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OPERA REVIEW INDEX JULY-DECEMBER 2010


Humperdinck, Hänsel und Gretel: Soloists, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Rory Macdonald (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 23.12.2010 (MB)

Verdi, Aida:  Soloists, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana. Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana. Conductor: Omer Meir Wellber. Palau de les Arts 19.12.2010 (JMI)

J. Massenet,  Manon:  Soloists, Orquestra de la Generalitat Valenciana, Cor de la Comunitat Valenciana. Conductor: Jordi Bernàcer. Palau de les Arts, 18.12.2010 (JMI)

Verdi, Falstaff:  Soloists, Orchestra Simfònica and Choir Gran Teatre del Liceu. Conductor. Fabio Luisi. Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona. 14 & 15. 12.2010. (JMI)


Wagner, Tannhäuser:
Soloists, chorus and orchestra of The Royal Opera. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 15.12.2010 (JPr)

Donizetti, L’Elisir d’Amore: Soloists, Orquesta Oviedo Filarmonía, Coro de la Ópera de Oviedo. Conductor: José Miguel Pérez Sierra. Teatro Campoamor. 12.12.2010 (JMI)

Puccini, Tosca:
Maggio Musicale, conductor: Zubin Mehta, Teatro Comunale, Florence 12.12.2010 (JB)

Rossini,  Moïse et Pharaon:  Teatro dell’Opera, Rome, conductor: Ricardo Muti 11.12.2010 (JB)

Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Lyric Opera of Chicago, Sir Andrew Davis, (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago, 11.12.2010 (JLZ)

Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor:Vancouver Opera, soloists, Jonathan Darlington (conductor), Amiel Gladstone (director), Gerard Howland (set designer), Sue LePage (costume designer), David Fraser (lighting designer), Leslie Dala (chorus director), Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia, 11.12.2010 (BJ)

Puccini, La Bohème: Soloists, Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla, Coro de la A.A. del Teatro de la Maestranza. Conductor: Pedro Halffter. Teatro de la Maestranza 9 & 10.12.2010 (JMI)

Bizet,  Carmen: (opera in four acts 1875). Sung in French.Orchestra, chorus and soloists of the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester. Conductor: Clark Rundell. Directed by Stefan Janski. Stage, Set and Costume designer, Francisco Rodriguez-Weil.Royal Northern College of Music. Bruntwood Theatre. 8.12.2010 (RJF)

 

Wagner, Die Walküre -  Live transmission from Teatro alla Scala, Milan: (directed for TV by Emanuele Garofalo) live to the Odeon Cinema, Covent Garden, London. 7.12.10 (JPr)

 

R. Strauss,  Der Rosenkavalier: Soloists, Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Coro Intermezzo. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate. Teatro Real de Madrid. 6.12.2010 (JMI)

Berg, Wozzeck: Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm, 4.12.2010 (revival premiere)(GF)

Verdi, Falstaff -  The performance that never was:  Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Colón. Conductor: Marco Guidarini, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 30.11.2010. (JSJ)
 

Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists, Chorus, Royal Academy Sinfonia, Jane Glover (conductor). Sir Jack Lyons Theatre, Royal Academy of Music, London, 29.11.2010 (MB)

Gounod, Faust: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Argentino. Conductor: Benjamin Pionnier, Teatro Argentino, La Plata. 28.11.2010. (JSJ)

Weill,  Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny:
Soloists, Orchestre National du Capitole, Choeur du Capitole. Conductor: Ilan Volkov. Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse . 28.11.2010. (JMI)

Verdi, Un ballo in maschera: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Lyric Opera of Chicago, Ascher Fisch (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago, 27.11.2010 (JLZ).

