Spain Donizetti, Anna Bolena: Coro de la Generalitat Valenciana, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana / Maurizio Benini (conductor). Palau de Les Arts, Valencia,13.10.2022. (JMI)
Donizetti’s Anna Bolena triumphs in Valencia under Maurizio Benini
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Calixto Bieito stages Mahler for the composer’s 125th Vienna anniversary
Austria Mahler, Von der Liebe Tod (From Love Death): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Lorenzo Viotti (conductor). Livstreamed (directed by Dominik Kepczynski) from Vienna State Opera, 7.10.2022. (JPr)
Le nozze di Figaro at Zurich Opera – a mercurial ensemble enchants
Switzerland Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Philharmonia Zurich / Christoph König (conductor). Zurich Opera, 7.10.2022. (MF)
Toshio Hosokawa’s Hanjo proves that small opera can be bold opera
United States Toshio Hosokawa, Hanjo: Soloists, Catapult Opera and Talea Ensemble / Neal Goren (conductor). NYU Skirball Center, New York, 30.9.2022. (DS)
The Bartered Bride in Gothenburg: funny business and musical magic
Sweden Smetana, Brudköpet (The Bartered Bride): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Gothenburg Opera / Alevtina Ioffe (conductor). Gothenburg Opera main stage, 25.9.2022. (NS)
A lukewarm Eugene Onegin at San Francisco Opera
United States Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera / Vassilis Christopoulos (conductor). War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 25.9.2022. (HS)
Benjamin Britten’s The Turn of The Screw triumphs in Budapest
Hungary Britten, The Turn of the Screw: Soloists, instrumentalists of the Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor). MŰPA, Budapest, 10.9.2022. (AK)
Problematic Don Pasquale for the Liceu opener both onstage and in the pit
Spain Donizetti, Don Pasquale: Chorus and Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu / Josep Pons (conductor). Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 21.9.2022. (JMI)
