Opera & Ballet – Page 121 – Seen and Heard International

Pulliam and Maltman make star turns in Cleveland in Welser-Möst’s breathtakingly focused Otello

25/05/202224/05/2022 by Mark S Jordan

United States Verdi, Otello (concert version): Soloists, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus and Children’s Chorus, Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall, Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 21.5.2022. (MSJ)

Christopher Maltman (Iago), Jennifer Johnson Cano (Emilia), Tamara Wilson (Desdemona), Limmie Pulliam (Otello), Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Franz Welser-Most © Roger Mastroianni

A winning combination of operas by Blow and Purcell

24/05/202224/05/2022 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Blow, Purcell: Soloists, HGOAntiqua Orchestra / Seb Gillot (conductor). Cockpit Theatre, Marylebone, London, 20.5.2022. (MB)

Elizabeth Green (Venus) and Conall O’Neill (Adonis) (c) Laurent Compagnon

Musically and dramatically, an outstanding Aida from LA Opera

23/05/202223/05/2022 by Jane Rosenberg

United States Verdi, Aida: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / James Conlon (conductor). Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 21.5.2022. (JRo)

Verdi’s *Aida* at the LA Opera © Cory Weaver

Simon Stone’s Rust Belt Lucia di Lammermoor at the Met shows Nadine Sierra is one for the ages!

23/05/2022 by Jim Pritchard

United States The Met: Live in HD – Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Riccardo Frizza (conductor). Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 21.5.2021. (JPr)

Javier Camarena (Edgardo) and Nadine Sierra (Lucia) on screen (c) Jonathan Tichler

How Erik Snyder became the English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer 2022

22/05/2022 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer 2022: Livestreamed from the Holloway Production Studio at the Mulryan Centre for Dance on London City Island, 19.5.2022. (JPr)

Precious Adams, Erik Snyder and Emilia Cadorin (c) ASH

The Royal Ballet’s Swan Lake revival is notable for Lauren Cuthbertson’s total emotional engagement

08/09/202221/05/2022 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Students of the Royal Ballet School, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Gavriel Heine (conductor). Directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon and relayed to Cineworld Basildon, Essex. 19.5.2022. (JPr)

Lauren Cuthbertson (Odette) and William Bracewell (Siegfried) (c) Bill Cooper

For Stefan Herheim’s Berlin Siegfried ‘The play’s the thing’ as Clay Hilley impresses in the title role

08/09/202220/05/2022 by Jim Pritchard

Germany Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, actors, 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)

Iain Paterson (Wanderer) and Jordan Shanahan (Alberich) © Bernd Uhlig

Unexpected double bill marks 20 years of the Royal Opera’s Young Artists programme

02/02/202519/05/2022 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Stravinsky and Schoenberg: Soloists, Britten Sinfonia / Michael Papadopoulos (conductor). Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London, 17.5.2022. (MB)

April Koyejo-Audiger (Parasha) in *Mavra* © Helen Murray

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