Switzerland Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Philharmonia Zurich / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Zurich Opera, 5.3.2023. (MF)
Magnificent music making and straightforward storytelling: Siegfried at Zurich Opera
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Swedish premiere for unjustly forgotten Die schweigsame Frau
Sweden Richard Strauss, Die schweigsame Frau: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Gothenburg Opera / Yoel Gamzou (conductor). Gothenburg Opera main stage, 4.3.2023. (NS)
Beverly Hills sees a little night magic: Pauline Garcia Viardot’s The Last Sorcerer
United States Pauline Viardot, The Last Sorcerer (Le Dernier Sorcier): Soloists, Los Angeles Children’s Chorus’ Chamber Singers (Artistic Director: Fernando Malvar-Ruiz), Lucy Tucker Yates (piano), Sing for Hope Production. Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, 3.3.2023. (JRo)
A magical Marriage of Figaro in Los Angeles
United States Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro: Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / James Conlon (conductor). Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 19.2.2023. (JRo)
The new production of Macbeth at Barcelona’s Liceu is really little more than a concert version
Spain Verdi, Macbeth: Chorus and Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu / Josep Pons (conductor). Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 19 and 20.2.2023. (JMI)
Achille in Sciro is a triumph in Madrid, 279 years after its first performance there
Spain Francesco Corselli, Achille in Sciro: Teatro Real Chorus, Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla / Ivor Bolton (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 17.2.2023. (JMI)
Sir Simon Rattle conducts a Siegfried in Munich full of new revelations
Germany Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Isarphilharmonie, Munich 5.2.2023. (ALL)
Dido and Aeneas and Erwartung double bill at Bayerische Staatsoper
Germany Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and Schoenberg’s Erwartung: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Bayerische Staatsoper / Andrew Manze (conductor). Nationaltheater, Munich, 4.2.2023. (ALL)
