International Opera – Page 85 – Seen and Heard International

The Met’s revival of Robert Carsen’s Rosenkavalier was the most enjoyable performance of it I’ve ever seen

17/04/2023 by Jim Pritchard

United States The Met: Live in HD – Richard Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Simone Young (conductor). Broadcast live to the Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 15.4.2023. (JPr)

[l to r] Samantha Hankey (Octavian), Lise Davidsen (Marschallin) and Erin Morley (Sophie) in the final trio © Ken Howard/Met Opera

Roméo et Juliette at Zurich Opera: a superstar cast but little spark

15/04/202314/04/2023 by Michael Fischer

Switzerland Gounod, Roméo et Juliette: Soloists, Dancers, Choir of Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Roberto Forés Veses (conductor). Zurich Opera, 10.4.2023. (MF)

Benjamin Bernheim (Roméo) and Julie Fuchs (Juliette) © Herwig Prammer

Götterdämmerung ends a Berlin Ring which challenged and taught us much, moving us too

13/04/2023 by Mark Berry

Germany Berlin Festtage [4] – Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists, Staatsopernchor Berlin (chorus director: Martin Wright), Staatskapelle Berlin / Thomas Guggeis (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 10.4.2023. (MB)

*Götterdämmerung* (Act III) © Monika Rittershaus

Fine singing, playing and characterisation in Siegfried as Dmitri Tcherniakov’s Ring unfolds further

11/04/202309/04/2023 by Mark Berry

Germany Berlin Festtage [4] – Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Staatskapelle Berlin / Thomas Guggeis (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 8.4.2023. (MB)

Stephan Rügamer (Mime) and Michael Volle (The Wanderer) © Monika Rittershaus

Die Walküre imaginatively set in a police state and marvellously performed in Berlin

11/04/202308/04/2023 by Mark Berry

Germany Berlin Festtage [2] – Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Staatskapelle Berlin / Thomas Guggeis (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 5.4.2023. (MB)

The orchestral virtuosity in Melbourne Opera’s Götterdämmerung is a lasting memory of their Ring

07/04/202306/04/2023 by Jim Pritchard

Australia Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Melbourne Opera / Anthony Negus (conductor). Livestreamed on Australian Digital Concert Hall from the Ulumbarra Theatre, Bendigo, 2.4.2023. (JPr)

Bradley Daley (Siegfried), Steven Gallop (Hagen) and Christopher Hillier (Gunther) © Robin Halls

‘Follow the science’: the start of an intriguing new perspective on the Ring cycle in Berlin

11/04/202305/04/2023 by Mark Berry

Germany Berlin Festtage [1] – Wagner, Das Rheingold: Actors, Soloists, Staatskapelle Berlin / Thomas Guggeis (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 4.4.2023. (MB)

A welcome post-Covid step back towards operatic ‘normality’ with Der Rosenkavalier in Dresden

05/04/202305/04/2023 by Mark Berry

Germany Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier: Soloists, Children’s Choir of the Semperoper Dresden, Dresden State Opera Chorus (chorus director: André Kellinghaus), Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden / Cornelius Meister (conductor). Semperoper, Dresden, 3.4.2023. (MB)

*Der Rosenkavalier* © Semperoper Dresden/Klaus Gigga

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