Zurich revives a cinematic Così fan tutte, directed under house arrest
28/10/2019
Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists and Chorus of the Opernhaus Zürich, Philharmonia Zürich / Ottavio Dantone (conductor), Opernhaus Zürich, Zurich, 26.10.2019. (CCr)
Kirill Serebrennikov’s Così fan tutte (c) Monika Ritterhaus
Lisette Oropesa’s return to the Met is the best thing about this Manon revival
28/10/2019
United States Massenet, Manon: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra / Maurizio Benini (conductor). Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 26.10.2019. (JPr)
Metropolitan Opera’s Manon Act IV (c) Marty Sohl
Tosca in all its glory at Teatro Regio Torino
27/10/2019
Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of Teatro Regio Torino, Children’s Chorus of Teatro Regio Torino and the Conservatory Giuseppe Verdi / Daniel Oren (conductor), Teatro Regio Torino, Turin, 22 & 23.10.2019. (RP)
Anna Pirozzi (Tosca) and Ambrogio Maestri (Scarpia) (c) Edoardo Piva
Goodness triumphant, and a visual feast for Seattle’s La Cenerentola
25/10/2019
Rossini, La Cenerentola: Soloists and Chorus of the Seattle Opera, Seattle Symphony / Gary Thor Wedow (conductor), Seattle, Washington, 19.10.2019. (ZC)
Seattle Opera’s La Cenerentola (c) Sunny Martini
Fine musical performances but an indifferent Deutsche Oper production of Les contes d’Hoffmann
25/10/2019
Germany Offenbach, Les contes d’Hoffmann: Soloists, Chorus (chorus master: Jeremy Bines) and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin / Daniel Carter (conductor). Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 24.10.2019. (MB)
Deutsche Oper’s Les contes d’Hoffmann (c) Bettina Stöß
Bejun Mehta and Danielle de Niese dazzle in La Scala’s Giulio Cesare in Egitto
25/10/2019
United States Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto: Soloists, Teatro alla Scala Chorus & Orchestra / Giovanni Antonini (conductor), Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 21.10.2019. (RP)
Danielle de Niese (Cleopatra) © Marco Brescia and Rudy Amisano
Totally absorbing: sex, blasphemy and annihilation in Francesconi’s La Scala Quartett
23/10/2019
Italy Francesconi, Quartett: Soloists, Teatro alla Scala Chorus & Orchestra / Maxime Pascal (conductor), Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 19.10.2019. (RP)
Allison Cook (Marquise de Merteuil) and Robin Adams (Vicomte de Valmont)
© Rudy Amisano
In Gluck at the Met, voices align with dance-centric staging
22/10/2019
United States Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice: Soloists, Chorus, Orchestra of Metropolitan Opera / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor), Metropolitan Opera House, New York. 20.10.2019. (HS)
Hei-Kyung Hong (Euridice) and Jamie Barton (Orfeo) (c) Ken Howard/Met Opera
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