April 2025 – Page 6 – Seen and Heard International

Vladimir Morávek’s colourfully surreal Prague Die Zauberflöte is a spectacular triumph

21/04/2025 by Gregor Tassie

Czech Republic Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Prague Children’s Chorus and Acrobatic group Long Vehicle Circus, Chorus and Orchestra of the National Divadlo Theatre / Jaroslav Kyzlink (conductor). Estates Theatre, Prague, 13.4.2025. (GT)

*Die Zauberflöte* © Narodni Divadlo Prague

Met’s stars align for a delightful, effervescent Il barbiere di Siviglia revival

20/04/2025 by Rick Perdian

United Kingdom Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Giacomo Sagripanti (conductor). Metropolitan Opera, New York, 15.4.2025. (RP)

Alexander Vinogradov (Don Basilio) © Marty Sohl/Met Opera

Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Mussorgsky’s Khovanshchina at the Salzburg Easter Festival

19/04/2025 by Antoine Lévy-Leboyer

Austria Osterfestspiele Salzburg 2025 – Mussorgsky, Khovanshchina: Soloists, Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Bachchor Salzburg, Salzburger Festspiele and Theater Kinderchor, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 12.4.2025. (AL-L)

*Khovanshchina* at the Salzburg Easter Festival 2025 © Inés Bacher

Suitably dramatic and contemplative St John Passion from the AAM at the Barbican

22/04/202519/04/2025 by John Rhodes

United Kingdom Bach, St John Passion: Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Helen Charlston (alto), Nicholas Mulroy (Evangelist, tenor), Dingle Yandell (Jesus, bass), Ed Lyon (arias, tenor), Jonathan Brown (Pilate, bass), Academy of Ancient Music / Laurence Cummings (director and harpsichord). Barbican Hall, London, 18.4.2025. (JR)

Laurence Cummings directs the Academy of Ancient Music © Mark Allan/AAM

Les Arts Florissants’s perfect selection of Charpentier’s works, beautifully performed

18/04/2025 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Leçons de Ténébres: Les Arts Florissants / William Christie (director/organ) with Ilja Aksionov (tenor) and Padraic Rowan (bass-baritone). Wigmore Hall, London, 16.4.2025. (CC)

Les Arts Florissants at the Wigmore Hall (front l-r, William Christie, Padraic Rowan and Ilja Aksionov) © Sisi Burn

Ólafsson at Wigmore Hall: Bach’s Goldberg Variations take wing and end with a prayer

17/04/2025 by Christopher Sallon

United Kingdom JS Bach: Vikingur Ólafsson (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 13.4.2025. (CSa)

The Vajda-Bartók double bill at Hungarian State Opera was truly magical

18/04/202517/04/2025 by Agnes Kory

Hungary Vajda, Mario and the Magician / Bartók, Bluebeard’s Castle: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera / János Kovács (conductor), Hungarian State Opera, Budapest, 9.4.2025. (AK)

Gábor Bretz as Cipolla in *Mario and the Magician* © Szilvia Csibi

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: see it on tour and let your imagination do most of the work

18/04/202516/04/2025 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (based on the novel by C. S. Lewis): Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 15.4.2025. (JPr)

Kudzai Mangombe (Lucy), Stanton Wright (Aslan) and Joanna Adaran (Susan) © Brinkhoff/Moegenburg

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