Spain Rossini, La Cenerentola: Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real / Riccardo Frizza (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 24 & 25.9.2021. (JMI)
A lively La Cenerentola opens the Teatro Real’s hundredth season
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Bampton Classical Opera successfully revive a shamefully neglected Gluck opera
United Kingdom Bampton Classical Opera – Gluck, Paride ed Elena: Soloists, CHROMA / Thomas Blunt (conductor). St John’s, Smith Square, London, 24.9.2021. (MB)
Admirable Verdi’s Macbeth inaugurates the 2021-2022 season of Lyric Opera of Chicago
United States Verdi, Macbeth: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Lyric Opera of Chicago / Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Civic Opera House, Chicago, 17.9.2021. (JLZ)
Northern Ireland Opera’s La bohème overcomes Covid restrictions
United Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Northern Ireland Opera / Rebecca Lang (conductor). Carlisle Memorial Church, Belfast, 18.9.2021. (RB)
Valery Gergiev opens the second night of the Mariinsky Theatre season with an impressive Tannhäuser
Russian Federation Wagner, Tannhäuser: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre / Valery Gergiev (conductor). Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, 9.9.2021. (GT)
LA Opera reopens with Il trovatore, and the music soars
United States Verdi, Il trovatore: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / James Conlon (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 18.09.2021. (JRo)
Magnificent Ekaterina Semenchuk opens new Mariinsky Opera season in an astounding The Maid of Orleans
Russian Federation Tchaikovsky, The Maid of Orleans: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre / Valery Gergiev (conductor). Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, 8.9.2021. (GT)
(c) Mikhail Vilchuk
Excellent singing as the Royal Opera revives a rather tired production of Die Zauberflöte
United Kingdom Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Actors, Royal Opera Chorus (chorus director: William Spaulding), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Hartmut Haenchen (conductor). Royal Opera House, London, 15.9.2021. (MB)
