United States Verdi, Lady M: Soloists, Band / Daniel Schlosberg (conductor). Heartbeat Opera, Baruch Performing Arts Center, New York, 14.3.2023. (RP)
Heartbeat Opera’s Lady M puts a new spin on Shakespeare and Verdi
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
The Met’s revival of Robert Carsen’s Rosenkavalier was the most enjoyable performance of it I’ve ever seen
United States The Met: Live in HD – Richard Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Simone Young (conductor). Broadcast live to the Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 15.4.2023. (JPr)
The Royal Ballet exhibits Ashton’s Cinderella choreography in their Disneyfied new staging
United Kingdom Prokofiev, Cinderella: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Koen Kessels (conductor). Broadcast (directed by Ross MacGibbon) from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 12.4.2023. (JPr)
Roméo et Juliette at Zurich Opera: a superstar cast but little spark
Switzerland Gounod, Roméo et Juliette: Soloists, Dancers, Choir of Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Roberto Forés Veses (conductor). Zurich Opera, 10.4.2023. (MF)
Götterdämmerung ends a Berlin Ring which challenged and taught us much, moving us too
Germany Berlin Festtage [4] – Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists, Staatsopernchor Berlin (chorus director: Martin Wright), Staatskapelle Berlin / Thomas Guggeis (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 10.4.2023. (MB)
Fine singing, playing and characterisation in Siegfried as Dmitri Tcherniakov’s Ring unfolds further
Germany Berlin Festtage [4] – Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Staatskapelle Berlin / Thomas Guggeis (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 8.4.2023. (MB)
Die Walküre imaginatively set in a police state and marvellously performed in Berlin
Germany Berlin Festtage [2] – Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Staatskapelle Berlin / Thomas Guggeis (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 5.4.2023. (MB)
The orchestral virtuosity in Melbourne Opera’s Götterdämmerung is a lasting memory of their Ring
Australia Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Melbourne Opera / Anthony Negus (conductor). Livestreamed on Australian Digital Concert Hall from the Ulumbarra Theatre, Bendigo, 2.4.2023. (JPr)