Korngold, Die Tote Stadt : Soloists, Finnish National Opera, Helsinki, ( New Production Premiere) 26.11.2010 (GF)

R. Liebermann, Die Schule der Frauen :
 Soloists, Orchestre Bordeaux-Aquitaine. Conductor: Jurjen Hempel. Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux. 26.11.2010 (JMI)

Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro:  Soloists, Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra. Orfeón Pamplonés. Conductor: Ernest Martínez Izquierdo. Auditorio El Baluarte de Pamplona. 25.11.2010. (JMI)

Janacek,  Katia Kabanova:
 
Soloists, Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias, Coro de la Ópera de Oviedo. Conductor: Maximiano Valdés. Teatro Campoamor de Oviedo. 23.11.2010 (JMI)


> Mozart, Die Entführung aus dem Serail: (Concert Version.) Soloists, Orchestra of The Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Bernard Labadie. Auditorio Miguel Delibes de Valladolid. 21.11.2010 (JMI)

Raskatov, A Dog's Heart:  Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera/Garry Walker. London Coliseum 20.11.2010 (CC)

Handel, Rodelinda, regina de’ Longobardi: Pacific Opera Victoria, soloists, Timothy Vernon (conductor), Oriol Tomas (director), Nancy Bryant (set and costume designer), Claude Acolas (lighting designer), Royal Theatre, Victoria, British Columbia, 20.11.2010 (BJ)

Welsh National Opera On Tour - Autumn 2010: Theatre Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno 18-20.11.2010 (RJF)

Verdi, Aida: Soloists, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana. Conductor: Lorin Maazel. Palau de Les Arts de Valencia. 19.11.2010 (JMI)

Cilea, Adriana Lecouvreur: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of The Royal Opera. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 18.11.2010 (JPr)

Weber,  Der Freischütz:  Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus  and Extra Chorus of Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, conductor: Roger Epple – Munich, 17.11.2010 (BM)

Monteverdi, L'Incoronazione di Poppea: Soloists, Juilliard415 (Orchestra), Henry Bicket (conductor), Juilliard's Peter Jay Sharp Theater, New York, 17.11.2010 (SSM)

Britten, A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Lyric Opera of Chicago, Rory MacDonald (conductor), Anima Young Singers of Greater Chicago, Civic Opera House, Chicago, 13.11.2010 (JLZ)

Met Opera Live - Donizetti, Don Pasquale: Metropolitan Opera’s HD transmission live to the Barbican Cinema, London. 13.11.2010 (MMB)

Bernstein, A Quiet Place: Soloists, Jayce Ogren (conductor), New York City Opera, New York City, 12.11.2010 (BH)

Janáček, The Makropulos Case:
Soloists, Orchestra of San Francisco Opera, Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor), War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 10.11.2010 (HS)

Janáček,  Jenůfa: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of  Bavarian State Opera, conductor: Tomáš Hanus – Munich  8.11.2010 (BM)

Thomas Arne, Alfred; The Judgement of Paris:  Bampton Classical Opera. Holywell Music Room Oxford, 7.11.2010 (RJ)

Donizetti, Anna Bolena: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Dallas Opera, Graeme Jenkins, conductor. Winspear Opera House, Dallas, 6.11.2010 (LV)

Mozart, Don Giovanni:  
(Sung in English) Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the English National Opera, Kirill Karabits (conductor). The Coliseum, London, 6.11.2010 (MB)

Mozart, Don Giovanni: Dallas Opera, Nicolae Moldoveanu (conductor), Winspear Opera House, Dallas, 5.11.2010 (LV)

Dvořák,  Rusalka: Soloists,  Bavarian State Opera, Conductor: Tomáš Hanus – Munich, 4.11.2010 (BM)

Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists, Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla. Conductor: Pedro Halffter. Teatro Maestranza de Sevilla. 4.11.2010  (JMI)

Weill (arr. James Holmes), Songs from a Hotel Bedroom: Soloists, James Holmes (conductor). Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, 4.11.2010 (MB)

Berg,  Lulu:  Soloists, Orquestra Simfònica Liceu. Conductor: Michael Boder. Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona. 3.11.2010 (JMI)

Opera North On Tour: The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays. November 2 - 6. 2010 (RJF)

Britten, The Turn of the Screw: Soloists, Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid. Conductor: Josep Pons. Teatro Real de Madrid 2.11.2010 (JMI)


Wagner, Das Rheingold:
Soloists, Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Schillertheater, Berlin, 31.10.2010 (MB)

Puccini, La Bohème:Estonian National Opera, Tallinn, 29.10.2010 (Premiere) (GF)

Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin, Roberto Abbado (conductor). Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 29.10.2010 (MB)

