Opera & Ballet – Page 105 – Seen and Heard International

A highly imaginative fusion of two late Janáček masterpieces in Brno

30/12/202218/11/2022 by Robert Beattie

Czech Republic Janáček, From the House of the Dead, Glagolitic Mass: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the National Theatre, Brno / Jakub Hrůša (Conductor), Livestreamed on OperaVision from the National Theatre, Brno, 6.11.2022 (RB)

*From the House of the Dead* (c) Marek Olbrzymek

Máire Flavin’s Violetta made this a most captivating performance of La traviata by Opera North

30/12/202218/11/2022 by Michael Cookson

United Kingdom Verdi, La traviata: Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Manoj Kamps (conductor). The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays. 15.11.2022. (MC)

Máire Flavin (Violetta Valéry) and Oliver Johnston (Alfredo Germont) © Richard Hubert Smith

Breakdancing Orpheus with a dazzling voice brings plenty of life to Gluck’s opera in San Francisco

30/12/202218/11/2022 by Harvey Steiman

United States Gluck, Orpheus and Eurydice: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera / Peter Whelan (conductor). War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 15.11.2022. (HS)

Jakub Józef Orliński (Orpheus) and Meigui Zhang (Eurydice) in the final scene © Corey Weaver

The Royal Ballet’s A Diamond Celebration honours the Friends of the Royal Opera House

30/12/202218/11/2022 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom The Royal Ballet’s A Diamond Celebration marking 60 years of the Friends of the Royal Opera House: Dancers of the Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Koen Kessels (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ross MacGibbon) from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 16.11.2022. (JPr)

Steven McRae and Natalia Osipova in *concert pour deux* © Andrej Uspenski

The Royal Opera at its best in Richard Jones’s new Alcina at Covent Garden

30/12/202217/11/2022 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Handel (ed. Flesch) Alcina: Soloists, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Christian Curnyn (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 14.11.2022 (CC)

Sven-Eric Bechtolf’s Cardillac in Vienna is influenced by German Expressionist cinema

30/12/202216/11/2022 by Jim Pritchard

Austria Hindemith, Cardillac: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Cornelius Meister (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Jasmina Eleta) from Vienna State Opera, 13.11.2022. (JPr)

Pretty Yende and a sparkling new production deliver a beautiful La traviata at San Francisco Opera

30/12/202216/11/2022 by Harvey Steiman

United States Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera / Eun Sun Kim (conductor). War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 13.11.2022. (HS)

Pretty Yende (Violetta) and Jonathan Tetelman (Alfredo) © Corey Weaver

The Royal Opera at its very best: a new generation of singers excel in The Rape of Lucretia

30/12/202215/11/2022 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Britten, The Rape of Lucretia: Soloists, Aurora Orchestra / Corinna Niemeyer (conductor). Linbury Theatre, Covent Garden, 13.11.2022. (CC)

Anne Marie Stanley (Lucretia) Carolyn Holt (Bianca) © Camilla Greenwell

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