International Opera

All opera reviews from sources other that the UK

Nadine Sierra’s Violetta in the Met’s La traviata is as remarkable as her recent Lucia

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United StatesUnited States The Met: Live in HD – Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Daniele Callegari (conductor). Broadcast live to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 5.11.2022. (JPr)

The opening of Michael Mayer’s La traviata © Marty Sohl/Met Opera

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Dmitri Tcherniakov experiments with Das Rheingold at Berlin’s Staatsoper

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GermanyGermany Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists, Staatskapelle Berlin / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Filmed (directed by Andy Sommer) on 29.10.2022 at Staatsoper Unter den Linden but available until 17.2.2023 on ARTE Concert. (JPr)

Rolando Villazón (Loge), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Alberich) and Michael Volle (Wotan) © Monika Rittershaus

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Philipp Stölzl explores Turandot’s brutal side as Zubin Mehta pulls the strings in Berlin

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GermanyGermany Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Staatsopern Chor Berlin (chorus master: Martin Wright), Staatskapelle Berlin / Zubin Mehta (conductor). Filmed (directed by Tiziano Mancini) on 18.6.2022 at Staatsoper Unter den Linden but available until 13.1.2023 on ARTE Concert. (JPr)

Yusif Eyvazov (Calaf) at the end of Turandot Act I

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