SINCE 1999 A LIVE REVIEW SITE FOR OPERA, BALLET, CONCERTS, THEATRE , BROADCASTS AND FILMS
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Bulgaria Wagner, Der Ring des Nibelungen: Singers, Chorus, Orchestra and Ballet of Sofia Opera and Ballet / Constantin Trinks (conductor). Sofia Opera, 26-31.5.2026. (GT)
United States Various: Dancers of BODYTRAFFIC. The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, 4.6.2026. (JRo)
Germany Nino Rota, Il cappello di paglia di Firenze (Der Florentiner Hut / The Italian Straw Hat): Soloists, Saxon State Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Daniele Squeo (conductor). Semperoper Dresden, 31.5.2026. (MC)
United States Rossini, The Barber of Seville: Soloists, Chorus, Dance Corps and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera / Benjamin Manis (conductor). War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 28.5 and 3.6.2026. (HS)
United Kingdom Longborough Festival Opera 2026 [1] – Handel, Orlando: Soloists, Academy of Ancient Music / Christopher Moulds (conductor). Longborough Festival Opera, Gloucestershire, 31.5.2026. (CP)
United Kingdom Garsington Opera 2026 [2] – Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Garsington Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Douglas Boyd (conductor). Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 31.5.2026. (CR)
United Kingdom Nevill Holt Festival 2026 – Donizetti, Don Pasquale: Soloists, Chorus of Opera North, Orchestra of Opera North / Michael Papadopoulus (conductor). Nevill Holt, Leicestershire, 29.5.2026. (CP)
Italy Verdi, Nabucodonosor (Nabucco): Soloists, Teatro alla Scala Chorus and Orchestra / Riccardo Chailly (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Ella Gallieni) from Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 29.5.2026. (JPr)
