Opera & Ballet – Page 148 – Seen and Heard International

Maina Gielgud and Polish National Ballet take a captivating Giselle back to the future

02/03/202328/12/2022 by Jim Pritchard

Poland Adolphe Adam, Giselle: Dancers of Polish National Ballet, Orchestra of Polish National Opera / Patrick Fournillier (conductor). Recorded (directed by Ewa Krasucka) at Teatr Wiekli – Polish National Opera, Warsaw, 28 and 30.11.2022 and available on OperaVision and YouTube until 26.6.2023. (JPr)

Polish National Ballet’s Wilis in *Giselle* © Ewa Krasucka

A strong cast but a touch more magic to Magic Flute at Covent Garden would not have gone amiss

02/03/202323/12/2022 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 22.12 2022. (CC)

Anna Prohaska (Pamina) and Aigul Khismatullina (Queen of the Night) © Camilla Greenwell/ROH

Gothenburg Opera’s fun and heartwarming Christmas show

02/03/202323/12/2022 by Niklas Smith

Sweden Evelyn Jons and Sven Fridolfsson, Julglitter och operakaos (Tinsel and Tumult): Soloists of Gothenburg Opera, Gothenburg Opera Chorus and Children’s Choir / Lars Kvensler (conductor). Gothenburg Opera main stage, 16.12.2022. (NS)

Santa Claus (Åke Zetterström) rocking Christmas with reindeer and children’s chorus © Lennart Sjöberg

Nadine Sierra triumphs in her debut at Teatro Real in La sonnambula

02/03/202320/12/2022 by José Irurzun

United Kingdom Bellini, La sonnambula: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Real / Maurizio Benini (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 18 and 19.12.2022. (JMI)

Xabier Anduaga (Elvino), Nadine Sierra (Amina) and Roberto Tagliavini (Rodolfo) © J. del Real

No weak link in the cast as ENO comes together as a company for Britten’s Gloriana

19/02/202518/12/2022 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Britten, Gloriana: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Martyn Brabbins (conductor). London Coliseum, 8.12.2022. (MB)

Earl of Essex (Robert Murray), Countess of Essex (Paula Murrihy), Charles Blount (Duncan Rock) and Lady Rich (Eleanor Dennis) © Nirah Sanghani

ENB’s Nutcracker is an emotional journey from which the audience returns both grateful and charmed

02/03/202318/12/2022 by John O'Dwyer

United Kingdom English National Ballet’s Nutcracker: Dancers of English National Ballet, Students from Tring Park School for the Performing Arts, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Graham Sutherland (conductor). London Coliseum, 15.12.2022. (JO’D)

Artists of English National Ballet in *Nutcracker* © Laurent Liotardo

La Scala open their new season with Ildar Abdrazakov as a great Boris Godunov

02/03/202317/12/2022 by Gregor Tassie

Italy Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov (1869): Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Opera, Treble Voice Chorus of La Scala Academia / Riccardo Chailly (conductor). La Scala, Milan, 7.12.2022. (GT)

Kasper Holten’s *Boris Godunov* © Brescia and Amisano/Teatro alla Scala

RNCM’s Die Fledermaus was a champagne occasion that just fizzed along

02/03/202316/12/2022 by Michael Cookson

United Kingdom Johann Strauss II, Die Fledermaus: Royal Northern College of Music Opera Chorus and Orchestra / David Parry (conductor). RNCM Theatre, Manchester 13.12.2022. (MC)

Eisenstein (Conrad Chatterton) and Orlofsky (Dominic Mattos) with bodyguards © Robin Clewley

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