Opera & Ballet – Page 124 – Seen and Heard International

Harrowing new production of the Dialogues of the Carmelites at Zurich Opera

10/05/202214/02/2022 by John Rhodes

Switzerland Poulenc, Dialogues of the Carmelites: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Tito Ceccherini (conductor). Zurich Opera, Zurich, 13.2.2022. (JR)

Olga Kulchynska (Blanche) and Sandra Hamaoui (Sister Constance) (c) Hedwig Prammer

Anthony Negus and his remarkable cast excel in Suzanne Chaundy’s gimmick-free Melbourne Opera Die Walküre

27/03/202313/02/2022 by Jim Pritchard

Australia Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Melbourne Opera Orchestra / Anthony Negus (conductor). Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne, 9.2.2022. (JPr)

Bradley Daley (Siegmund), Zara Barrett (Brünnhilde) and Lee Abrahmsen (Sieglinde) © Robin Halls

Asmik Grigorian stars in a revival of Robert Carsen’s shop till you drop Vienna Manon Lescaut

10/11/202310/02/2022 by Jim Pritchard

Austria Puccini, Manon Lescaut: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Francesco Ivan Ciampa (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Domnik Kepczynski) from Vienna State Opera on 7.2.2022. (JPr)

Boris Pinkhasovich (Lescaut) and Asmik Grigorian (Manon) © Wiener Staatsoper/Michael Poehn

Gheorghiu, Pop, Volle and Armiliato are the stars of a superb revival of The Royal Opera’s Tosca

26/01/202410/02/2022 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 8.2.2022. (JPr)

Angela Gheorghiu (Tosca) and Stefan Pop (Cavaradossi) © Clive Barda

In the Liceu revival of Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades, ‘cancellation’ becomes a major protagonist

27/03/202209/02/2022 by José Irurzun

Spain Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades (Pique Dame): Chorus and Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu / Dmitri Jurowski (conductor). Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 6 & 8.2.2022. (JMI)

Larissa Diadkova as the Old Countess in her death scene (c) A. Bofill

Vivaldi at Covent Garden for the first time: Bajazet is gripping from first to last acts

27/03/202209/02/2022 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Vivaldi, Bajazet: Soloists, Irish Baroque Orchestra / Peter Whelan (director). Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 7.2.2021. (CC)

Gianluca Margheri (Bajazet), James Laing (Tamerlano) and Eric Jurenas (Andronico) (c) Kip Carroll

Elektra at Geneva Grand Theatre lacks tension

27/03/202208/02/2022 by Antoine Lévy-Leboyer

Switzerland Richard Strauss, Elektra: Soloists, Chorus of the Grand Théâtre de Genève, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Jonathan Nott (conductor). Grand Théâtre de Genève, 4.2.2022. (ALL)

Ingela Brimberg (Elektra) and Sarah Jakubiak (Chrysotemis) (c) Carole Parodi

English National Opera’s expertly revived, strongly sung and fluidly conducted La bohème

27/03/202204/02/2022 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Ben Glassberg (conductor). London Coliseum, 3.2.2022. (CC)

David Junghoon Kim (Rodolfo) and Sinéad Campbell-Wallace (Mimì) © Genevieve Girling

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