United States Donizetti, The Elixir of Love: Soloists, Chorus of the Seattle Opera, Seattle Symphony / Giampaolo Bisanti (conductor). McCaw Hall, Seattle, 7.8.2022. (ZC)
Seattle Opera’s new season begins with a romp through Donizetti’s Elixir
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Götterdämmerung proves an inconclusive end to Valentin Schwarz’s new Bayreuth Ring cycle
Germany Bayreuth Festival 2022 – Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Cornelius Meister (conductor). Recorded (directed by Michael Beyer) at the Bayreuther Festspielhaus on 5.8.2022 and now available on STAGE+ until 14.11.2047. (JPr)
Patience at Buxton: love-sick with alcoholic tendencies
United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, Patience: Singers and musicians of Charles Court Opera / David Eaton (conductor). Opera House, Buxton 4.8.2022. (RJW)
Garsington Opera bring their strong Rusalka production to Edinburgh
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2022 [2] – Dvořák, Rusalka: Soloists, Garsington Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Douglas Boyd (conductor). Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 8.8.2022. (SRT)
At Santa Fe, Quinn Kelsey stars in an energetic Falstaff, and an uneven cast and dire staging undermines Tristan
United States Santa Fe Opera 2022 [3]: (HS)
Iolanthe at Buxton: peers in a pretty pickle
United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, Iolanthe: National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company’s Chorus and Orchestra / John Andrews (conductor). Opera House, Buxton 3.8.2022. (RJW)
A lurid tale told deftly in M. Butterfly, a new opera from Huang Ruo based on David Henry Hwang’s play
United States Santa Fe Opera 2022 [2] – Huang Ruo, M. Butterfly: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Santa Fe Opera / Carolyn Kuan (conductor). The Crosby Theater, Santa Fe, 3.8.2022. (HS)
Longborough Festival Opera’s investment in Emerging Artists pays dividends
United Kingdom Longborough Festival Opera 2022 [4] – Emerging Artist Double Bill, Waley-Cohen, Spell Book; Francesca Caccini, La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’Isola d’Alcina: Soloists, CHROMA Ensemble / Yshani Perinpanayagam (conductor). Longborough, Gloucestershire, 31.7.2022. (CP)
