Spain Mozart, Mitridate, re di Ponto: Soloists, Teatro Real Orchestra / Ivor Bolton (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 23.3.2025. (JMI)
New production at Teatro Real of Mitridate, re di Ponto, Mozart’s first opera
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Galili’s Ostrava production of The Cunning Little Vixen is a spectacular fusion of light, sound and movement
Czech Republic Janáček, The Cunning Little Vixen: Soloists, Chorus, Ballet and Orchestra of the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre / Adam Sedlický (conductor). Antonin Dvořák Theatre, Ostrava, 21.3.2025. (GT)
Der fliegende Holländer is another resounding success for Irish National Opera
Ireland Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Soloists, Irish National Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Fergus Sheil (conductor). Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin, 23.3.2025. (RB)
Nino Rota’s The Florentine Straw Hat is a terrifically entertaining operatic farce with great singing in Ostrava
Czech Republic Nino Rota, The Florentine Straw Hat (Il cappello di paglia di Firenze): Soloists, Chorus, Ballet and Orchestra of the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre / Marek Šedivý (conductor). Antonin Dvořák Theatre, Ostrava, 20.3.2025. (GT)
Beat Furrer’s The Great Fire at Zurich Opera fuels a phantasmagoric trip
Switzerland Beat Furrer, Das Grosse Feuer: Soloists, Extras Association of Zurich Opera, Cantando Admont, Philharmonia Zurich / Beat Furrer (conductor). Zurich Opera, 23.3.2025. (MF)
Ostrava’s traditional staging of La traviata presents a terrific evening of singing talent
Czech Republic Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Ballet, Chorus and Orchestra of the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre / Jiří Habart (conductor). Antonin Dvořák Theatre, Ostrava, 19.3.2025. (GT)
‘Wer is gut?’: Katharina Wagner’s new Lohengrin is booed in Barcelona
Spain Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Liceu Chorus and Orchestra / Josep Pons (conductor). Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 21.3.2025. (JMI)
A gripping and dark Peter Grimes in Gothenburg
Sweden Britten, Peter Grimes: Soloists of Gothenburg Opera, Gothenburg Opera Chorus and Extra chorus, Gothenburg Opera Orchestra / Christoph Gedschold (conductor). Gothenburg Opera main stage, 12.3.2025. (NS)
