Belgium Hindemith, Cardillac: Soloists, Koor Opera Vlaanderen, Symfonisch Orkest Opera Vlaanderen / Dmitri Jurowski (conductor), Opera Vlaanderen, Antwerp Opera House, 10.2.2019. (SS)
Opera Vlaanderen’s New Cardillac Strikes Gold
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Geneva’s Grand Théâtre Reopens With Dieter Dorn’s Ring Revival
Switzerland Wagner, Der Ring des Nibelungen: – Soloists, Chœur du Grand Théâtre de Genève, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Georg Fritzsch (conductor). Grand Théâtre de Genève, 12 – 17.2.2019 (ALL)
Legrenzi’s La Divisione del Mondo in Strasbourg
France Legrenzi, La Divisione del Mondo (ed. Haselbock): Soloists, Les Talens Lyriques / Christophe Rousset (conductor). Opéra national du Rhin, Strasbourg, France, 16.2.2019. (CC)
Opera Philadelphia and Britten’s Dream: Magical Enough, If Not Inspired
United States Britten, A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Opera Philadelphia / Corrado Rovaris (conductor), Academy of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 10.2.2019. (BJ)
A Unified Verismo Cav and Pag Double Bill in Gothenburg
Sweden Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana and Leoncavallo, Pagliacci: Soloists and Chorus of Gothenburg Opera, extra chorus, Gothenburg Opera Orchestra / Pier Giorgio Morandi (conductor), Gothenburg Opera, 9.2.2019. (NS)
Mayer’s Las Vegas Rigoletto Sizzles at the Met on an Icy New York Night
United States Verdi, Rigoletto: Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Nicola Luisotti (conductor), Metropolitan Opera, New York, 12.2.2019. (RP)
Authentic and Gripping Dialogue des Carmélites in Stockholm
Sweden Poulenc, Dialogues des Carmélites: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Stockholm Opera / Marc Soustrot (conductor), Royal Stockholm Opera, 9.2.2019. (GF)
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World Premiere of Casablancas’s Intriguing L’enigma di Lea at the Liceu
Spain Benet Casablancas, L’enigma di Lea: Liceu Chorus and Orchestra / Josep Pons (conductor), Gran Theatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 10.2.2019. (JMI)
