United States Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera / Eun Sun Kim (conductor). War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 9.6.2023. (HS)
A fresh Madama Butterfly takes wing at San Francisco Opera
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An excellent concert version of Orfeo ed Euridice from René Jacobs and RIAS Kammerchor
United States Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice (concert version): Freiburger Barockorchester and RIAS Kammerchor / René Jacobs (conductor). Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 8.6.2023. (JMI)
A solid Parsifal at the Liceu with an outstanding René Pape as Gurnemanz
Spain Wagner, Parsifal: Chorus and Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu / Josep Pons (conductor). Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 7.6.2023. (JMI)
Italian songs partner Cavelleria rusticana to open Juventus Lyrica’s season
Argentina Festival della Canzonetta Italiana and Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana (arr. Antonio Russo): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Juventus Lyrica / André dos Santos (conductor). Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires, 2.6.2023. (JSJ)
Beauty and brutality in George Benjamin’s Lessons in Love and Violence at Zurich Opera
Switzerland George Benjamin, Lessons in Love and Violence: Soloists, Philharmonia Zurich / Ivan Volkov (conductor). Zurich Opera, 4.6.2023. (MF)
Sweeney Todd is back on Broadway in all its gory glory with a wonderful cast and full orchestra
United States Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd: Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York, 2.6.2023. (RP)
Darkness and light confront each other in Simon McBurney’s brilliantly inventive Met Die Zauberflöte
United States The Met: Live in HD – Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York / Nathalie Stutzmann (conductor). Broadcast Live in HD (directed by Gary Halvorson) from the Metropolitan Opera House to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 3.6.2023. (JPr)
The new Nabucco in Gothenburg was worth waiting for
Sweden Verdi, Nabucco: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Gothenburg Opera / Giancarlo Andretta (conductor). Gothenburg Opera main stage, 31.5.2023. (NS)
