Germany Respighi, La fiamma: Soloists, Chorus, Extra Chorus and Children’s Chorus of Deutsche Oper Berlin, Orchestra of Deutsche Oper Berlin / Carlo Rizzi (conductor). Deutsche Oper Berlin, 29.9.2024. (AB)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Persuasive contemporary staging of Nabucco in Düsseldorf enhanced by great singing
Germany Verdi, Nabucco: Soloists, Chorus and Extras of Deutsche Oper am Rhein / Katharina Müllner (conductor). Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf, 29.9.2024. (DMD)
Lyric Opera of Chicago stages a Fidelio for the twenty-first century
United Kingdom Beethoven, Fidelio: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Lyric Opera of Chicago / Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Civic Opera House, Chicago, 29.9.2024. (JLZ)
Missy Mazzoli’s The Listeners hums along at Opera Philadelphia
United States Mazzoli, The Listeners: Soloists, Opera Philadelphia Chorus & Orchestra / Corrado Rovaris (conductor). Opera Philadelphia, Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 27.9.2024. (RP)
Ariadne auf Naxos opens the season in Zurich with Ziyi Dai as a phenomenal Zerbinetta
Switzerland R. Strauss, Ariadne Auf Naxos: Soloists, Philharmonia Zurich / Markus Poschner (conductor). Zurich Opera, 25.9.2024. (MF)
Nánási rightly conducts Tchaikovsky’s rich Eugene Onegin score and not Huffman’s blank stage
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Ballet & Opera / Henrik Nánási (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 26.9.2024. (AK)
Puccini’s Suor Angelica felt like a return to the great days of ENO
United Kingdom Puccini, Suor Angelica (sung in English): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Corinna Niemeyer (conductor). London Coliseum, 27.9.2024 (CC)
An outstanding Benjamin Bernheim dominates the Met’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann revival
United States Offenbach, Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Metropolitan Opera, New York, 24.9.2024. (ES-S)