International Opera – Seen and Heard International

Gassmann’s L’opera seria at La Scala is tremendous fun and a witty comedy of manners

09/04/2025 by Curtis Rogers

Italy Florian Leopold Gassmann’s L’opera seria: Soloists, Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Les Talens Lyriques / Christophe Rousset (conductor). Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 3.4.2025. (CR)

*L’opera seria* at La Scala Milan © Brescia e Amisano

Sonya Yoncheva as Iolanta headlines an exceptional cast in Vienna’s intriguing new production

07/04/2025 by Jim Pritchard

Austria Tchaikovsky, Iolanta: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera / Tugan Sokhiev (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ella Galliani) from Vienna State Opera, 6.4.2025. (JPr)

Sonya Yoncheva as Iolanta at the Vienna State Opera © Michael Pöhn/WS

Good singing overshadowed by the production in Hannover’s Tosca

08/04/202507/04/2025 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Germany Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus, Extra Chorus, Children’s Chorus and Extras of Staatsoper Hannover. Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester Hannover / James Hendry (conductor). Staatsoper Hannover, 30.3.2025. (DM-D)

Hannover Opera’s *Tosca* © Karl und Monika Forster

Hamburg State Opera’s Falstaff revival in its ‘Italian Opera Weeks’ is the ‘Best of British’

07/04/2025 by Simon Thompson

Germany Verdi, Falstaff: Soloists, Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper, Philharmonishces Staatsorchester Hamburg / Finnegan Downie Dear (conductor). Staatsoper Hamburg, 6.4.2025. (SRT)

Hamburg State Opera’s *Falstaff* © 2020 Monika Rittershaus

Hamburg State Opera’s Il trovatore revival with a disappointing cast and contentious production

07/04/202506/04/2025 by Simon Thompson

Germany Verdi, Il trovatore: Soloists, Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper, Philharmonishces Staatsorchester Hamburg / Paolo Arrivabeni (conductor). Staatsoper Hamburg, 5.4.2025. (SRT)

Hamburg State Opera’s *Il trovatore* © 2024 Brinkhoff/Mögenburg

Hamburg State Opera shows how the uniqueness of La fanciulla in Puccini’s output makes it treasurable

05/04/202504/04/2025 by Simon Thompson

Germany Puccini, La fanciulla del West: Soloists, Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper, Philharmonishces Staatsorchester Hamburg / Antonino Fogliani (conductor). Staatsoper Hamburg, 4.4.2025. (SRT)

A solid revival of La bohème at Lyric Opera of Chicago

03/04/202503/04/2025 by James Zychowicz

United States Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Uniting Voices Chicago, Chorus and Orchestra of Lyric Opera of Chicago / Jordan de Souza (conductor). Civic Opera House, Chicago, 28.3.2025. (JLZ)

Ailyn Pérez (Mimì) and Pene Pati (Rodolfo) in *La bohème* © Michael Brosilow

Joana Mallwitz leads a cast-driven Le nozze di Figaro revival at the Met

02/04/2025 by Edward Sava-Segal

United States Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Joana Mallwitz (conductor). Metropolitan Opera, New York, 31.3.2025. (ES-S)

Federica Lombardi (Countess Almaviva), Michael Sumuel (Figaro) and Olga Kulchynska (Susanna) © Evan Zimmerman/Met Opera

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