In New York, a tech-drenched look at data mining and privacy
25/09/2019
United States Kamala Sankaram, Looking at You: Rob Handel (libretto); soloists; Mila Henry (piano); Jeff Hudgins, Ed RosenBerg, Josh Sinton, Matt Blanchard (saxophones); Samuel McCoy (music director); Kristin Marting (co-developer, co-choreographer, and director), HERE Arts Center, New York, 11.9.2019. (BH)
Brandon Snook as Ethan Snyder in Looking at You (c) Paula Court
Barrie Kosky’s brilliant production of La bohème at the LA Opera
25/09/2019
United States Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / James Conlon (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 22.9.2019. (JRo)
La bohème at the LA Opera. Photo credit: Cory Weaver.
A rather modest Un ballo in maschera at the Deutsche Oper Berlin
25/09/2019
Germany Verdi, Un ballo in maschera: Deutsche Oper Chorus and Orchestra / Ivan Repušić (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 23.9.2019. (JMI)
Deutsche Oper’s <i>Un ballo in maschera</i> (c) M. Lieberenz
Two great artists, Daniel Barenboim and Michael Volle, head the Staatsoper’s marvelous Ring cycle
24/09/2019
Germany Der Ring des Nibelungen [1]: Wagner, Das Rheingold, Die Walkűre: Staatsopernchor, Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 21 & 22.9.2019. (JMI)
Staatsoper Berlin’s Die Walkűre (c) M. Rittershaus
Clever production of The Makropulos Affair opens new Zurich opera season
23/09/2019
Switzerland Janáček, The Makropulos Affair: Soloists, Chorus of Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Jakub Hrůša (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich 22.9.2019. (JR)
Evelyn Herlitzius (c) Monika Rittershaus
A brilliant cast triumphs in the Deutsche Oper Berlin’s Cav & Pag
22/09/2019
Germany Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana and Leoncavallo, Pagliacci: Deutsche Oper Chorus and Orchestra / Paolo Arrivabeni (conductor). Deutsche Oper Berlin, 20.9.2019. (JMI)
Deutsche Oper’s Pagliacci (c) B. Stöss
From Glyndebourne, a triumphant Billy Budd comes to San Francisco
22/09/2019
United States Britten, Billy Budd: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera / Lawrence Renes (conductor). War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 20.9.2019. (HS)
John Chest (Billy Budd) and crewmen of the HMS Indomitable
(c) Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera)
An intriguing, convincing Komische Oper Eugene Onegin from Barrie Kosky
22/09/2019
Germany Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus (director: David Cavelius) of the Komische Oper / Ainārs Rubikis (conductor). Komische Oper, Berlin, 20.9.2019. (MB)
Komische Oper Berlin’s Eugene Onegin (c) Iko Freese
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