MaÓtre ‡ danser: William Christie and Les Arts Florissants at the Barbican, London, presented a defining moment in Rameau performance practice, choreographed with a team of dancers.
Month: November 2014
The Met mounts a well sung but dramatically unconvincing ‘Carmen’
Should looks matter when casting the role of the iconic temptress for HD simulcast?
Maurice Greene’s Jephtha
Maurice Greene (1696-1755) had a highly successful musical career. Organist of St. Paul’s Cathedral, a position to which he was elected when he was just 22 years-old, he later became organist of the Chapel Royal, Professor of Music at the University of Cambridge and, from 1735, Master of the King’s Music.
Tosca in San Francisco
Yet another Tosca is hardly exciting news, if news at all. The current five performances have come just two years after SFO alternated divas Angela Gheorghiu and Patricia Racette in the title role.
Antonin Dvo?·k: The Cunning Peasant (äelma Sedl·k)
What an enjoyable opportunity to encounter Dvo?·k’s sixth opera, äelma Sedl·k∏or The Cunning Peasant!
Idomeneo, Royal Opera
Whether biblical parable or mythological moralising, it’s all the same really: human hubris, humility, sacrifice and redemption.
Donizetti’s Les Martyrs — Opera Rara, London
Opera Rara brought a rare performance of Donizetti’s first opera for the Paris Opera to the Royal Festival Hall on 4 November 2014, following recording sessions for the opera.
Luca Pisaroni in San Diego
Bass baritone, Luca Pisaroni, known to opera lovers throughout the world for his excellence in Mozart roles, offered San Diego vocal aficionados a double treat on October 28th: his mellifluous voice, and a recital of German songs.
La bohËme, ENO
Jonathan Miller’s production of La bohËme for ENO, shared with Cincinnati Opera, sits uneasily, at least as revived by Natascha Metherell, between comedy and tragedy.