April 2025 – Page 11 – Seen and Heard International

Sonya Yoncheva as Iolanta headlines an exceptional cast in Vienna’s intriguing new production

07/04/2025 by Jim Pritchard

Austria Tchaikovsky, Iolanta: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera / Tugan Sokhiev (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ella Galliani) from Vienna State Opera, 6.4.2025. (JPr)

Sonya Yoncheva as Iolanta at the Vienna State Opera © Michael Pöhn/WS

Angels and insects: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Los Angeles

07/04/202507/04/2025 by Jane Rosenberg

United States Various: Dancers of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 5.4.2025. (JRo)

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Lubovitch’s *Many Angels* © Paul Konik

Good singing overshadowed by the production in Hannover’s Tosca

08/04/202507/04/2025 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Germany Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus, Extra Chorus, Children’s Chorus and Extras of Staatsoper Hannover. Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester Hannover / James Hendry (conductor). Staatsoper Hannover, 30.3.2025. (DM-D)

Hannover Opera’s *Tosca* © Karl und Monika Forster

Hamburg State Opera’s Falstaff revival in its ‘Italian Opera Weeks’ is the ‘Best of British’

07/04/2025 by Simon Thompson

Germany Verdi, Falstaff: Soloists, Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper, Philharmonishces Staatsorchester Hamburg / Finnegan Downie Dear (conductor). Staatsoper Hamburg, 6.4.2025. (SRT)

Hamburg State Opera’s *Falstaff* © 2020 Monika Rittershaus

Hamburg State Opera’s Il trovatore revival with a disappointing cast and contentious production

07/04/202506/04/2025 by Simon Thompson

Germany Verdi, Il trovatore: Soloists, Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper, Philharmonishces Staatsorchester Hamburg / Paolo Arrivabeni (conductor). Staatsoper Hamburg, 5.4.2025. (SRT)

Hamburg State Opera’s *Il trovatore* © 2024 Brinkhoff/Mögenburg

Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC SO celebrate and continue the Boulez programming legacy

06/04/2025 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Berg and Debussy: Sophie Bevan (soprano), BBC Symphony Chorus (chorus master: Neil Ferris), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 4.4.2025. (MB)

Apollo’s Fire and vocalists find grace and glory in Bach’s Mass in B minor

06/04/2025 by Mark S Jordan

United States J. S. Bach, Mass in B minor: Rebecca Myers (soprano), Aryssa Leigh Burrs, Gabriela Estephanie Solís (mezzo-sopranos), Emily Marvosh (contralto), Jacob Perry (tenor), Edward Vogel (baritone), Charles Wesley Evans (baritone), Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrell (conductor). St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Akron, Ohio, 4.4.2025. (MSJ)

Jeannette Sorrell conducts Rebecca Myers (soprano), Gabriela Estephanie Solís (mezzo-soprano) and Apollo’s Fire © Apollo’s Fire

Hamburg State Opera shows how the uniqueness of La fanciulla in Puccini’s output makes it treasurable

05/04/202504/04/2025 by Simon Thompson

Germany Puccini, La fanciulla del West: Soloists, Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper, Philharmonishces Staatsorchester Hamburg / Antonino Fogliani (conductor). Staatsoper Hamburg, 4.4.2025. (SRT)

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