SINCE 1999 A LIVE REVIEW SITE FOR OPERA, BALLET, CONCERTS, THEATRE , BROADCASTS AND FILMS
Collected opera and ballet reviews
United Kingdom Sir Peter Wright’s The Nutcracker: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, The Schola Cantorum of The London Oratory School, London Oratory Junior Choir (director: Charles Cole), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Andrew Litton (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Peter Jones) for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 12.12.2023 and seen at Everyman Chelmsford, Essex, 18.12.2023. (JPr)
France Offenbach, Les contes d’Hoffmann: Soloists, Paris Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Eun Sun Kim. Opéra national de Paris, Opéra Bastille, Paris, 15.12.2023. (RP)
Germany Mozart, Ascanio in Alba: Soloists, Vocal Ensemble (recorded), Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra, Alden Gatt (conductor). Bockenheimer Depot, Frankfurt, 17.12.2023. (MB)
United Kingdom Humperdinck, Hansel and Gretel: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 16.12.2023. (CC)
United Kingdom Rimsky-Korsakov, The Snow Maiden: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Royal Northern College of Music / Matthew Kofi Waldren (conductor). RNCM, Manchester, 13.12.2023. (MC)
Germany Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Komische Oper / James Gaffigan (conductor). Schillertheater, Berlin, 15.12.2023. (MB)
United Kingdom English National Ballet’s Nutcracker: Dancers of English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Daniel Richardson (guest conductor). London Coliseum, 14.12.2023. (JO’D)
Italy Puccini, Turandot: Children’s Chorus (director: Stefania Rinaldi), Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro di San Carlo / Dan Ettinger (conductor). Livestreamed on medici.tv from Teatro di San Carlo, Naples. 9.12.2023. (JPr)
