Spain Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Real / Ivor Bolton (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 27 & 28.4.2022. (JMI)
Teatro Real’s well-sung but sometimes disappointing production of Le nozze di Figaro
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Calixto Bieito’s Vienna Tristan is Wagner, Richard, but not as we know it!
Austria Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Philippe Jordan (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Anna Gettel) from Vienna State Opera, 27.4.2022. (JPr)
Theatrical excess spoils an otherwise well-sung and played Der fliegende Holländer in Mannheim
Germany Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Nationaltheater Mannheim / Jordan de Souza (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Florian Breuer) on 24.4.2022 from the Nationaltheater Mannheim (available on YouTube and OperaVision until 24.10.2022). (JPr)
Lisette Oropesa seems unsurpassable in a strongly sung revival of Lucia di Lammermoor in Vienna
Austria Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Evelino Pidò (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Jasmina Eleta) from Vienna State Opera, 24.4.2022. (JPr)
Vincent Huguet’s admirably sung Berlin Don Giovanni has an air of missed opportunity
Germany Berlin Festtage [5] – Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Staatsopernchor Berlin (chorus master: Martin Wright), Staatskapelle Berlin / Thomas Guggeis (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, 17.4.2022. (MB)
Barrie Kosky’s exuberant, all-singing, all-dancing Orpheus at the Komische Oper
Germany Monteverdi (arr. Kats-Chernin), L’Orfeo: Soloists, Dancers, Chorus (chorus master: David Caevlius) and Orchestra of the Komische Oper / Matthew Toogood (conductor). Komische Oper, Berlin, 16.4.2022. (MB)
Thoughts for today but going back in time with Otto Schenk’s vintage Der Rosenkavalier at Vienna State Opera
Austria R. Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Philippe Jordan (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Dominik Kepczynski) from Vienna State Opera, 17.4.2022. (JPr)
Così fan tutte is more confused and confusing Mozart in Berlin
Germany Berlin Festtage [4] – Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists, Staatsopernchor Berlin (chorus master: Martin Wright), Staatskapelle Berlin / Giuseppe Mentuccia (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 14.4.2022 (MB)
