Opera & Ballet – Page 120 – Seen and Heard International

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

Elīna Garanča seduces in Richard Jones’s Poundland Samson et Dalila at Covent Garden

28/05/202227/05/2022 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Saint-Saëns, Samson et Dalila: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 26.5.2022. (JPr)

Still plenty to enjoy if you see Glyndebourne’s venerable Le nozze di Figaro

04/07/202227/05/2022 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Glyndebourne Festival 2022 [2] – Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, The Glyndebourne Chorus (chorus director: Aidan Oliver), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Giancarlo Andretta (conductor). Glyndebourne Opera House, Sussex, 22.5.2022. (CC)

Hera Hyesang Park (Susanna) and Brandon Cedel (Figaro) (c) Bill Cooper

The Scandal at Mayerling delivers a dramatic punch for Scottish Ballet

02/06/202226/05/2022 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Scottish Ballet’s The Scandal at Mayerling: Dancers of Scottish Ballet, Orchestra of Scottish Ballet / Jean-Claude Picard (conductor). Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 25.5.2022. (SRT)

Evan Loudon (Crown Prince Rudolf) and Sophie Martin (Mary Vetsera) (c) Andy Ross

Despite committed musical advocacy, The Wreckers at Glyndebourne fails to convince

04/07/202226/05/2022 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Glyndebourne Festival 2022 [1] – Smyth, The Wreckers: Soloists, The Glyndebourne Chorus (chorus director: Aidan Oliver), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Robin Ticciati (conductor). Glyndebourne Opera House, Sussex, 21.5.2022. (MB)

Glyndebourne Festival 2022 – *The Wreckers* © Richard Hubert Smith

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