Germany Kurtág, Fin de partie: Soloists, Staatskapelle Berlin / Alexander Soddy (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 24.1.2025. (MB)
A fine new staging of György Kurtág’s Fin de partie in Berlin
Opera & Ballet
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Forgotten gem Die Vögel by Walter Braunfels in Oldenburg
Germany Braunfels, Die Vögel: Soloists and Chorus of Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, Oldenburgisches Staatsorchester / Henrik Vestmann (conductor). Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, 25.1.2025. (DM-D)
A disappointing Idomeneo from René Jacobs and the Freiburger Barockorchester in Madrid
Spain Mozart, Idomeneo, re di Creta (concert version): Soloists, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Freiburger Barockorchester / René Jacobs (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 23.1.2025. (JMI)
Nadine Sierra triumphs as Violetta Valéry in Barcelona’s La traviata
Spain Verdi, La traviata: Soloists and Extras, Chorus and Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu / Giacomo Sagripanti (conductor). Liceu, Barcelona, 20 & 21.1.2025. (JMI)
Handel’s Rodelinda revival at Oper Frankfurt: a modern lens on a Baroque drama
Germany Handel, Rodelinda: Soloists, Orchestra of the Frankfurt Opera / Simone Di Felice (conductor). Frankfurt Opera, 19.1.2025. (ES-S)
Passions dominate Hamburg’s stirring Der fliegende Holländer
Germany Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Soloists, Chorus of the Hamburg State Opera, Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Kent Nagano (conductor). Hamburg State Opera, 19.1.2024. (DM-D)
Cologne Opera’s new production confirms Nabucco as a masterpiece
Germany Verdi, Nabucco: Soloists, Chorus and Extras of Cologne Opera. Gürzenich-Orchestra / Sestro Quatrini (conductor). StaatenHaus Saal 1, Cologne, 12.1.2025. (DM-D)
Erina Takahashi is bidding farewell as an ENB dancer in their delicate and poignant Giselle
United Kingdom Mary Skeaping’s Giselle: Dancers of English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gavin Sutherland(conductor), London Coliseum, 15.1.2025. (JO’D)
