Opera & Ballet – Page 141 – Seen and Heard International

Supercharged singing from Sir Antonio Pappano’s outstanding Elektra cast in Rome

28/01/2023 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom R. Strauss, Elektra: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Marco Patino) from the Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, 18.10.2022 and available on Rai Play. (JPr)

Ausrine Stundyte (Elektra) and Elisabet Strid (Chrysothemis)

J’Nai Bridges and Yonghoon Lee in a thrilling concert performance of Samson and Delilah in Seattle

25/01/2023 by Zach Carstensen

United States Saint-Saëns, Samson and Delilah (concert version): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Seattle Opera / Ludovic Morlot (conductor). McCaw Hall, Seattle, 20.1.2023. (ZC)

Yonghoon Lee (Samson) and J’Nai Bridges (Delilah) © Sunny Martini

William Christie leads Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas in a memorable new Madrid production

23/01/202323/01/2023 by José Irurzun

Spain Purcell, Dido and Aeneas: Soloists, Les Arts Florissants / William Christie (conductor). Teatros del Canal, Madrid, 21.1.2023. (JMI)

Dancers with Lea Desandre and Renato Dolcini on their columns © P. Lorente

Edward Gardner and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra make a first Parsifal a memorable one

23/01/202323/01/2023 by Jim Pritchard

Norway Wagner, Parsifal (staged concert): Soloists, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Edvard Grieg Kor, Edvard Grieg Jentekor, Edvard Grieg Guttekor, Collegium Musicums Choir (chorus master: Håkon Matti Skrede) and Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Marius Marthinussen Søreide) on Bergenphilive and OperaVision (and available until 21.5.2023) from the Grieg Hall, Bergen, 21.1.2023. (JPr)

Featured: Ricarda Merbeth ( far l, Kundry), Stuart Skelton (front l, Parsifal) and Brindley Sherratt (front r, Gurnemanz)

Sondra Radvanovsky triumphs as Tosca in a controversial Barcelona production

22/01/202322/01/2023 by José Irurzun

Spain Puccini, Tosca: Chorus and Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu / Henrik Nánási and Giacomo Sagripanti (conductors). Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 18, 19 and 20.1.2023. (JMI)

Christopher Wheeldon’s Like Water for Chocolate for The Royal Ballet provides food for thought

21/01/2023 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom The Royal Ballet’s Like Water for Chocolate: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Siân Griffiths (mezzo-soprano), Tomás Barreiro (guitar), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Alondra de la Parra (conductor). Recorded (directed by Ross MacGibbon) at the Royal Opera House, Covent, Garden, 9.6.2022 and shown at Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 19.1.2023. (JPr)

Francesca Hayward (Tita) and Marcelino Sambé (Pedro) © Tristram Kenton

Netrebko leads a fine cast and an exceptional orchestra breathing life into a venerable Vienna La bohème

17/01/2023 by Jim Pritchard

Austria Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Bertrand de Billy (conductor). Recorded (directed by Jakob Pitzer) at Vienna State Opera on 11.9.2022 and streamed on 14.2.2023. (JPr)

Anna Netrebko (Mimì) © Wiener Staatsoper/Michael Pöhn

Emma O’Halloran’s Mary Motorhead and Trade premiere at Prototype

17/01/202316/01/2023 by Rick Perdian

United States Prototype 2023 [2] – Emma O’Halloran, Trade and Mary Motorhead: Kyle Bielfield, Marc Kudisch, Naomi Louisa O’Connell (performers), Novus NY / Elaine Kelly (music direction). Abrons Arts Center, New York, 13.1.2023. (RP)

Naomi Louisa O’Connell (*Mary Motorhead*) © Maria Baranov

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