A Storybook Cendrillon from Laurent Pelly
04/12/2018
Rossini, Cendrillon (Cinderella): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Lyric Opera of Chicago / Sir Andrew Davis (conductor). Civic Opera House, Chicago, 1.12.2018. (JLZ)
Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Cendrillon © Todd Rosenberg
A Lively, Enthusiastic Young Cast for the RCM’s Figaro
04/12/2018
Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Royal College of Music Opera Chorus (chorus master: Leanne Singh-Levett) and Orchestra / Michael Rosewell (conductor). Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, London, 30.11.2018. (MB)
Kosky’s Thought-Provoking Royal Opera Carmen Returns to Covent Garden
02/12/2018
Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Keri-Lynn Wilson (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 30.11.2018. (CC)
Gaëlle Arquez (Carmen) (c) Bill Cooper
Bayerische Staatsoper’s Traditional Così Staging Continues to Please
02/12/2018
Mozart, Così fan tutte: Bayerische Staatsoper Chorus and Orchestra / Ivor Bolton (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 29.11.2018. (JMI)
Così fan tutte (c) Bayerische Staatsoper
Kirill Petrenko and Anja Harteros Are Magnificent in the Staatsoper’s Otello
30/11/2018
Verdi, Otello: Bayerische Staatsoper Chorus and Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 28.11.2018. (JMI)
Anja Harteros & Jonas Kaufmann in Otello © W. Hösl
My Caccini Runneth Over
29/11/2018
The Morgan Library and Museum in partnership with the Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Opera Series – Francesca Caccini, La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall’Isola d’Alcina: Soloists, Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble, Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble (Robert Mealy [concertmaster]) / Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs (music directors), Gilder Lehrman Hall of the Morgan Library and Museum, New York City, 26.11.2018. (CP)
BEMF’s La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall’Isola d’Alcina (c) Kathy Wittman
Bayerische Staatsoper Triumphs in a Revival of Their Production of Jenůfa
29/11/2018
Janáček, Jenůfa: Bayerische Staatsoper Chorus and Orchestra / Simone Young (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 27.11.2018. (JMI)
Karita Mattila (Kostelnička) & Sally Matthews (Jenůfa)
(c) Bayerische Staatsoper
Bolshoi Ballet’s UK Cinema Season Features a Magical Don Quixote
29/11/2018
Bolshoi Ballet 2018/19 UK Cinema Season – Don Quixote: Soloists and corps de ballet of Bolshoi Ballet, Bolshoi Orchestra / Pavel Sorokin (conductor). Screened at the Hospital Club, London, 26.11.2018. (JPr)
Ekaterina Krysanova (Kitri) (c) Damir Yusupov.
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