United States Maecenas XXXVI – Mask-erade: Pittsburgh Opera’s Resident Artists, Natalie Bencivenga (host). A special online event from Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh, 14.6.2020. (RP)
Broadcasts and Film
Pappano and gifted soloists reanimate the spirit of the Royal Opera House and remember those we have lost
United Kingdom Various composers, Live from Covent Garden: Louise Alder (soprano), Gerald Finley (bass-baritone), Toby Spence (tenor), Francesca Hayward and Cesar Corrales (dancers), Vasko Vassilev (violin), Sir Antonio Pappano (piano), Anita Rani (presenter). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 13.6.2020. (JPr)
At the lockdown barre: The Royal Ballet in an #OurHousetoYourHouse 2005 La Fille mal gardée
United Kingdom Ferdinand Hérold (arr. John Lanchbery), La Fille mal gardée: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Anthony Twiner (conductor). 2.2.2005 performance reviewed as an Our House to Your House stream on 12.6.2020. (JPr)
Paris in summer lockdown: Philharmonia’s backstage antics on TV and Claus Guth’s sci-fi La bohème
France Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Choruses, and Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor). 12.12.2017 performance at the Opéra Bastille, Paris, replayed and reviewed on 10.6.2020. (JPr)
You will not see and hear their like again: Verrett, Pavarotti, and MacNeil in a 1978 Met Tosca
United States Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / James Conlon (conductor). Performance of 18.12.1978 and reviewed a Nightly Met Opera Stream on 5.6.2020. (JPr)
Bryn Terfel and Hannah Stone are found ‘at home’ in Grange Park Opera’s stellar recital
United Kingdom Grange Park Opera’s Found Season – The Son of a Farmer (Staying at Home): Sir Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) and Hannah Stone (harp). Reviewed on 6.6.2020. (JPr)
Excellent, eclectic, and engaging Monday Concert Live Stream – the Ninth – from Bavarian State Opera
Germany Ninth Monday Concert: Soloists of the Bavarian State Ballet and Bavarian State Orchestra, Günther Groissböck (bass), Gerold Huber (piano), Live stream from the Bavarian State Opera, Munich, 1.6.2020. (MMB)
Opera Philadelphia’s Digital Festival O concludes with Breaking the Waves
United States Mazzoli, Breaking the Waves: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera Philadelphia / Steven Osgood (conductor), Opera Philadelphia, Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia. 29.9.2016 performance reviewed as part of Digital Festival O. (RP)
