Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

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

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United KingdomUnited 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

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

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GermanyGermany 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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Leipzig Opera’s eco-friendly staging of Musgrave’s Mary, Queen of Scots is a right royal success

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GermanyGermany Thea Musgrave, Mary, Queen of Scots: Soloists, Actors and Chorus of Leipzig Opera, Gewandhaus Orchestra / Matthias Foremny (conductor), Leipzig Opera, 12.1.2024. (GT)

Mary, Queen of Scots (Nicole Chevalier) and James Stewart, Earl of Moray (Franz Xaver Schlecht) © Tom Schulze

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Stundyte stands in for the indisposed Stemme and has an entirely different take on Elektra at Covent Garden

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Richard Strauss, Elektra: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 15.1.2024. (JR)

A scene from Christof Loy’s Elektra: Charles Workman (Ägisth) Łukasz Goliński (Orest) Michael Mofidian (Orest’s Companion) © Tristram Kenton

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