Gounod, Roméo et Juliette:  Soloists, chorus and orchestra of The Royal Opera. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 26.10.2010 (JPr)


Haydn, L’isola disabitata:
Soloists, Southbank Sinfonia, Volker Krafft (conductor). Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 26.10.2010 (MB)

Zandonai, Francesca da Rimini: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Argentino. Conductor: Carlos Vieu, Teatro Argentino, La Plata. 24.10.2010. (JSJ)
 

Johann Strauss II, Die Fledermaus (2010 English translation): Libretto by Carl Haffner and Richard Genée, Based on the play Le réveillon by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy,Heritage Opera, Preston Minster, Lancashire: 23.10.2010 (MC)

Rossini, La Cenerentola: Soloists and Chorus of Juventus Lyrica, Academic Orchestra of Buenos Aires. Conductor: Carlos Calleja, Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 22.10.2010. (JSJ)


Giordano, Andrea Chénier:at the Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm, premiere on 22.10.2010 (GF)

Wagner, Götterdämmerung: (New production) Soloists, Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Simone Young. Staatsoper Hamburg. 21.11.2010 (JPr)

Parma Verdi Festival 2010  -I Vespri Siciliani: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus Teatro Regio di Parma. Conductor: Massimo Zanetti. Verdi Festival. Teatro Regio di Parma. 20.10.2010. (JMI)

Parma  Verdi Festival 2010 - Attila: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus Teatro Regio di Parma. Conductor: Andrea Battistoni. Verdi Festival. Teatro Verdi di Busseto. 19.10.2020. (JMI)

Estacio, Lillian Alling (World Premiere):  Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Vancouver Opera, Jacques Lacombe (conductor), Kelly Robinson (director), Sue LePage (set and costume designer), Sean Nieuwenhuis and Tim Matheson (projection co-designers), Harry Frehner (lighting designer), Andrew Tugwell (sound designer), Leslie Dala (chorus director), Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia, 19.10.2010 (BJ)

Parma  Verdi Festival 2010 - Il Trovatore: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus Teatro Regio di Parma. Conductor: Yuri Temirkanov. Verdi Festival 2010, Teatro Regio di Parma. 18.10.2020 (JMI)

Bizet, Carmen - The Younger Persons' View: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Greek National Opera, Conductor – Ilias Voudouris,  Rosarte Children’s Choir, Greek National Opera Athens 18.10.2010 (CM) (NM)

Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Seattle Opera, soloists, Bruno Cinquegrani (conductor), Tomer Zvulun (director), Robert A.Dahlstrom (set designer), Robert Wierzel (lighting designer), Beth Kirchhoff (chorus master), Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle, 16 & 17.10.2010 (BJ)

Puccini, La Bohème: (sung in English). Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera/Stephen Lord. London Coliseum, 18.10. 2010 (CC)

Rossini, Guillaume Tell: (Concert Performance) Soloists, chorus and orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Chorus master: Ciro Visco, Conductor: Antonio Pappano. Sala Santa Cecilia, Parco della Musica, Rome, 18.10.2010 (JB)

Hindemith, Cardillac: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Vienna State Opera. Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst. 17.10.2010 (SM)

Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Orchestra and Additional Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Bernard Haitink (conductor). Zurich Opera House, 17.10.2010 (MB)

Jonathan Dawe, Cracked Orlando :  The Second Instrumental Unit (orchestra), Company XIV (dance), Ryan McAdams (conductor), Austin McCormick (choreographer), Alastair Boag (director), Teatro Theater at the Italian Academy, New York City, 16.10.2010 (SSM)

Carlisle Floyd,  Susannah:  Soloists, Euskadiko Orkestra Sinfonikoa, Coro de Ópera de Bilbao. Conductor: John Mauceri. Palacio Euskalduna de Bilbao. 16.10.2010 (JMI)

Zemlinsky, Una tragedia florentina and Korngold, Violanta: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Colón. Conductor: Stefan Lano, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 15.10.2010. (JSJ)

Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov: Soloists, chorus and orchestra, Metropolitan Opera, Valery Gergiev, conductor. Metropolitan Opera House, New York, 15.10.2010 (HS)

Carmen at Lyric Opera of Chicago:Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Lyric Opera of Chicago, Alain Altinoglu (conductor), Chicago Children’s Chorus, Josephine Lee (Artistic Director), Civic Opera House, Chicago, 11.10.2010 and 16.10.2010 (JLZ).

