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OPERA REVIEW INDEX JANUARY - JUNE 2007


 

Wagner, Das Rheingold: new production Soloists, Longborough Festival Opera orchestra, Anthony Negus (conductor), Longborough 27.6.2007 (JPr)

Massenet,  Manon: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of The Gran Teatre del Liceu Conductor: Victor Pablo Pérez Liceu de Barcelona. 27.6.2007 (JMI)

Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier: San Francisco Opera, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 27.6.2007 (HS)

Manuel García, Il Califfo di Bagdad: Semi staged version. Les Talens Lyriques, Conductor:  Christophe Rousset. Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid. 26.6.2007. (JMI)

Richard Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos:
 (new production premiere) Soloists, Garsington Opera Orchestra, Elgar Howarth (conductor) Garsington Opera, 25.6.2007 (LD)

Mozart: ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ : Soloists, Orchestra of The Royal College of Music, cond. Michael Rosewell. The Royal College of Music Benjamin Britten International Opera School, London 25. 6.2007. (ME)

Bellini, I Puritani: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis,  Stephen Lord (conductor) Saint Louis, Missouri, 24.6. 2007 (LS)

Hellenic Festival 2007: Bizet , Carmen, Soloists, Greek National Opera Chorus and Orchestra; conductor: Lukas Karytinos,  Herod Atticus Theater,  Athens, 23.6. 2007 (BM)

Opera North on Tour: The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays, Salford, UK 19.6 -  23.6.2007 (RJF)

Leo Janáček, Katya Kabanova:
Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of The Royal Opera House, cond. Charles Mackerras. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 19.6.2007 (ME)

Beethoven, Fidelio:   Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, cond. Antonio Pappano. 14.6.2007 (JPr)

Aldeburgh Festival (1) Britten,  Death in Venice: Yoshi Oida (director), Tom Schenk (set designer), Paul Daniel (conductor), Britten-Pears Orchestra,  The Maltings, Snape, Aldeburgh, 11.06.2007 (AO)

Mozart, La clemenza di Tito:
Soloists; Chorus & Orchestra of English National Opera/Edward Gardner. London Coliseum, 8.6 2007 (CC)

Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, San Francisco Opera Orchestra / Donald Runnicles (conductor) War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco 5.6.2007 (PB)

Janáček ,  From the House of the Dead: Soloists,  Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Pierre Boulez (conductor)  Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, Holland 31. 5.2007 (AO)

Beethoven,  Fidelio:  Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, cond. Antonio Pappano. 30.5.2007  (ME)

Britten, Death in Venice:  English National Opera Orchestra and Chorus, cond. Edward Gardner, Ian Bostridge (Aschenbach), Peter Coleman-Wright (baritone roles), Iestyn Davies (Voice of Apollo), various soloists. English National Opera at the London Coliseum. 24.5.2007  (ME)

 Wagner, Die Walküre:  Soloists and orchestra of L'Opéra de Marseille (new production) Marseille, France.  23.5.2007 (MM)

Bartók and Weill at Welsh National Opera: (WNO premieres) Soloists and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Carlo Rizzi (conductor) Diversions Dance Company, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 23.5.2007 (BK)

Berlioz, La Damnation de Faust: (concert performance) Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Choristers of Llandaff Cathedral Choir, Carlo Rizzi, conductor, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 19.05.2007 (GPu)

Handel, Giulio Cesare: Soloists, Concert  d'Astrée / Emanuelle Haïm, Opéra de Lille, 18.5.2007 (SL)

Purcell, King Arthur  or The British Worthy: Brighton Festival  2007  Soloists, Orchestra of the Baroque, Christopher Monks (harpsichord continuo/musical director) Theatre Royal, Brighton 17.5.2007 (DW)

José Maria Sánchez-Verdú, El viaje a Simorgh : (Premiere) Soloists, Coro y Orquestra Titular del Teatro Real, Gelabert-Azzopardi Companyia de Dansa, Experimentalstudio für akustische Kunst e.V. Freiburg, Jesús López Cobos, conductor, Teatro Real, Madrid, 15.05.2007 (GPu)

Charles Gounod, Mireille: production from the Opéra de Nice.  Soloists, chorus and orchestra of the Opéra Toulon Provence Méditerranée; Toulon, France.  15.05. 2007 (MM

Mozart , Così fan tutte at the Royal Stockholm Opera ( New Production)  12.5.2007(GF)

 Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of  Welsh National Opera, Michal Klauza (conductor) Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff 11.05.2007 (MS)

Debussy,  Pelléas et Mélisande:  Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor) Royal Opera, London 11.05.2007 (AO)

Puccini, La Bohème:  Seattle Opera, soloists, cond. Vjekoslav Sutej, dir. Jose Maria Condemi, set designer Pier Luigi Pizzi, costume designer Martin Pakledinaz, lighting designer Thomas C. Hase, Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle, 5.5 & 8.5.2006 (BJ)

Bizet, The Pearlfishers:  Soloists,  orchestra and chorus of Opera Boston, Gil Rose (conductor), Boston, Massachusetts, 8.05.2007 (LS)

John Adams, Nixon in China:  Greek National Opera revival of ENO Production at Athens Concert Hall  GNO Orchestra – Conductor: David Parry, 28.4. 2007 (BM)

Carlisle Floyd, Susannah: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Arizona Opera, Joel Rivzen (conductor) Tucson Music Hall 28-9.4.2007  (NdV)

Britten, Owen Wingrave:
Soloists, Players of the City of London, Rory Macdonald (conductor) Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, London, 27.04.2007 (AO)