Chelsea Opera Group present Édouard Lalo’s Le Roi d’Ys, a concert performance in French at the Cadogan Hall, London on Sunday 30 March 6.30pm
Month: February 2025
Cranko’s choreographic language in his Paris Onegin makes each of the characters vivid
France John Cranko’s Onegin: Dancers of Paris Opera Ballet, Orchestra of the Paris National Opera / Vello Pähn (conductor). Palais Garnier, Paris, 8.2.2025. (JO’D)
Dvořák’s Rusalka fairy-tale gets a spa setting in Osnabrück
Germany Dvořák, Rusalka: Soloists and Chorus of Theater Osnabrück, Osnabrücker Symphonieorchester / Andreas Hotz (conductor). Theater Osnabrück, 9.2.2025. (DM-D)
An extraordinarily successful Rheingold begins Regents Opera’s Ring cycle
United Kingdom Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists, Regents Opera Orchestra, Ben Woodward (conductor). York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, 9.2.2025. (MB)
Supreme artistry of Maisky, Argerich and Ivanov makes for rare and precious evening at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Bach, Haydn and Mendelssohn: Mischa Maisky (cello), Martha Argerich (piano) Yossif Ivanov (violin). Wigmore Hall, London. 6.2.2025. (CSa)
Desperate passion in Barrie Kosky’s enthralling Zurich Manon Lescaut
Switzerland Puccini, Manon Lescaut: Soloists, Extras Association of Zurich Opera, Zurich Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Zurich / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Zurich Opera, 8.2.2025. (MF)
Manchester Collective’s Hidden Mechanisms impresses at the Purcell Room
United Kingdom Leith, Werner, Miller, Mustonen – Hidden Mechanisms: Manchester Collective. Purcell Room, London, 9.2.2025. (CC)
Wu Han, Arnaud Sussman and David Finckel excel with Mendelssohn in Berkeley
United States Haydn, Shostakovich, Mendelssohn: Wu Han (piano), Arnaud Sussmann (violin), David Finckel (cello). Cal Performances, Hertz Hall, University of California Berkeley, 9.2.2025. (HS)
