SINCE 1999 A LIVE REVIEW SITE FOR OPERA, BALLET, CONCERTS, THEATRE , BROADCASTS AND FILMS
Collected opera and ballet reviews
United Kingdom Offenbach, Barkouf (concert performance): Soloists, Chorus of English National Opera, RNCM Opera Chorus, The Hallé / Paul Daniel (conductor). Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 4.10.2026. (PH)
United Kingdom English National Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty: Soloists, Dancers of English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Maria Seletskaja (conductor). Filmed (directed by Ross MacGibbon) at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on 28 June 2025 and available in UK cinemas from 13.9.2026. (JPr) ***
Germany Gaspare Spontini, La Vestale: Staatsopernchor, Staatskapelle Berlin / Carlo Rizzi (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, 26.9.2026. (AB)
United Kingdom Ballet Nights 012: 3rd Birthday Programme: Cadogan Hall, London, 28.9.2026. (JO’D)
United States Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra / Ramón Tebar (conductor). Metropolitan Opera, New York, 27.9.2026. (RP)
United Kingdom Oxford International Opera – Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Oxford International Opera Chorus, Radley College Choristers, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra / Marios Papadopoulos (conductor). New Theatre, Oxford, 24.9.2026. (CR)
United States Musgrave, Mary, Queen of Scots: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera / Clelia Cafiero (conductor). War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 26.9.2026. (HS)
United Kingdom English National Ballet’s Rhythm Riot (choreography by George Balanchine, Jae Man Joo and Micaela Taylor): Dancers of English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Maria Seletskaja (conductor). Sadler’s Wells, London, 24.9.2026. (JO’D)
