Newsletter – Page 44 – Seen and Heard International

Operalia 2024 in Mumbai: a mixed bag

26/10/202424/09/2024 by Jiten Merchant

India Operalia 2024: Various composers and soloists, Symphony Orchestra of India / Plácido Domingo and Kamal Khan (conductors), Jamshed Bhabha Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai, 21.9.2024. (JSM)

Conductors Plácido Domingo and Kamal Khan and participants of Operalia 2024

Madame Butterfly meets Hollywood film set at the LA Opera

26/10/202423/09/2024 by Jane Rosenberg

United States Puccini, Madame Butterfly: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / James Conlon (conductor). Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 21.9.2024. (JRo)

Jonathan Tetelman (Pinkerton) and Karah Son (Cio-Cio-San) © Cory Weaver

Gothenburg Opera’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a heartwarming and colourful fantasy

26/10/202423/09/2024 by Niklas Smith

Sweden Roald Dahls Charlie och chokladfabriken (Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory): Soloists and ensemble of Gothenburg Opera / Michael England (conductor). Gothenburg Opera main stage, 21.9.2024. (NS)

[l-r] Violet Beauregarde (Amanda Lindgren), Augustus Gloop (Robert Sillberg), Mrs Gloop (Carina Söderman), Veruca Salt (Julia Carlström), Willy Wonka (Ola Salo), Mike Teavee (Oskar H Olsson) and Mrs Teavee (Åsa Fång) © Lennart Sjöberg

Admire the fine singing of a rather questionable Komische Oper Messiah staging

26/10/202423/09/2024 by Mark Berry

Germany Handel, Messiah: Soloists, Choral Soloists and Project Chorus of the Komische Oper, Orchestra of the Komische Oper / George Petrou (conductor). Hangar 4, Tempelhof Airport, Berlin, 21.9.2024. (MB)

Komische Oper’s *Messiah* © Jan Windszus Photography

Eugene Onegin is another triumph for Northern Ireland Opera

26/10/202421/09/2024 by Robert Beattie

United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Northern Ireland Opera / Dominic Limburg (conductor). Grand Opera House, Belfast, 17.9.2024. (RB)

Northern Ireland Opera’s *Eugene Onegin* © Neil Harrison Photography

Unusual pairing of Prokofiev and Schoenberg from Lahav Shani and the Berlin Philharmonic

26/10/202420/09/2024 by Mark Berry

Germany Prokofiev and Schoenberg: Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Lahav Shani (conductor). Philharmonie Berlin, 19.9.2024. (MB)

Lahav Shani conducts cellist Alisa Weilerstein and the BPO © Monika Rittershaus

Final Barbican season opener from Pappano and the LSO goes off with a bang

26/10/202420/09/2024 by John Rhodes

United Kingdom Szymanowski, Chopin, Mahler: Yuja Wang (piano), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 19.9.2024. (JR)

Pianist Yuja Wang performs with the LSO conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano © Mark Allan

A miraculous Wigmore Hall evening by The Mozartists, one that will not be forgotten for a long time

26/10/202420/09/2024 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Jommelli – a celebration: Fflur Wyn (soprano), Ambroisine Bré (mezzo-soprano), Hugo Brady (tenor), The Mozartists / Ian Page (conductor). Wigmore Hall, London, 18.9.2024. (CC)

Fflur Wyn (soprano) and Ambroisine Bré (mezzo-soprano) © Ben Ealovega

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