International Opera – Page 233 – Seen and Heard International

A Carmen That Delivers on All Counts

14/01/201712/12/2016 by Niklas Smith

Sweden Bizet, Carmen: Soloists and Chorus of Gothenburg Opera, dancers, children’s choir, Gothenburg Opera Orchestra / Karen Kamensek (conductor), Gothenburg Opera main stage, 25.11.2016 and 3.12.2016. (NS)

carmen1 — Katarina Giotas (Carmen) and (left to right) Joachim Bäckström (Don José), Ann-Kristin Jones (Mercédès), Mia Karlsson (Frasquita) and Anders Lorentzson (Zuniga) (c) Mats Bäcker

Mascagni and Hindemith Form an Unlikely Double Bill in Paris

28/12/201608/12/2016 by Mark Berry

France Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana, and Hindemith, Sancta Susanna: Soloists, Chorus (chorus master: José Luis Basso) and Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris / Carlo Rizzi (conductor). Opéra Bastille, Paris, 3.12.2016. (MB)

*Sancta Susanna* (c) Julien Benhamou /OnP

Iphigénie en Tauride Gluck’s Great Opera Thoughtfully Staged and Splendidly Sung in Paris

12/12/201606/12/2016 by Mark Berry

France Gluck, Iphigénie en Tauride: Soloists, Chorus (chorus master: Alessandro di Stefano) and Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris / Bertrand de Billy (conductor). Palais Garnier, Paris, 2.12.2016. (MB)

*Iphigénie en Tauride* © Guergana Damianova/OnP

Kirill Petrenko’s Magical Conducting and Anja Kampe’s Superb Voice Highlight This Shostakovich Opera

08/12/201606/12/2016 by José Irurzun

Germany Shostakovich, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District: Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus / Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 4.12.2016. (JMI)

Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District © W. Hösl — *Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District* © W. Hösl

An Uneven Turandot Weighed Down by an Excessive Production

15/12/201604/12/2016 by José Irurzun

Germany Puccini, Turandot: Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus / Dan Ettinger (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 3.12.2016. (JMI)

tur — *Turandot* © Bayerische Staatsoper

A Well-Staged and Well-Sung L’elisir d’amore in Munich

08/12/201603/12/2016 by José Irurzun

Germany Donizetti, L’elisir d’amore: Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus / Daniele Callegari (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 2.12.2016. (JMI)

*L’elisir d’amore* © Bayesrische Staatsoper

The Sting and Seduction of Tristan

03/12/201630/11/2016 by Jack Buckley

Italy Wagner, Tristan und Isolde (opening of 2016/17 season): Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro dell’Opera Rome / Daniele Gatti (conductor). Teatro dell’Opera Rome, 27.11.2016. (JB)

tristan-und-isolde-i-atto_rachel-nichollsisoldeandreas-schagertristan-y-kageyama-opera-roma16-17_3826-web — Rachel Nicholls (Isolde) & Andreas Schager (Tristan) (c) Y Kageyama

Curtis Opera Theatre Mounts Touching, Finely Sung Rape of Lucretia

04/12/201630/11/2016 by Bernard Jacobson

United States Britten, The Rape of Lucretia: Curtis Opera Theatre, Conner Gray Covington (conductor), Prince Theater, Philadelphia, 19.11.2016. (BJ)

curtis-opera-theatre-2 — Evan Johnson and Tiffany Townsend as the male chorus and female chorus
in the Curtis Opera Theatre’s *The Rape of Lucretia* (c) Cory Weaver

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