M.A.Charpentier, Actéon. H. Purcell, Dido and Aeneas: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie. Auditorio Miguel Delibes de Valladolid. 13.10.2010. (JMI).

Verdi, Rigoletto: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Conductor: Dan Ettinger. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 11.10.2010 (JPr)

Verdi's Macbeth Opens the New Season of Lyric Opera of Chicago:
 Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Lyric Opera of Chicago, Renato Palumbo (conductor) Civic Opera House, Chicago, 9.10.2010 (JLZ)

Verdi, Il Trovatore: Soloists, Orquesta Oviedo Filarmonía. Coro de la Ópera de Oviedo. Conductor: Julian Reynolds. Teatro Campoamor de Oviedo. 8.10.2010 (JMI)

Met Opera Live - Wagner, Das Rheingold: Metropolitan Opera's HD transmission (directed for TV by Gary Halfvorson) live to the Barbican Cinema, London. 9.10.2010 (JPr)

Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos: (Revival Premiere) Soloists, Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Lothar Koenigs (conductor) Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff 7.10.2010 (BK)

Mozart, Don Giovanni: (Concert Performance) Soloists, Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus, Robin Ticciati (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 7.10.2010 (SRT)

Bizet, Les Pêcheurs de perles:  (Concert Performance). Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Antonio Pappano.Royal Opera House, London 7.10.2010 (CC)

Handel: Radamisto: Soloists, Orchestra of the English National Opera, Laurence Cummings (conductor). The Coliseum, London, 7.10.2010 (MB)

Catan, Il Postino: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Los Angeles Opera, Grant Gershon, conductor. Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 5.10.2010 (LV)

Monteverdi, L’Incoronazione di Poppea: Soloists,Orquesta Forma Antiqva, Conductor: Kenneth Weiss, Teatro Arriaga de Bilbao 2.10.2010 (JMI)

Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Orquestra Simfònica y Cor del Gran Teatre del Liceu. Conductor: Marc Piollet, Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona. 30.9 and 1.10.2010. (JMI)

Weill,  The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny: Soloists, Orquestra Simfònica de Madrid. Conductor: Pablo Heras Casado, Teatro Real de Madrid. 30.9 and 1.10.2010. (JMI)

Wagner, Tristan und Isolde -  London Performance: (Semi-staged with video projections) Soloists, Philharmonia Voices, The Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, Royal Festival Hall, London, 26.9.2010 (GD)

Mozart, The Magic Flute:  (Revival Premiere) Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Gareth Jones conductor, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 24.9.2010 (GPu)

Verdi, Aida: Soloists, orchestra and chorus, San Francisco Opera, Nicola Luisotti, conductor. War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 24.9.2010 (HS)

Wagner, Tristan und Isolde -  Birmingham Performance: (Semi-staged with video projections) Soloists, Philharmonia Voices, The Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 23.9.2010 (BK)

Steffani, Niobe, Regina di Tebe: Soloists, Balthasar Neumann Ensemble/Thomas Hengelbrock, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 23.9.2010 (J-PJ)
 

Janácek, The Makropulos Case: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the English National Opera, Sir Richard Armstrong (conductor). The Coliseum, London, 20.09.2010 (MB)

Gounod, Faust (new production): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera. Conductor: Edward Gardner. London Coliseum, London, 18.9.2010 (JPr)

Handel, Serse: Buenos Aires Lírica. Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Buenos Aires Lírica, Conductor: Alejo Pérez. Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 17.9.2010. (JSJ)

Verdi, Aida (Premiere): at the Finnish National Opera, Helsinki, 17.9.2010 (GF)

Beethoven, Fidelio:( Production Premiere) Soloists, chorus and orchestra of Welsh National Operas, conductor Lothar Koenigs, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 17.9.2010 (GPu)

Kálmán, Silva, Die Csárdásfürstin at the Estonian National Opera, Tallinn, 16.9.2010 (Premiere) (ZT)

