United States Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Lyric Opera of Chicago / Eun Sun Kim (conductor). Civic Opera House, Chicago, 18.3.2022. (JLZ)
Memorable performance of Puccini’s Tosca at Lyric Opera of Chicago
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
The Telephone leads to Miss Fortune for Guildhall School of Music and Drama
United 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)
James Conlon leads a stirring St Matthew Passion danced at LA Opera
United 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)
ENO’s Così fan tutte is undeniably entertaining in a sort of overload-like way
United Kingdom Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists, Improbable, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Kerem Hasan (conductor). London Coliseum, 18.3.2022. (CC)
The love which dare not speak its name beams brightly at Wilton’s Music Hall
United Kingdom Gilbert and Sullivan, Sasha Regan’s All-Male H.M.S. Pinafore: Preview performance. Wilton’s Music Hall, London, 16.3.2022. (JB)
Peter Grimes at the Royal Opera House: an outstanding night of theatre
United Kingdom Britten, Peter Grimes: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Mark Elder (conductor). Royal Opera House, London, 17.3.2022. (MB)
In Dresden, Christian Thielemann’s first Aida is a triumph
Germany Verdi, Aida: Soloists, Dancers, Dresden State Opera Chorus, Staatskapelle Dresden / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Michael Beyer) on 13.3.2022 from the Semperoper Dresden and available until 12.6.2022. (JPr)
A musically intense and dramatic performance of Wozzeck in Paris
France Berg, Wozzeck: Soloists, Maîtrise des-Hauts-de Seine/Children’s Chorus of the Opéra national de Paris (chorus master: Gaël Darchen), Chorus (chorus master: Ching-Lien Wu) and Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris / Susanna Mälkki (conductor). Opéra Bastille, Paris, 13.3.2022. (MB)
