Opera & Ballet – Page 103 – Seen and Heard International

Deeply felt love for Lehár’s music shapes Bremerhaven’s The Merry Widow

05/02/202405/02/2024 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Germany Lehár, The Merry Widow: Soloists, Ballet and Chorus of Stadttheater Bremerhaven, Philharmonic Orchestra Bremerhaven / Hartmut Brüsch (conductor). Stadttheater Bremerhaven, 3.2.2024. (DMD)

Stadttheater Bremerhaven’s *The Merry Widow*

Kosky’s thought-provoking The Golden Cockerel at Berlin’s Komische Opera gets a stylish performance

05/02/202404/02/2024 by Mark Berry

Germany Rimsky-Korsakov, The Golden Cockerel: Soloists, Dancers, Chorus and Orchestra of the Komische Oper / James Gaffigan (conductor). Komische Oper, Berlin, 3.2.2024. (MB)

Komische Oper’s *The Golden Cockerel* © Monika Rittershaus

George Benjamin’s Written on Skin is ably revived and given a commanding performance in Berlin

03/02/2024 by Mark Berry

Germany Benjamin, Written on Skin: Soloists, Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper / Marc Albrecht (conductor). Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 1.2.2024. (MB)

Katie Mitchell’s production of *Written on Skin* for Deutsche Oper Berlin © Bernd Uhlig

The Met’s cast fires on all cylinders in Carrie Cracknell’s first-rate truck stop Carmen

01/02/2024 by Robert Beattie

United States Bizet, Carmen: Soloists Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Daniele Rustioni (conductor). Transmitted Live in HD (directed by Gary Halvorson) from New York to the Avenue Cinema, Belfast. 27.1.2024. (RB)

Aigul Akhmetshina as Carmen © Ken Howard/Met Opera

Gustavo Dudamel’s not ready for prime time Rheingold celebrates Frank Gehry at Disney Hall

24/02/202428/01/2024 by Laurence Vittes

United States Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists, Los Angeles Philharmonic / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor). Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, 1.11.2024. (LV)

Simon O’Neill (Loge) and Jochen Schmeckenbecher (Alberich) © Timothy Norris

The music of La Strada, the visual inventiveness, and Alina Cojocaru hold the audience’s attention

24/02/202427/01/2024 by John O'Dwyer

United Kingdom Natalia Horečná’s La Strada: ACWorkroom Ltd, Sadler’s Wells, London, 25.1.2024. (JO’D)

Alina Cojocaru (Gelsomina), Mick Zeni (Zampanò) with Marc Jubete and David Rodriguez (Angels) © ASH

Angela Gheorghiu and Stefan Pop make the current Covent Garden La bohème revival something special

24/02/202426/01/2024 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Evelino Pidò (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 25.1.2024. (JPr)

(l-r) Andrey Zhilikhovsky (Marcello), Simona Mihai (Musetta), Michael Mofidian (Colline) and Angela Gheorghiu (Mimì) © Camilla Greenwell

Dresden’s Tristan und Isolde takes Wagner to a new level of excellence

24/02/202423/01/2024 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Germany Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Semperoper Dresden, 21.1.2024. (DMD)

Klaus Florian Vogt (rear, Tristan), {l-r) Martin Gantner (Kurwenal), Tanja Ariane Baumgartner (Brangäne) and Camilla Nylund (Isolde) © Semperoper Dresden/Ludwig Olah

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