C.H.Graun - Montezuma: Soloists, Concerto Elyma. Coro de Ciertos Habitantes. Conductor: Gabriel Garrido. Teatros del Canal de Madrid. 15.09.2010. (JMI)

Massenet, Werther: Soloists, chorus and orchestra, Emmanuel Villaume, conductor. San Francisco Opera, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 15.9.2010 (HS)

Donizetti, Don Pasquale: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of The Royal Opera. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 14.9.2010 (JPr)

Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of The Royal Opera. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 10.9.2010 (JPr)

Tchaikovsky, Yevgeny Onegin: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre. Conductor: Dmitri Jurowski. Teatro Real de Madrid. 7 & 8.9.2010. (JMI)

Gluck, Iphigenie auf Tauris: Soloists, Orquestra Julià Carbonell de Lleida. Cor de Cambra del Palau de la Música. Conductor: Jan Michael Horstmann. Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona. 4 and 5. 9. 2010 (JMI)

Edinburgh International Festival 2010 (14) - Brett Dean, Bliss: Soloists, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Opera Australia. Conductor: Elgar Howarth. Edinburgh Festival Theatre,  2.9.2010 (SRT)

71st Quincena Musical Donostiarra - Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Helikon Opera Theatre. Conductor: Vladimir Ponkin.Auditorio Kursaal de San Sebastián. 27.8.2010 (JMI)

Edinburgh International Festival 2010 (9) - Puccini: La Fanciulla del West:
Soloists, Orchestra of Scottish Opera, Edinburgh Festival Chorus. Conductor: Francesco Corti. Usher Hall, 23. 8.2010 (SRT)

Aspen Festival 2010 (13) - John Corigliano, The Ghosts of Versailles: Soloists, Aspen Festival Orchestra / Michael Christie , Aspen Opera Theater Center 21.8.2010 (HS)

Edinburgh International Festival 2010 (7) - Mozart, Idomeneo: Soloists, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, SCO Chorus. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington. Usher Hall, 21. 8.2010 (SRT)

Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Juventus Lyrica. Conductor: Hernán Schvartzman, Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 20.8.2010. (JSJ)

Salzburg Festival (4) – Strauss, Elektra: Soloists, Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniele Gatti (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 16.8.2010 (MB)

Rossini Opera Festival (ROF) Pesaro (3) - Demetrio e Polibio: Conductor, Corrado Rovaris; Director, Davide Livermore; Sets and Costumes, Accademia di Belle Arti di Urbino; Lighting, Nicolas Bovey. Orchestra Sinfonica G Rossini; Prague Chamber Choir. Teatro Rossini 16.8.2010 (JB) With an afterword on Il Viaggio a Reims (Accademia Rossiniana) Conductor, Andrea Battistoni Teatro Rossini 17. 8.2010 (JB)


Rossini Opera Festival (ROF) Pesaro (2) – Sigismondo: Soloists, Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale of Bologna Conductor, Michele Mariotti; Director, Damiano Micheletto; Sets, Paolo Fantin; Costumes, Carla Teti; Lighting, Alessandro Carletti. Teatro Rossini, Pesaro. 15. 8. 2010 (JB)

Salzburg Festival (3) – Berg, Lulu: Soloists, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Albrecht (conductor). Felsenreitschule, 14.8.2010 (MB)

Rossini Opera Festival (ROF) Pesaro (1) La Cenerentola: Soloists, Chorus and orchestra of the Teatro Comunale, Bologna, Conductor, Yves Abel; Director, Luca Ronconi; Sets, Margherita Palli; Costumes, Carlo Diappi; Lighting, Guido Levi. Adriatic Arena, Pesaro. 14. 8.2010 (JB)

Edinburgh International Festival 2010 (2) - Carl Heinrich Graun,  Montezuma: Soloists, Concerto Elyma, Coro de Ciertos Habitantes. Musical director: Gabriel Garrido. King’s Theatre, 14. 8.2010 (SRT)

Buxton International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival 2010 (3) - The Yeomen of the Guard:  Soloists, National Festival Orchestra and Chorus /John Owen Edwards, Directed by Jeff Clarke, Buxton Opera House 13/14.8.2010 (RJW)

