national
REVIEWS Montag 26.9.2016
Hamburg
A musical tour of Europe’s great cities: Hamburg
The Guardian
London
Opera reviews: Verdi’s Requiem and Haydn’s La Canterina
http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/theatre/713745/Opera-review
Weitre „Cosi“-Review
Così fan tutte at Covent Garden
http://www.operatoday.com/content/2016/09/cosi_van_tutte_.php
New York
Come Check Out Our House, Metropolitan Opera Says
The New York Times
Nina Stemme on a Love and Loss in “Tristan und Isolde’
The New York Times
Boston
BLO’s lean, very mean “Carmen’
https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/09/24/blo-lean-very-mean-carmen
Handel and Haydn opens season with a wide-ranging Bach feast
http://bostonclassicalreview.com/2016/09/handel-and-haydn-open-season
Chicago
Muti, CSO open season with rich and eloquent Bruckner
http://chicagoclassicalreview.com/2016/09/muti-cso-open-season-with-rich
Los Angeles
Plácido Domingo as Macbeth, LA Opera
http://www.operatoday.com/content/2016/09/placido_domingo.php
Melbourne
Coppelia a beloved Australian Ballet production for a reason
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/stage/coppelia-a-beloved-australian-ballet
Coppelia (Palais Theatre, Melbourne)
https://dailyreview.com.au/coppelia-palais-theatre-melbourne/49594/
REVIEWS Sonntag 25.9.2016
Madrid
Kunde both amazes and disappoints in Teatro Real’s Otello
bachtrack
Glasgow
BBCSSO/Dausgaard review – demure start to a new era
The Guardian
Wexford
Wexford Festival Opera “Now we have a theatre, we must play with the big boys’
https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/2016/wexford-festival-opera-now-we-have
New York
Met Opera Opens Monday – Season Highlights Here
Huffington Post
Nina Stemme Takes On Her Biggest Met Opera Assignment YetT
The New York Times
Why Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde is the ultimate opera
The Guardian
Review: A Safe Start to Alan Gilbert’s Final Season With the Philharmonic
The New York Times
“New World” opens Philharmonic season with a New York state of mind
http://newyorkclassicalreview.com/2016/09/new-world-opens-philharmonic
Washington
Review: “The Marriage of Figaro’ at Washington National Opera
http://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2016/09/23/review-marriage-figaro
Opera Review: “The Marriage of Figaro’ at The Washington National Opera
http://mdtheatreguide.com/2016/09/opera-review-the-marriage-of-figaro
WNO’s “Marriage of Figaro’: A nice, ordinary wedding when we’d like some drama
Washington Post
WNO opens season with a visually attractive, vocally bland “Figaro”
http://washingtonclassicalreview.com/2016/09/23/wno-opens-season
REVIEWS Samstag 24.9.2016
Defiant Requiem in Wien: Verdi in Terezín
bachtrack
London
Cosi fan tutte, opera review: A potent and unsettling production that makes a point
http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/arts/cosi-fan-tutte-opera-review
Così fan tutte, Royal Opera House, review: A genuine if underfocused inquiry into the nature of love
Independent.co.uk
Review: Così fan tutte (Royal Opera House) A fussy new production, lethargically conducted, is saved by its fine young cas
http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/reviews/review-cos-fan-tutte
This Così fan tutte is an enthralling lesson in Mozart – review
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opera/what-to-see/this-cos-fan-tutte-is-an-enthralling-lesson-in-mozart–review/
Così fan Tutte review – impressive ensemble cast focus on the wider questions
The Guardian
Well sung but charmless: the Royal Opera’s new Così fan tutte
bachtrack
Cosi Fan Tutte review at Royal Opera House, London – “sparkling comedy’
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2016/cosi-fan-tutte-review
Hidden princes: the modern première of Hasse’s Demetrio from Opera Settecento
bachtrack
New York
I wanted to murder my family, now I sing for the Metropolitan Opera
“Ryan Speedo Green became interested in the opera during a school trip to the Met when he was 14.“ http://nypost.com/2016/09/22/i-overcame-a-troubled-childhood-
The Met’s biggest fan is this
105-year-old Long Island opera lover “Aaron Blecker’s first was Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” — all five hours of it. That was in 1936.”
http://nypost.com/2016/09/22/the-mets-biggest-fan-is-this-105-year-old
Houston
Houston Ballet Delivers a Satisfying Madame Butterfly
http://www.houstonpress.com/arts/houston-ballet-delivers
Feuilleton
How Critics Can Help Us Love Opera Even More
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/how-critics-can-help-us-love-opera-more/