Germany Rossini, La Cenerentola: Sächsische Staatsopernchor, Staatskapelle Dresden / Alessandro De Marchi (conductor). Semperoper, Dresden, 4.6.2023. (MC)
Semperoper’s compelling La Cenerentola is well served by Michieletto and his design team
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
A musically excellent Hamlet opens the 2023 Munich Opera Festival
Germany Brett Dean, Hamlet: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Bavarian State Opera / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Nationaltheater, Munich, 25.6.2023. (ALL)
Schwanda the Bagpiper is back where it belongs at Prague’s National Theatre
Czech Republic Jaromir Weinberger, Schwanda the Bagpiper: Soloists, Pupils of the Olga Kyndlová Ballet School, National Theatre Opera Ballet, Chorus and Orchestra / Zbyněk Müller (conductor). National Theater, Prague, 24.6.2023. (RP)
The always popular Luisa Fernanda is back at Madrid’s Teatro de la Zarzuela
Spain Moreno Torroba, Luisa Fernanda: Chorus of the Teatro de la Zarzuela, Comunidad de Madrid Orchestra / Miguel Gómez Martínez (conductor). Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid, 23 and 24.6.2023. (JMI)
The Royal Opera’s Werther revival is a mixed bag, but Pappano’s conducting carries the evening
United Kingdom Massenet, Werther: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Opera house, Covent Garden, 23.6.2023. (CC)
Despite some world-class singing, Grange Park Opera’s new Tristan und Isolde misses the boat
United Kingdom Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Chorus of Grange Park Opera, The Gascoigne Orchestra / Stephen Barlow (conductor). Grange Park Opera, West Horsley, 22.6.2023. (JPr)
Royal Northern Sinfonia, the UK’s only full-time chamber orchestra, lifts Nevill Holt Opera’s La Cenerentola
United Kingdom Nevill Holt Opera 2023 – Rossini, La Cenerentola: Soloists, Royal Northern Sinfonia / Dionysis Grammenos (conductor). Nevill Holt, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, 23.6.2023. (CP)
Dresden’s Le nozze di Figaro is splendidly sung though the production is still underwhelming
Germany Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Sächsische Staatsopernchor, Staatskapelle Dresden / Georg Fritzsch (conductor). Semperoper, Dresden, 27.5.2023. (MC)
