United States Pina Bausch’s The Rite of Spring and Germaine Acogny and Malou Airaudo’s common ground[s]: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 11.2.2024. (JRo)
A startling re-creation of Pina Bausch’s The Rite of Spring in Los Angeles
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Barrie Kosky’s magic The Merry Widow in Zurich goes in search of lost time
Switzerland Lehár, Die Lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow): Soloists, Extras association and Chorus of Zurich opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Patrick Hahn (conductor). Zurich Opera, 11.2.2024. (MF)
A Siegfried to celebrate from Regents Opera
United Kingdom Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Orchestra of Regents Opera / Ben Woodward (conductor). Freemasons’ Hall, London, 7.2.2024. (CK)
A solid, though not exceptional, Rusalka at the Palau de les Arts in Valencia
Spain Dvořák, Rusalka: Soloists, Dancers, Generalitat Valenciana Chorus, Comunitat Valenciana Orchestra / Cornelius Meister (conductor). Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Valencia, 9.2.2024. (JMI)
Bayersiches Staatsoper’s underwhelming new production of Pique Dame in Munich
Germany Tchaikovsky, Pique Dame: Soloists, Choir and Orchestra des Bayerisches Staatsoper / Aziz Shokhakimov (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 9.2.2024. (ALL)
The Royal Ballet are on top form and Natalia Osipova is the ultimate dancer and actor as Manon
United Kingdom Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon: 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, 3.2.2024. (JPr)
A refreshing approach to Rusalka, excellently performed at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden
Germany Dvořák, Rusalka: Soloists, Staatsopernchor Berlin, Staatskapelle Berlin / Robin Ticciati (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 4.2.2024. (MB)
The Royal Opera’s Tosca gets a disappointing revival with tired and inadequate principal singers
United Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Karen Kamensek (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 5.2.2024. (CC)
