Opera & Ballet – Page 110 – Seen and Heard International

Nureyev Legend and Legacy at Drury Lane (and Marquee TV) has much to enjoy and rekindles memories

13/12/202207/09/2022 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Nureyev Legend and Legacy: Dancers, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / David Briskin (music director/conductor). Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London, 5.9.2022. (JPr)

Natascha Mair and Vadim Muntagirov in *The Sleeping Beauty* © Andrej Uspenski

A fairytale Die Zauberflöte in Salzburg

13/12/202202/09/2022 by Mark Berry

Austria Salzburg Festival [6] – Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera (chorus director: Jörn Hinnerk Andresen), Angelika-Prokopp-Summer Academy of the Vienna Philharmonic (stage music), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Joana Mallwitz (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 27.8.2022. (MB)

Ilse Eerens (First Lady), Sophie Rennert (Second Lady), Noa Beinart (Third Lady), Wiener Sängerknaben (Three Boys), Mauro Peter (Tamino), Roland Koch (Grandfather), Valérie Junker (Third Priest) © SF/Sandra Then

Katya Kabanova in Salzburg

02/09/202230/08/2022 by Mark Berry

Austria Salzburg Festival [5] – Janáček, Katya Kabanova: Soloists, Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus (chorus director: Huw Rhys James), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Jakub Hrůša (conductor). Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 26.8.2022. (MB)

Salzburg Festival’s *Katya Kabanova*: Corinne Winters (Katěrina/Káťa) © SF/Monika Rittershaus

Berkshire Opera Festival’s gripping Don Giovanni is updated but authentic

26/08/2022 by Rick Perdian

United States Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Berkshire Festival Opera Chorus & Orchestra / Brian Garman (conductor). Berkshire Festival Opera, Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA, 23.8.2022. (RP)

Megan Moore (Donna Elvira) and Christian Zaremba (Leporello) © Matt Madison-Clark

Il trittico is largely a triumph at the Salzburg Festival

25/08/202224/08/2022 by Mark Berry

Austria Salzburg Festival [2]: Puccini – Il trittico: Soloists, Dancers, Salzburg Festival and Theatre Children’s Choir (chorus director: Wolfgang Götz), Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus (chorus director: Jörn Hinnerk Andresen), Angelika-Prokopp-Summer Academy of the Vienna Philharmonic (stage music), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 21.8.2022. (MB)

*Gianni Schicchi*: Alexey Neklyudov (Rinuccio), Manel Esteve Madrid (Betto di Signa), Caterina Piva (La Ciesca), Iurii Samoilov (Marco), Enkelejda Shkosa (Zita), Lavinia Bini (Nella), Scott Wilde (Simone) © SF/Monika Rittershaus

Xabier Anduaga with his 18 high Cs triumphs as Tonio in his home town of San Sebastián

18/10/202214/08/2022 by José Irurzun

Spain Donizetti, La fille du régiment: Easo Chorus, Euskadi Orchestra / Lucas Macías (conductor). Kursaal, San Sebastián, 12.8.2022. (JMI)

Xabier Anduaga (Tonio) and Elena Sancho Pereg (Marie)

Seattle Opera’s new season begins with a romp through Donizetti’s Elixir

18/10/202213/08/2022 by Zach Carstensen

United States Donizetti, The Elixir of Love: Soloists, Chorus of the Seattle Opera, Seattle Symphony / Giampaolo Bisanti (conductor). McCaw Hall, Seattle, 7.8.2022. (ZC)

Götterdämmerung proves an inconclusive end to Valentin Schwarz’s new Bayreuth Ring cycle

13/12/202211/08/2022 by Jim Pritchard

Germany Bayreuth Festival 2022 – Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Cornelius Meister (conductor). Recorded (directed by Michael Beyer) at the Bayreuther Festspielhaus on 5.8.2022 and now available on STAGE+ until 14.11.2047. (JPr)

Michael Kupfer-Radecky (Gunther) with the chorus (Vassals) © Enrico Nawrath

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