Curtis Rogers – Seen and Heard International

Gassmann’s L’opera seria at La Scala is tremendous fun and a witty comedy of manners

09/04/2025 by Curtis Rogers

Italy Florian Leopold Gassmann’s L’opera seria: Soloists, Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Les Talens Lyriques / Christophe Rousset (conductor). Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 3.4.2025. (CR)

*L’opera seria* at La Scala Milan © Brescia e Amisano

Sir Bryn Terfel was commanding in a vivid interpretation of Mendelssohn’s Elijah from Oxford Philharmonic

05/01/202504/12/2024 by Curtis Rogers

United Kingdom Mendelssohn, Elijah: Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha (soprano), Angharad Lyddon (mezzo-soprano), Belinda Gifford-Guy (treble), Trystan Llŷr-Griffiths (tenor), Sir Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Crouch End Festival Chorus, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra / John Lubbock (conductor). Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 1.12.2024. (CR)

Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra’s *Elijah* at the Sheldonian Theatre

Kupfer’s La Scala, Milan, Der Rosenkavalier is more thoughtful sophistication than brazen opulence

26/10/202423/10/2024 by Curtis Rogers

Italy Richard Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier: Soloists, Chorus and Treble Voices Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala Academy, Teatro alla Scala Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 19.10.2024. (CR)

Harry Kupfer’s *Der Rosenkavalier* © Brescia e Amisano

Garsington Opera’s A Trip to the Moon will have children and adults delight in the magic of live theatre

03/08/202402/08/2024 by Curtis Rogers

United Kingdom Garsington Opera 2024 [5] – Andrew Norman, A Trip to the Moon: Soloists, Garsington Opera Adult and Youth Companies, Primary and Infant School Companies, and Philharmonia Orchestra / Douglas Boyd (conductor). Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 30.7.2024. (CR)

Garsington Opera’s *A Trip to the Moon* © Julian Guidera

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Gassmann’s L’opera seria at La Scala is tremendous fun and a witty comedy of manners

Sir Bryn Terfel was commanding in a vivid interpretation of Mendelssohn’s Elijah from Oxford Philharmonic

Kupfer’s La Scala, Milan, Der Rosenkavalier is more thoughtful sophistication than brazen opulence

Garsington Opera’s A Trip to the Moon will have children and adults delight in the magic of live theatre

Garsington Opera’s impressively alert Un giorno di regno should keep you amused and absorbed

New Chamber Opera’s cast are excellent in Haydn’s La vera costanza which is effectively dramatic

David McVicar creates a vividly immediate and essentially realist setting for WNO’s new Il trittico

Garsington Opera’s new A Midsummer Night’s Dream, though atmospheric, lacks an overall concept