United States Richard Strauss, Salome: Soloists, Band / Jacob Ashworth (conductor). Heartbeat Opera, Irondale Center, Brooklyn, 14.2.2025. (RP)
Heartbeat Opera has a hit with its small-scale but potent Salome
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Revelatory production of Richard Strauss’s Die Liebe der Danae in Munich
Germany Richard Strauss, Die Liebe der Danae: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Bayerische Staatsoper / Sebastien Weigle (conductor). Nationaltheater, Munich, 15.2.2025. (ALL)
Michael Volle is unsurpassable again as Wotan in David McVicar’s mostly traditional La Scala Die Walküre
Italy Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Teatro alla Scala Orchestra / Simone Young (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ella Gallieni) from La Scala, Milan, 12.2.2025 and available on demand on LaScala. (JPr)
Desperate passion in Barrie Kosky’s enthralling Zurich Manon Lescaut
Switzerland Puccini, Manon Lescaut: Soloists, Extras Association of Zurich Opera, Zurich Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Zurich / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Zurich Opera, 8.2.2025. (MF)
Deutsche Oper Berlin’s musical performance of Die Frau so strong it almost redeemed Kratzer’s visuals
Germany R. Strauss, Die Frau ohne Schatten: Soloists, Children’s Chorus, Chorus and Orchestra of Deutsche Oper Berlin / Sir Donald Runnicles (conductor). Deutsche Oper Berlin, 8.2.2025. (SRT)
Lübeck’s new Tristan und Isolde is a resounding success
Germany Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Chorus and Extras of Theater Lübeck, Philharmonic Orchestra of Hansestadt Lübeck / Stefan Vladar (conductor). Theater Lübeck, 2.2.2025. (DM-D)
The poetry of acceptance and resistance in Kentridge’s The Great Yes, The Great No in Beverly Hills
United States William Kentridge, The Great Yes, The Great No: The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, 6.2.2025. (JRo)
MasterVoices probes crime and punishment in Blind Injustice
United States Scott Davenport Richards, Blind Injustice: Soloists, MasterVoices, Orchestra / Ted Sperling (conductor). Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall, New York, 3.2.2025. (RP)
