International Opera

All opera reviews from sources other that the UK

Fine singing and a convincing production for Oldenburg’s Les contes d’Hoffmann

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GermanyGermany Offenbach, Les contes d’Hoffmann: Soloists, Chorus, Extra Chorus, Oldenburgisches Staatsorchester / Vito Cristofaro (conductor). Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, 6.5.2025. (DM-D)

Dorothee Bienert (Nicklausse/Muse) and Jason Kim (Hoffmann) © Stephan Walzl

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John Adams’s Antony and Cleopatra at the Met: relentlessly forward, less inward

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United StatesUnited States John Adams, Antony and Cleopatra: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra / John Adams (conductor). Metropolitan Opera, New York, 12.5.2025. (ES-S)

Gerald Finley (Antony) and Julia Bullock (Cleopatra) in Antony and Cleopatra © Karen Almond/Met Opera

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A Vienna Lohengrin that demanded to be heard and was also worth seeing

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AustriaAustria Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Extra Chorus, and Choir Academy, Stage Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Orchestra / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Vienna State Opera, Vienna, 1.5.2025 (MB)

Gottfried (child of the opera school) and Camilla Nylund (Elsa) © Michael Pöhn/WS

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Eye-catching Tristan und Isolde heads for space at the Staatstheater Cottbus

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GermanyGermany Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Chorus and Extras of Philharmonic Orchestra of Staatstheater Cottbus / Alexander Merzyn (conductor). Staatstheater Cottbus, 4.5.2025. (DM-D)

Bryan Register (Tristan) und Catherine Foster (Isolde) © Bernd Schönberger

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