Opera & Ballet – Page 148 – Seen and Heard International

Wallow in the beauty of the human voice, though Munich’s new Idomeneo dwarfs the singers

14/09/202128/07/2021 by Jim Pritchard

Germany Mozart, Idomeneo: Soloists, Chorus of the Bayerischen Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Constantinos Carydis (conductor). Filmed (directed by Christoph Engel) on 24.7.2021 at the Prinzregententheater, Munich, and streamed from 26.7.2021 (and available until 26.8.2021). (JPr)

Hanna-Elisabeth Müller as Elettra in Munich’s *Idomeneo*

Gluck’s Paris and Helen is another hidden gem Bampton Classical Opera has unearthed

14/09/202127/07/2021 by Clive Peacock

United Kingdom Gluck, Paris and Helen (Parida ed Elena): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Bampton Classical Opera / Thomas Blunt (conductor). The Deanery Garden, Bampton, 23.7.2021 (CP)

Ella Taylor (l Paris) and Lucy Anderson (r Helen) (c) Jeremy Gray.

Tosca cast less impressive in concert in Peralada than at the Teatro Real

14/09/202127/07/2021 by José Irurzun

Spain Festival Castell de Peralada 2021 – Puccini, Tosca (concert version): Pequeños Cantores de la JORCAM, Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra / Nicola Luisotti (conductor). Auditorio Castell de Peralada, 25.7. 2021. (JMI)

Jonas Kaufmann, Sondra Radvanovsky & Nicola Luisotti in *Tosca* (c) M. González

JPYA Summer Performance 2021: entertaining – though eclectic – mix of operatic excerpts

14/09/202125/07/2021 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Jette Parker Young Artists Summer Performance 2021: Jette Parker Young Artists, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Mark Elder, Richard Hetherington and Michael Papadopoulos (conductors). Recorded (directed by Jonathan Haswell) at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, on 17.7.2021 and streamed from 23.7.2021. (JPr)

Jette Parker Young Artists in *Falstaff* Act II, Scene 2 Roméo

Opera Holland Park’s delightful L’amico Fritz effortlessly lifts the woes of the world

14/09/202124/07/2021 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Mascagni, L’amico Fritz (reduced orch. by Tony Burke): Soloists, Opera Holland Park Chorus, City of London Sinfonia / Beatrice Venezi (conductor). Opera Holland Park, London, 22.7.2021. (CC)

Katie Bray (Suzel) and Matteo Lippi (Fritz Kobus) (c) Ali Wright

Kaufmann and Radvanovsky are outstanding in Madrid’s latest Tosca – and delight the audience with encores

14/09/202124/07/2021 by José Irurzun

Spain Puccini, Tosca [4]: Soloists, Pequeños Cantores de la JORCAM, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Real / Nicola Luisotti (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 22.7.2021. (JMI)

Sondra Radvanovsky (Tosca) & Jonas Kaufmann (Cavaradossi) (c) J. del Real

Garsington’s Amadigi di Gaula imposes a certain quirky consistency, therefore, upon an uneven work

14/09/202123/07/2021 by Curtis Rogers

United Kingdom Garsington Opera 2021 [2] – Handel, Amadigi di Gaula: Soloists, The English Concert / Christian Curnyn (conductor). Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 21.7.2021. (CR)

Magnificent Act II from Netrebko and Salsi crowns another Teatro Real Tosca

14/09/202122/07/2021 by José Irurzun

Spain Puccini, Tosca [3]: Soloists, Pequeños Cantores de la JORCAM, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Real / Nicola Luisotti (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 21.7.2021. (JMI)

Anna Netrebko (Tosca) and Luca Salsi (Scarpia) (c) J. del real

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