United Kingdom Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d: Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex. 28.11.2022. (JPr)
The Mirror Crack’d lacks real tension although Susie Blake’s Miss Marple is a comforting presence
Jim Pritchard
Tcherniakov’s Götterdämmerung in Berlin wipes the slate clean, though any message for us is unclear
Germany Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists, Staatsopernchor, Staatskapelle Berlin / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Filmed (directed by Andy Sommer) on 9.11.2022 at Staatsoper Unter den Linden but available until 17.2.2023 on ARTE Concert. (JPr)
Thielemann’s Siegfried is beautifully crafted as Tcherniakov explores the loss of childhood innocence
Germany Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Staatskapelle Berlin / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Filmed (directed by Andy Sommer) on 6.11.2022 at Staatsoper Unter den Linden but available until 17.2.2023 on ARTE Concert. (JPr)
Michael Volle’s Wotan dominates the diminishing returns of Dmitri Tcherniakov’s Berlin Die Walküre
Germany Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Staatskapelle Berlin / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Filmed (directed by Andy Sommer) on 3.10.2022 at Staatsoper Unter den Linden but available until 17.2.2023 on ARTE Concert. (JPr)
In Munich, Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella continues to confuse as much as it delights
Germany Prokofiev, Cinderella: Dancers of Bayerisches Staatsballett, Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Gavin Sutherland (conductor). Nationaltheater, Munich, 13.11.2022. (JPr)
The Royal Ballet’s A Diamond Celebration honours the Friends of the Royal Opera House
United Kingdom The Royal Ballet’s A Diamond Celebration marking 60 years of the Friends of the Royal Opera House: Dancers of the Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Koen Kessels (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ross MacGibbon) from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 16.11.2022. (JPr)
Sven-Eric Bechtolf’s Cardillac in Vienna is influenced by German Expressionist cinema
Austria Hindemith, Cardillac: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Cornelius Meister (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Jasmina Eleta) from Vienna State Opera, 13.11.2022. (JPr)
Ben Woodward sets off again on the Ring road with Regents Opera’s virtuosic orchestra and strong cast
United Kingdom Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists, Orchestra of Regents Opera / Benjamin Woodward (conductor). Grand Temple, Freemasons Hall, London, 13.11.2022. (JPr)
