Opera & Ballet – Page 12 – Seen and Heard International

High comedy alongside the sharp bite of satire and irony in Garsington’s Der Rosenkavalier

01/06/202631/05/2026 by Curtis Rogers

Garsington Opera 2026 [1] – Richard Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier: Soloists, Garsington Opera and Children’s Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Finnegan Downie Dear (conductor). Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 30.5.2026. (CR) Der Rosenkavalier (1911) is an opera noted – sometimes reviled – for conjuring a particular time and place (18th-century Vienna during the reign of Maria Theresa). Audiences … Read more

Glyndebourne’s Il turco in Italia receives a magical revival

31/05/202630/05/2026 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Glyndebourne Festival 2026 [1] – Rossini, Il turco in Italia: Soloists, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bertie Baigent (conductor). Glyndebourne Festival Opera, 28.5.2026. (CC)

Selim (Peter Kálmán) and Donna Fiorilla (Elena Villalón) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd./ASH

Visually stunning Magic Flute in Gelsenkirchen

31/05/202630/05/2026 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Germany Mozart, The Magic Flute: New Philharmonic Orchestra Westphalia / Johannes Klumpp (conductor). Musiktheater im Revier, Gelsenkirchen, 25.5.2026. (DM-D)#

(Act I) Adam Temple-Smith (Tamino), Sebastian Schiller (Papageno), Rebecca Davis, Lina Edlin, Almuth Herbst: The three conductors consider tenor Tamino as a prospective partner in music © Pedro Malinowski

OHP’s 30th anniversary production of La fanciulla del West shows the company at its best

28/05/2026 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Puccini, La fanciulla del West: Soloists, Opera Holland Park Chorus, City of London Sinfonia / Matthew Kofi Waldren (conductor). Holland Park, London, 26.5.2026 (MB)

Josè de Eça as Dick Johnson and Amanda Echalaz as Minnie © Craig Fuller

Two splendid sopranos overcome an unconvincing post-apocalyptic setting for Norma

27/05/2026 by Robert Beattie

Ireland Bellini, Norma: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Irish National Opera / Maurizio Benini (conductor). Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, 24.5.2026. (RB)

Siobhan Stagg (Adalgisa) and Salome Jicia (Norma) © Ruth Medjber

Frida Kahlo returns to life in glorious color at the Metropolitan Opera

27/05/202626/05/2026 by Rick Perdian

United States Gabriela Lena Frank, El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego: Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Steven Osgood (conductor). Metropolitan Opera, New York, 22.5.2026. (RP)

Isabel Leonard (Frida) © Marty Sohl/Met Opera

This Dresden revival of Nikolaus Lehnhoff’s Rigoletto captivated the audience hook, line and sinker.

27/05/202626/05/2026 by Michael Cookson

Germany Verdi, Rigoletto: Soloists, Saxon State Opera Chorus, Staatskapelle Dresden / Francesco Angelico (conductor). Semperoper Dresden, 24.5.2026. (MC)

Marina Monzó (Gilda) and Iván Ayón Rivas (Duke of Mantua) © Semperoper Dresden/Sebastian Hoppe

Opera Montana previews A River Runs Through It at National Sawdust

08/06/202625/05/2026 by Rick Perdian

United States Zach Redler, A River Runs Through It: Soloists, Neill Campbell (piano) / Michael Sakir (conductor). Opera Montana, National Sawdust, Brooklyn, 20.5.2026. (RP)

Opera Montana’s preview of *A River Runs Through It* at National Sawdust © Opera Montana

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