Opera & Ballet – Page 118 – Seen and Heard International

Theater Bonn makes a strong case for Franckenstein’s Li-Tai-Pe

10/06/202210/06/2022 by Mark Berry

Germany Franckenstein, Li-Tai-Pe: Soloists, Chorus and Extra Chorus of Theater Bonn (chorus director: Marco Medved), Beethoven Orchester Bonn / Hermes Helfricht (conductor). Bonn Opera House, Bonn, 4.6.2022. (MB)

Theater Bonn’s *Li-Tai-Pe* (c) Thilo Beu

Lada Valešová brings out the melancholic beauty of Opera Holland Park’s Eugene Onegin

07/06/2022 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Opera Holland Park 2022 [1] – Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, Opera Holland Park Chorus, City of London Sinfonia / Lada Valešová (conductor). Opera Holland Park, Kensington, London, 3.6.2022 (CC)

Anush Hovhannisyan (Tatyana) and Samuel Dale Johnson (Eugene Onegin) © Ali Wright

John Cox’s Garsington Così focusses on the foibles of human nature and fragility of human relationships

05/06/202204/06/2022 by Curtis Rogers

United Kingdom Garsington Opera 2022 [2] – Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists, Garsington Opera Chorus and The English Concert / Tobias Ringborg (conductor). Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 2.6.2022. (CR)

Gavan Ring (Ferrando), Polly Leech (Dorabella), Camilla Harris (Fiordiligi) and Seán Boylan (Guglielmo) (c) Julian Guidera

An excellent Wozzeck at Barcelona’s Liceu

04/06/2022 by José Irurzun

Spain Alban Berg, Wozzeck: Soloists, Chorus and Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu / Josep Pons (conductor). Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 2.6.2022. (JMI)

Matthias Goerne (Wozzeck) and Annemarie Kremmer (Marie) © A. Bofill

Longborough’s Siegfried benefits from generally clear storytelling and solid musical values

02/06/202303/06/2022 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Longborough Festival Opera 2022 [1] – Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Longborough Festival Orchestra / Anthony Negus (conductor). Longborough, Gloucestershire, 1.6.2022. (JPr)

Paul Carey Jones (Wanderer) and Mae Heydorn (Erda) (c) Matthew Williiams-Ellis

Orfeo explored with such dramatic coherence and realised so effectively at Garsington

02/06/2022 by Curtis Rogers

United Kingdom Garsington Opera 2022 [1] – Monteverdi, Orfeo: Soloists, Garsington Opera Chorus & The English Concert / Laurence Cummings (conductor). Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 1.6.2022. (CR)

Ed Lyon (Orfeo) and Zoe Drummond (Euridice) (c) Julian Guidera

COG’s Andrea Chénier was a memorable performance that deserved its standing ovation

02/06/2022 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Giordano, Andrea Chénier (concert performance): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Chelsea Opera Group / Gianluca Marcianò (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 29.5.2022. (CC)

At the end of Stefan Herheim’s new Berlin Ring, Götterdämmerung wipes the slate clean

29/05/2022 by Jim Pritchard

Germany Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists, actors, Chorus and Orchestra of Deutsche Oper Berlin / Sir Donald Runnicles (conductor). Filmed (directed by Götz Filenius) at the Deutsche Oper Berlin in November 2021 and now available on Marquee TV. (JPr)

Okka von der Damerau (Waltraute) and Nina Stemme (Brünnhilde) © Bernd Uhlig

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