Simon Stone’s new thought-provoking retelling of Berg’s Wozzeck at Vienna State Opera

AustriaAustria Berg, Wozzeck: Soloists, Children’s Chorus, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna Stata / Philippe Jordan (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Jakob Pitzer) from Vienna State Opera on 31.3.2022. (JPr)

Anja Kampe (Marie) & Christian Gerhaher (Wozzeck) © Wiener Staatsoper/Michael Pöhn

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Nothing less than intriguing, though diminishing returns from Tobias Kratzer’s Il trittico at La Monnaie

BelgiumBelgium Puccini, Il trittico (Il tabarro, Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi): La Monnaie Children’s and Youth Choirs (chorus director: Benoît Giaux), La Monnaie Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Ouri Bronchti (conductor). Livstreamed from Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels, on 26.3.2022 and available on ARTE Concert (click here) until 25.6.2022. (JPr)

La Monnaie’s Il tabarro © Matthias Baus

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The Telephone leads to Miss Fortune for Guildhall School of Music and Drama

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Telephone and Judith Weir’s Miss Fortune: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Guildhall School of Music and Drama / Dominic Wheeler (conductor). Performance of 7.3.2022 streamed here from 25.3. until 1.4.2022. (JPr)

Cleo Lee McGowan (Tina), Jonathan Eyers (Simon) and Amy Holyland (Donna)

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James Conlon leads a stirring St Matthew Passion danced at LA Opera

United StatesUnited States J. S. Bach, St Matthew Passion: Singers, Dancers of The Hamburg Ballet, Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / James Conlon (conductor). Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 20.3.2022. (JRo)

Xue Lin with The Hamburg Ballet © Kiran West

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