Quincena Musical Donostiarra 2010 - Berlioz, Roméo et Juliette : (Concert Performance) Soloists, Orquesta Sinfónica del Teatro Mariinsky. Orfeón Donostiarra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev. Auditorio Kursaal, San Sebastian 9.8.2010 (JMI)

Bayreuth Festival 2010 (3) - Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival. Conductor: Daniele Gatti. Bayreuth Festspielhaus, 7.8.2010. (JPr)

Salzburger Festspiele 2010 (2) - Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice: Soloists, Vienna Philharmonic. Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus. Conductor: Riccardo Muti. Salzburg, Grosses Festspielhaus. 7.8.2010 (SM)

Buxton International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival 2010 (2) - The Mikado: Soloists, National Festival Orchestra and Chorus /Richard Balcombe, Buxton Opera House, Buxton, Derbyshire, UK 6and7.8.2010 (RJW)

Bayreuth Festival 2010 (2)  - Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg:  Soloists, chorus and orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival. Conductor: Sebastian Weigle. Bayreuth Festspielhaus, 5.8.2010. (JPr)

Salzburger Festspiele 2010 (1) Rihm, Dionysos: Soloists, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. Chorus of the Vienna State Opera. Conductor: Ingo Metzmacher. Salzburg, Haus für Mozart. 5.8.2010 (SM)

59th Festival Internacional de Santander - Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov: Soloists, Orchestra and chorus of Opéra Royal de Wallonie. Ópera Chorus of Namur. Conductor: Paolo Arrivabeni. Palacio de Festivales. 3. 8.2010. (JMI)

Bayreuth Festival 2010 (1) - Wagner, Lohengrin:  Soloists, chorus and orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival. Conductor: Andris Nelsons. Bayreuth Festspielhaus, 3.8.2010. (JPr)

Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Argentino. Conductor: Facundo Agudín, Teatro Argentino, La Plata. 1.8.2010 (JSJ)

Sferisterio Opera Festival Macerata (3) ‘To the Greater Glory of God’ Verdi, I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata: Soloists, Conductor, Daniele Callegari; Director and Designer of Sets and Costumes, Pier Luigi Pizzi; Chorus Master, David Crescenzi; Choreographer, Gheorghe Iancu; Mime movement, Roberto Maria Pizzuto; Lighting Designer, Sergio Rossi. Sferisterio Macerata 1. 8.2010 (JB)

Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Seattle Opera, Soloists, cond. Asher Fisch, dir. Peter Kazaras, set and costume designer Robert Israel, lighting designer Duane Schuler, chorus master Beth Kirchhoff, Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle, 31.7.2010 (BJ)

Sferisterio Opera Festival Macerata (2) ‘To the Greater Glory of God’ - Verdi, La Forza del Destino: Soloists, Conductor, Daniele Callegari; Director and Designer of Sets and Costumes, Pier Luigi Pizzi; Chorus Master, David Crescenzi; Choreographer, Gheorghe Iancu; Mime movement, Roberto Maria Pizzuto; Lighting designer, Sergio Rossi. Sferisterio Macerata 31. 7.2010 (JB)
 
Opera på Skäret 2010 Puccini, La bohème (Premiere) : Soloists, Bergslagens musikdramatiska kör, La Bohème orkestern / Andreas Lönnqvist, Opera på Skäret, Kopparberg, Sweden, 31.7.2010 (GF)

Buxton International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival 2010 - Iolanthe: Soloists, National Festival Orchestra, Richard Balcombe (conductor) Directed by Alan Spencer, Buxton Opera House, Derbyshire, 31.7.- 2.8. 2010 (RJW)

Opera Holland Park [3] Zandonai, Francesca da Rimini: Soloists and chorus of Opera Holland Park, City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Phillip Thomas. Holland Park, London, 30.7.2010. (JPr)

Sferisterio Opera Festival Macerata (1) – ‘To the Greater Glory of God’, Monteverdi’s Vespro della Beata Vergine: Ensemble Cantar Lontano, Conductor Marco Mencoboni. Introduction by Massimo Cacciari. Auditorium San Paolo, Macerata  29.7.2010 (JB)

