Opera & Ballet – Page 135 – Seen and Heard International

ENO is back doing what it does best: Phelim McDermott’s astonishingly effective production of Satyagraha

04/12/202118/10/2021 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Glass, Satyagraha (sung in Sanskrit): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Carolyn Kuan (conductor). London Coliseum, London, 16.10.2021. (CC)

(l-r) James Cleverton, Verity Wingate, Gabriella Cassidy, Sean Panikkar, William Thomas, Felicity Buckland (c) Tristram Kenton

Yoncheva and Calleja star in Zurich Opera’s revival of Carsen’s production of Tosca

04/12/202118/10/2021 by John Rhodes

Joseph Calleja (Cavaradossi) (c) Monika Rittershaus

Switzerland Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus and Children’s Choir of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Paolo Carignani (conductor). Zurich Opera, Zurich, 17.10.2021. (JR)

Elza van den Heever, Matthew Ozawa and Eun Sun Kim bring distinction and glory to SFO’s new Fidelio

04/12/202116/10/2021 by Harvey Steiman

United States Beethoven, Fidelio: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera / Eun Sun Kim (conductor). War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 14.10.2021. (HS)

James Creswell (Rocco), Elza van den Heever (Leonore) and Greer Grimsley (Don Pizarro) © Cory Weaver

Valery Gergiev conducts a masterly Mariinsky production of Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten

04/12/202115/10/2021 by Gregor Tassie

Russian Federation Richard Strauss, Die Frau ohne Schatten: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre / Valery Gergiev (conductor). Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, 28.9.2021. (GT)

Mariinsky Theatre’s *Die Frau ohne Schatten* © Natasha Razina

With remarkable performances from Mattila and Grigorian, musically there is no weak link in Royal Opera’s new Jenůfa

17/10/202212/10/2021 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Janáček, Jenůfa: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Henrik Nánási (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Rhodri Huw) from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 9.10.2021 and available now on OperaVision. (JPr)

Saimir Pirgu (Števa) and Karita Mattila (Kostelnička) (c) Tristram Kenton

Lively and sophisticated: Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love at Lyric Opera of Chicago

04/12/202107/10/2021 by James Zychowicz

Denis Vélez (Giannetta), Charles Castronovo (Nemorino) & Chorus (c) Cory Weaver

United States Donizetti, The Elixir of Love (L’elisir d’amore): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Lyric Opera of Chicago / Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Civic Opera House, Chicago, 2.10.2021. (JLZ)

Michael Spyres’s Florestan is the breakout performance in Cyril Teste’s new Fidelio for Paris’s Opéra Comique

04/12/202105/10/2021 by Jim Pritchard

France Beethoven, Fidelio: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Ensemble Pygmalion / Raphaël Pichon (conductor). Performed by Opéra Comique on 1.10.2020 at the Salle Favart, Paris, and livestreamed (directed by François Roussillon) on ARTE Concert (available until 30.9.2022). (JPr)

Linard Vrielink (Jaquino), Mari Eriksmoen (Marzelline) and Siobhan Stagg (Leonore/Fidelio) (c) Stefan Brion

High-energy season opener for Esa-Pekka Salonen’s San Francisco Symphony

04/12/202104/10/2021 by Harvey Steiman

United States San Francisco Symphony’s ‘Re-Opening Night’: esperanza spalding (bass and vocals), Leo Genovese (piano), Terri Lyne Carrington (drums), Ravi Coltrane (tenor sax), dancers from Alonzo King LINES Ballet, San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 1.10.2021. (HS)

esmeralda spalding sings Wayne Shorter’s *Gaia* (c) Drew Altizer Photography

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