2024 – Seen and Heard International

English National Ballet’s must-see Giselle revival will give you a touch of the Wilis

13/01/2024 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom English National Ballet’s Giselle: Dancers of English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gavin Sutherland (principal guest conductor). London Coliseum, London. 11.1.2024. (JPr)

Aitor Arrieta (Albrecht) amd Katja Khaniukova (Giselle) in Act II © Laurent Liotardo

Jenůfa is a great opera given a great musical performance by Rattle, his singers and the LSO

13/01/2024 by Agnes Kory

United Kingdom Janáček, Jenůfa (concert performance): Soloists, London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Barbican, London, 11.1.2024. (AK)

LSO’s *Jenůfa*: Aleš Briscein (Laca) and Nicky Spence (Števa) © Mark Allan

Llŷr Williams’s Wigmore Hall Schumann shows he is equally adept in virtuoso and lyrical writing

14/01/202413/01/2024 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom R. Schumann: Llŷr Williams (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 12.1.2024. (CC)

Anna Prohaska and Phantasm’s stunning Byrd and English Song at Wigmore Hall

12/01/2024 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Byrd Compared: Byrd and English Song: Anna Prohaska (soprano), Phantasm (Laurence Dreyfus [treble viol/director], Jonathan Manson, Emilia Benjamin [tenor viols], Markku Luolajan-Mikkola [bass viol]). Wigmore Hall, London, 10.01.2024. (CC)

Anna Prohaska (soprano) performs with Phantasm © The Wigmore Hall Trust, 2024

Finely sung revival of Damiano Michieletto’s Jenůfa at Berlin’s Staatsoper Unter den Linden

11/01/2024 by Mark Berry

Germany Janáček, Jenůfa: Soloists, Staatsopernchor Berlin, Staatskapelle Berlin / Axel Kober (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 7.1.2024. (MB)

Staatsoper Berlin’s *Jenůfa* (2021 premiere) © Bernd Uhlig

Regents Opera present Siegfried in London’s Freemasons’ Hall on 4, 7 and 10 February 2024

12/02/202410/01/2024 by AUTHOR

Regents Opera forge forward with the third instalment of their ambitious Ring cycle –
Siegfried

Peter Furlong stars as Siegfried alongside Catharine Woodward as Brünnhilde and Holden Madagame as Mime.

Ralf Lukas takes up the role of the Wanderer following the untimely passing of Keel Watson.

The story of the Ring continues in The Grand Temple, Freemasons’ Hall, Covent Garden, February 2024 – Sunday 4th, Wednesday 7th, Saturday 10th.

This innovative production is performed in the round and specially arranged for a 23-piece orchestra, conducted by Ben Woodward.

A lovely concert of French music from Preussens Hofmusik in Berlin

11/01/202409/01/2024 by Mark Berry

Germany Naudot, L. and F. Couperin, Boismortier, and Bernier: Regina Koncz (soprano), Preussens Hofmusik (Thomas Beyer [flute], Laura Volkwein, Jueyoung Yang [violins], Otto Tolonen [viola da gamba]) / Matthias Wilke (harpsichord/director). Apollosaal, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 7.1.2024. (MB)

Saffron Opera Group’s Le nozze di Figaro at Saffron Hall on 25 February 2024

09/01/2024 by AUTHOR

SAFFRON OPERA GROUP IN THEIR TENTH ANNIVERSARY SEASON PRESENT MOZART’S SPARKLING COMEDY LE NOZZE DI FIGARO with a cast of internationally renowned stars and rising talents on Sunday 25 February 2024, at 2.30pm

After a dazzling and highly lauded performance of Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier earlier in 2023, Saffron Opera Group (SOG) now turns its attention to the comedy which provided a major source of inspiration for Strauss: Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro. Having already had huge success with Così fan tutte and Don Giovanni, SOG thus now completes the cycle of the of the three ‘Da Ponte Operas’ (so named after their librettist Lorenzo da Ponte) and is delighted to announce the return of many audience-favourite singers – and some shining new talents – to their cast.

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