Verdi, Simon Boccanegra: Soloists, Orquesta Sinfonica de Madrid. Coro Intermezzo. Conductor: Jesús López Cobos. Teatro Real de Madrid. 28.7.2010. (JMI)

Longborough Festival Opera 2010 –Wagner, Die Walküre  : (New production) Soloists, Longborough Festival Opera Orchestra, conducted by Anthony Negus, 27.7.2010 (JPr)

Münchner Opernfestspiele 2010 – Wagner, Lohengrin:
Soloists, Bayerisches Orchester. Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper. Conductor: Kent Nagano. 25.7.2010. (JMI)

Weill, Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny:
Soloists, Orchester und Chor des Staatstheaters am Gärtnerplatz Conductor: David Stahl. Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz (Munich). 24. 7.2010. (JMI)

Caramoor Center for the Arts 2010(2) – Donizetti, Maria Di Rohan: Semi-Staged. Soloists, Orchestra of St. Lukes, and Caramoor Festival Chorus. Conductor: Will Crutchfield, Katonah, New York 24.7.2010 (LS)

New Devon Opera 2010 – Verdi, La Traviata
:
(In English) Soloists, New Devon Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Paul Foster (conductor) Ugbrooke House, Chudleigh, Devon UK, 24.7.2010 (BK)

Berio, ‘Recital I’ and Benjamin, ‘Into the Little Hill:’ Soloists, London Sinfonietta, Franck Ollu (conductor). Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 24.7.2010 (MB)


Münchner Opernfestspiele 2010 - Strauss, Die Schweigsame Frau: Soloists,  Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper Conductor: Kent Nagano. Prinzregententheater.23.7.2010. (JMI)

Münchner Opernfestspiele 2010 - Verdi, Don Carlo:  Soloists, Bayerisches Staatsorchester. Chor und Extrachor der Bayerischen Staatsoper. Conductor: Marco Armiliato. Nationaltheater.22. 7.2010. (JMI)


Münchner Opernfestspiele 2010 - Donizetti, L’Elisir d’Amore: Soloists, Bayerisches Staatsorchester. Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper. Conductor: Juraj Valcuha. Nationaltheater, Munich 21.7.2010. (JMI)

Mozart, Die Zauberflöte:
Soloists, Orchester und Chor Staatstheaters am Gärtnerplatz. Conductor: Henrik Nanasi. Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz , Munich 20.7.2010. (JMI).

Münchner Opernfestspiele 2010 - Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Bayerisches Staatsorchester. Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper. Conductor: Marco Armiliato. Nationatheater, Munich 19. 7.2010. (JMI)

Jette Parker Young Artists Programme Summer Performance:
Soloists, the Orchestra of Royal Opera House; Robin Stapleton, Dominic Grier and Steven Moore (conductors). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London 17.7.2010 (JPr)

Verdi, Simon Boccanegra: Soloists, Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid. Coro Intermezzo. Conductor: Jesús López Cobos. Teatro Real de Madrid. 17.7.2010 (JMI)

Donizetti, Belisario at Buenos Aires Lírica : Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Buenos Aires Lírica, Conductor: Javier Logioia Orbe. Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 16.7.2010 (JSJ)

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts 2010 (1)  - Bellini, Norma:  Semi-Staged. Soloists, Orchestra of St. Lukes, and Caramoor Festival Chorus, Conductor: Will Crutchfield, Katonah, New York  16.7.2010 (LS)

Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Colón. Conductor: John Neschling, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 13.7.2010. (JSJ)

Mascagni, Cavalleria Rusticana / Leoncavallo, I Pagliacci: Soloists, Hamburg State Opera Orchestra and Chorus,Simone Young, conductor, 9.7.2010 (BM)

Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Conductor: Yves Abel. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 8.7.2010 (JPr)

Buxton Festival 2010 - Verdi, Cornelius and Mozart/Page: A report by Robert J Farr (RJF)

Opera Holland Park – Mozart, Don Giovanni:
Soloists, Opera Holland Park Chorus, City of London Sinfonia, Robert Dean (conductor). Opera Holland Park, London, 6.7.2010 (MB)

Opera Holland Park 2010 - Beethoven, Fidelio: Soloists, City of London Sinfonia, Peter Robinson (conductor). Holland Park, London, 5.7.2010 (MB)
 

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