Spain Handel, Jephtha (concert performance): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Il Pomo d’Oro / Francesco Corti (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 1.5.2025. (JMI)
Handel’s Jephtha is presented for the first time in Madrid’s Teatro Real
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Federica Lombardi shines in a first-class production of Le nozze di Figaro from The Met: Live in HD
United States Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Metropolitan Opera, New York / Joana Mallwitz (conductor), Metropolitan Opera, New York, performance of 26.4.2025, seen at Avenue Cinema, Belfast, 30.4.2025. (RB)
An excellent revival of Salieri’s Il mondo alla rovescia in Salzburg
Austria Salieri, Il mondo alla rovescia: Soloists, Chorus and Supplementary Chorus of the Salzburg Landestheater, Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra / Carlo Benedetto Cimento (conductor). Salzburg Landestheater, 30.4.2025. (MB)
A first revival of Scottish Ballet’s The Crucible proves it is a bankable classic
United Kingdom Scottish Ballet’s The Crucible: Dancers and Orchestra of Scottish Ballet / Daniel Parkinson (conductor). Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 1.5.2025. (SRT)
Beneath different veils: Claus Guth’s Salome at the Metropolitan Opera
United States Richard Strauss, Salome: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Metropolitan Opera, New York, 29.4.2025. (ES-S)
A thoughtful and well performed production of Eugene Onegin in Innsbruck
Austria Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, Actors, Chorus and Extra Chorus of the Tiroler Landestheater, Tiroler Symphonieorchester Innsbruck / Matthew Toogood (conductor). Tiroler Landestheater, Innsbruck, 26.4.2025. (MB)
Eleonora Buratto was an outstanding Cio-Cio-San in Berlin Philharmonic’s exceptional Madama Butterfly
Germany Puccini, Madama Butterfly (concert performance): Soloists, Rundfunkchor Berlin (chief conductor: Gijs Leenaars), Berliner Philharmoniker / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Broadcast live from the Berlin Philharmonie (directed by Michael Beyer) on the Digital Concert Hall, 27.4.2025. (JPr)
The English Concert hits all the right notes gloriously with Handel’s Giulio Cesare in Berkeley
United States Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto: Soloists and orchestra of The English Concert / Harry Bicket (artistic director and harpsichord). Cal Performances, Zellerbach Hall, University of California Berkeley, 27.4.2025. (HS)
