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2012-2013 Season Reviews

ROH

Das Rheingold Bryn Terfel, Sarah Conolly, Antonio Pappano
Die Walkure Bryn Terfel, Susan Bullock, Sarah Conolly, Eva Maria Wesbroek, John Tomlinson, Antonio Pappano
Siegfried Bryn Terfel, Susan Bullock, Stefan Vinke, Antonio Pappano
Gotterdammerung John Tomlinson, Susan Bullock, Stefan Vinke, Antonio Pappano
L'Elisir D'Amore Roberto Alagna, Aleksandra Kurzak, Ambrogio Maestri
Robert le Diable Bryan Hymel, Marina Poplavskaya, Patrizia Ciofi
The Minotaur John Tomlinson, Christine Rice
Eugene Onegin Krassimira Stoyanova, Simon Keenlyside, Kasper Holten
Written on Skin Barbara Hannigan, Christopher Purves, Bejun Mehta, George Benjamin
Tosca Kristine Opolais, Michael Volle, Yonghoon Lee
Nabucco Liudmyla Monastyrska, Leo Nucci
Die Zauberflöte Christopher Maltman, Ekaterina Siurina, Albina Shagimuratova, Brindley Sherratt
Don Carlo Jonas Kaufmann, Anja Harteros, Ferrucio Furlanetto, Antonio Pappano
Don Carlo take 2  as above, Lianna Haroutounian debut
La donna del lago Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Florez, Daniela Barcellona, Michael Spyres
The Importance of Being Ernest Alan Ewing, Ida Falk Winland, Britten Sinfonia
Gloriana Susan Bullock, Toby Spence, Paul Daniel
Simon Boccanegra Thomas Hampson, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Hibla Gerzmava, Antonio Pappano
La Rondine Angela Gheorghiu, Charles Castronovo, Marco Armiliato
Britten Canticles Ian Bostridge, Iestyn Davies
Capriccio Renée Fleming, Christian Gerhaher, Peter Rose, Bo Skovhus, Andrew Davis
Capriccio take 2 cast as above


ENO

Julietta Peter Hoare, Edward Gardner
Die Zauberflote Duncan Rock, Elena Xanthoudakis
Carmen Ruxandra Donose, Calixto Bieito production
La Traviata Peter Konwitschny production
Medea Sarah Connolly, Brindley Sherratt, Roderick Williams
Wozzeck Leigh Melrose, Sara Jakubiak, James Morris, Edward Gardner
Death in Venice John Graham-Hall, Edward Gardner

(The Pilgrim's Progress and Julius Caesar also seen though not reviewed.)


Glyndebourne

Rusalka (Touring) Natasha Jouhl, Tatiana Pavlovkaya

Ariadne auf Naxos Soile Isokoski, Laura Claycomb, Kate Lindsey, Thomas Allen, Vladimir Jurowski
Ariadne auf Naxos take 2 (as above)
Falstaff Laurent Naouri, Ailyn Pérez, Mark Elder
Hippolyte et Aricie Sarah Connolly, Stephane Degout, Christiane Karg, Ed Lyon, William Christie
Don Pasquale Danielle De Niese, Alessandro Corbello
Billy Budd Jacques Imbrailo, Brindley Sherratt, Mark Padmore, Andrew Davis

Other Opera

A Village Romeo and Juliet New London Orchestra
A Florentine Tragedy Jurowski with LPO
The Emperor of Atlantis ETO
Knussen Double Bill Barbican
The Tempest Met Opera Broadcast
L'incoronazione di Poppea Royal College of Music
L'Orfeo Silent Opera
Le Nozze di Figaro Guildhall
Cosi fan Tutte ETO
Simon Boccanegra ETO
L’assedio di Calais ETO
Eugene Onegin Royal Academy of Music 
Lulu WNO
Into the Little Hill Wigmore Hall
L'enfant et les sortileges Royal Academy of Music
The Lighthouse and Dido and Aeneas Royal Academy of Music
Owen Wingrave Guildhall
Lohengrin WNO
Capriccio Renée Fleming/Eschenbach Wiener Staatsoper
Roméo et Juillet Wiener Staatsoper
La Vie Parisienne Royal College of Music
Le pecheurs de perles and
L'elisir d'amor at Opera Holland Park

Concerts/Masterclasses

Jurowski with LPO play Strauss RFH
Ann Murray Masterclass RAM
Knussen at 60 Barbican
John Tomlinson Masterclass RAM
Renée Fleming Recital Barbican
More Strauss with Jurowski, Thomas Hampson and Karita Mattila The Rest is Noise series, RFH
Barbara Hannigan The Rest is Noise series, QEH
Joyce DiDonato Drama Queens Barbican
Pekka Kuusisto and Olli Mustonen Wigmore Hall
Mark Simpson Lindberg Concerto Maida Vale studios
Kalichsein/Laredo/Robinson Trio Wigmore Hall
Schumann/Janacek  Lewes Chamber Music Festival
Yo-Yo Ma with Michael Tilson Thomas (concert 1) Barbican



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