International Opera – Page 71 – Seen and Heard International

A high-level cast and ‘La Dolce Vita’ setting charm from the get-go in San Francisco Opera’s The Elixir of Love

01/12/202327/11/2023 by Harvey Steiman

United States Donizetti, The Elixir of Love: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera / Ramón Tebar (conductor). War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 26.11.2023. (HS)

Pene Pati (Nemorino) drunk on the ‘elixir’ and members of the chorus © Kristen Loken/SFO

An outstanding Daughter of the Regiment at Lyric Opera of Chicago

27/11/202327/11/2023 by James Zychowicz

United States Donizetti, La fille du régiment: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Lyric Opera of Chicago / Speranza Scappucci (conductor). Civic Opera House, Chicago, 25.11.2023. (JLZ)

Lisette Oropesa (Marie) and Lawrence Brownlee (Tonio) © Michael Brosilow

You’ll remember Asmik Grigorian’s singing as Salome long after Dmitri Tcherniakov’s production is forgotten

28/11/202319/11/2023 by Jim Pritchard

Germany Richard Strauss, Salome: Soloists, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg / Kent Nagano (conductor). Recorded live (directed by Andy Sommer) at the Staatsoper Hamburg on 29.11.2023 and available until 27.4.2024 on ARTE Concert. (JPr)

John Daszak (Herod), Kyle Ketelsen (Jokanaan) and Asmik Grigorian (Salome) © Monika Rittershaus

Rhiannon Giddens’s Omar at SFO tugs at the emotions with resonant music and images

28/11/202318/11/2023 by Harvey Steiman

United States Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels, Omar: Soloists, Guest Chorus (director: John Keene). Orchestra of San Francisco Opera / John Kennedy (conductor). War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 15.11.2023. (HS)

Jamez McCorkle (Omar) proves he can write to Daniel Okulitch (r, Owen,) and Barry Banks (l, Taylor) © Cory Weaver/SFO

Robert Wilson’s static Paris Turandot focuses the mind on Puccini’s score and some excellent singing

28/11/202316/11/2023 by Jim Pritchard

France Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine, Chorus, Children’s Choir and Orchestra of Paris Opera / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by François Roussillon) from the Opéra Bastille, Paris, 13.11.2023. (JPr)\

Iréne Theorin (Turandot) and Brian Jagde (Calaf) in Robert Wilson’s Turandot

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A high-level cast and ‘La Dolce Vita’ setting charm from the get-go in San Francisco Opera’s The Elixir of Love

An outstanding Daughter of the Regiment at Lyric Opera of Chicago

You’ll remember Asmik Grigorian’s singing as Salome long after Dmitri Tcherniakov’s production is forgotten

Rhiannon Giddens’s Omar at SFO tugs at the emotions with resonant music and images

Robert Wilson’s static Paris Turandot focuses the mind on Puccini’s score and some excellent singing

A somewhat disappointing staging of Handel’s Orlando at the Teatro Real

An outstanding performance of Marco Tutino’s La Ciociara at Wexford

Outstanding concert version of the Polish opera Halka at the Teatro Real