United Kingdom New York City Ballet: Sadler’s Wells, London, 7.3.2024. (JO’D)
Strength, precision and speed from NYCB, notably in Balanchine’s Duo Concertant
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Fine musical performance of a somewhat tired Deutsche Oper Berlin production of Parsifal
Germany Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Chorus, Men of the Extra Chorus, and Children’s Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Opern-Ballet, Statisterie, and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin / Sir Donald Runnicles (conductor). Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 9.3.2024. (MB)
Robert Carsen’s excellent production of Orfeo ed Euridice reaches Valencia
Spain Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice: Generalitat Valenciana Chorus, Comunitat Valenciana Orchestra / Gianluca Capuano (conductor). Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 5.3.2024. (JMI)
An impressive production of Weinberg’s The Passenger at Madrid’s Teatro Real
Spain M. Weinberg, The Passenger (Die Passagierin): Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra / Mirga Gražinytè-Tyla (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 4.3.2024. (JMI)
Beatrice di Tenda re-enters the repertoire with an incisive production at Paris’s Opéra Bastille
France Bellini, Beatrice di Tenda: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opéra national de Paris / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor). Opéra Bastille, Paris, 28.2.2024. (KS)
ETO’s insightful, entertaining and high-quality Rake is not to be missed
United Kingdom Stravinsky, The Rake’s Progress: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English Touring Opera / Jack Sheen (conductor). Hackney Empire, London, 2.3.2024. (AK)
Two rarely performed works at LA Opera: Highway 1, USA and The Dwarf
United States William Grant Still, Highway 1, USA & Alexander Zemlinsky, The Dwarf: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / James Conlon (conductor). Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 3.3.2024. (JRo)
A valuable opportunity to see and hear Handel’s Hercules at Berlin’s Komische Oper
Germany Handel, Hercules: Soloists, Choral soloists (director: David Cavelius) and Orchestra of the Komische Oper / David Bates (conductor). Komische Oper, Berlin, 3.3.2024. (MB)
