Switzerland Donizetti, L’elisir d’amore: Soloists, Philharmonia Zurich / Nikolas Nägele (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich, 23.10.2020. (JR)
Disappointing Covid version of L’elisir d’amore at Zurich Opera
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Cal Performances’s Real Enemies: virtuosic music propels a disquieting dive into conspiracy theories
United States Darcey James Argue, Real Enemies: Secret Society band / Darcy James Argue (conductor). Produced exclusively for Cal Performances at Home (available on demand through 19.1.2021) and streamed first on 21.10.2020. (HS)
Baruch Performing Arts Center presents dwb (driving while black) – a story of motherhood and race
United States Kander, dwb (driving while black): Roberta Gumbel (soprano), New Morse Code, Baruch Performing Arts Center and Opera Omaha. Performance recorded at Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, Kansas, and viewed on YouTube. (RP)
Revelatory singing by Anja Kampe in Munich’s revival of Wozzeck
United Kingdom Berg, Wozzeck: Soloists, Chorus and Children’s Chorus of Bavarian State Opera (Chorus master: Stellario Fagone), Bavarian State Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Bavarian State Opera, Munich, 14.10.2020. (ALL)
Creativity and compassion from Pittsburgh Festival Opera in Opera Without Walls
United States Opera Without Walls: Various artists, Pittsburgh Festival Opera, streaming from Pittsburgh on YouTube. 14.10.2020 (RP)
François Girard’s static, drab, and unevenly cast Met Der fliegende Holländer
United States Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Valery Gergiev (conductor). Performance recorded on 10.3.2020 (directed by Gary Halvorson) and reviewed as Met Opera on Demand. (JPr)
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In cinemas soon Three Tenors: Voices for Eternity is a fascinating celebration of Rome 1990
Germany Three Tenors: Voices for Eternity – 30th Anniversary Event: a film (90 mins) from C Major Entertainment and Signed Media Produktion and screened by Cinema Live in the UK and selected places in Europe from 6 October with Australia and New Zealand to follow on 22 October. (JP)
Hugely inventive Jan Philipp Gloger production of Die Csárdásfürstin at Zurich Opera
Switzerland Kálmán, Die Csárdásfürstin: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Lorenzo Viotti (conductor). Zurich Opera, Zurich, 25.9.2020. (JR)
