Germany Rebecca Saunders, Lash: Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin / Enno Poppe (conductor). Deutsche Oper Berlin, 20.6.2025. (MB)
Premiere of Rebecca Saunders’s first opera at the Deutsche Oper Berlin only partially fulfils expectations
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Kent Nagano’s superb Tristan und Isolde crowns his last appearance as Hamburg’s General Music Director
Germany Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists and Chorus of Hamburg State Opera, Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Kent Nagano (conductor). Hamburg, 15.6.2025. (DM-D)
Generally, it is a fine cast in Valencia’s Roberto Devereux though a disappointing production
Spain Donizetti, Roberto Devereux: Soloists, Generalitat Valenciana Chorus, Comunitat Valenciana Orchestra / Francesco Lanzillotta (conductor). Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 18.6.2025. (JMI)
An Idomeneo with visual depth and musical incisiveness from San Francisco Opera
United States Mozart, Idomeneo: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera / Eun Sun Kim (conductor). War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 14.6.2025. (HS)
BambinO: LA Opera Connects performs a charming mini-opera for babies
United States Lliam Paterson, BambinO: Artists of LA Opera Connects. West Hollywood Library, West Hollywood, 10.6.2025. (JRo)
Nature of Waves shapes the music and singing at the Bremen world premiere of Lampson’s new opera
Germany Lampson, Wellen: Soloists and Chorus of Theater Bremen, Bremer Philharmoniker / Yoel Gamzou (conductor). Theater Bremen, 5.6.2025. (DM-D)
The little OPERA theatre of ny reframes a Zemlinsky opera at BAM Fisher
United States ‘Zemlinskys Zimmer/ Zemlinsky’s Room’: Soloists, Orchestra of the little OPERA theatre of ny / Tiffany Chang (conductor). BAM Fisher, Brooklyn, 7.6.2025. (ES-S)
La bohème hits all the right notes at San Francisco Opera
United States Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera / Ramón Tebar (conductor). War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 3.6.2025. (HS)
