United States Handel, Partenope: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Real / Ivor Bolton (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 15 & 16.11.2021. (JMI)
An uneven presentation of Handel’s Partenope at the Teatro Real
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Sheer musicality and voices make Handel’s Alcina glow in a Berkeley concert
United States Handel, Alcina (concert performance): Soloists, The English Concert / Harry Bicket (conductor, harpsichord). Presented by Cal Performances, Zellerbach Hall, University of California Berkeley, 7.11.2021. (HS)
Get sucked into Gerald Barry’s musical vortex by this new film of Alice’s Adventures Under Ground
Ireland Gerald Barry’s Alice’s Adventures Under Ground: Irish Chamber Orchestra / André de Ridder (conductor). Filmed (directed by Hugh O’Conor) at the National Opera House, Wexford and streaming (click here) from 5.11 to 5.12.2021. (JPr)
Michelle Bradley’s Liù is a highlight of the Met’s current revival of Turandot
United States Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Metropolitan Opera, New York, 29.10.2021. (RP)
Elīna Garanča’s dominant role debut as the Princesse de Bouillon in Vienna’s Adriana Lecouvreur
Austria Cilea, Adriana Lecouvreur: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Asher Fisch (conductor). Livestreamed from Vienna State Opera on 29.10.2021 (directed by Dominic Kepczynski) and on demand for a limited time. (JPr)
Valery Gergiev gives a terrific Mariinsky performance of Semyon Kotko Prokofiev’s neglected masterpiece
Russian Federation Prokofiev, Semyon Kotko: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre / Valery Gergiev (conductor). Mariinsky II, St Petersburg, 23.10.2021. (GT)
Dream cast and Sir Antonio Pappano’s conducting are highlights of the Met’s Die Meistersinger revival
United States Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor), Metropolitan Opera, New York, 26.10.2021. (RP)
LA Opera glories in the music of Tannhäuser
United States Wagner, Tannhäuser: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / James Conlon (conductor). Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 24.10.2021. (JRo)
