Opera & Ballet – Page 149 – Seen and Heard International

Keith Warner dreams up an interesting Die Meistersinger for Vienna State Opera

02/03/202314/12/2022 by Jim Pritchard

Austria Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Philippe Jordan (conductor). Recorded (directed by Ella Gallieni) at Vienna State Opera, 11.12.2022. (JPr)

Michael Volle (Hans Sachs) and Michael Laurenz (David) © Wiener Staatsoper/Michael Pöhn

At Bayreuth, Valentin Schwarz has Siegfried playing unhappy families in vino veritas

02/03/202312/12/2022 by Jim Pritchard

Germany Bayreuth Festival 2022 – Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra / Cornelius Meister (conductor). Recorded (directed by Michael Beyer) at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus and available on STAGE+ until 14.11.2047. (JPr)

Andreas Schager (Siegfried), Igor Schwab (Grane) and Daniela Köhler (Brünnhilde) © Enrico Nawrath

The Royal Ballet’s The Nutcracker still is a glittering showcase for a company at their very best in 2022

02/03/202310/12/2022 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, London Oratory Junior Choir, The Schola Cantorum of the London Oratory School (director: Charles Cole), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Barry Wordsworth (conductor). Broadcast (directed by Peter Jones) from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 8.12.2022. (JPr)

William Bracewell (Prince) and Fumi Kaneko (Sugar Plum Fairy) © Alistair Muir

Valentin Schwarz’s Bayreuth Die Walküre focuses on soap opera-style family angst and drama

02/03/202308/12/2022 by Jim Pritchard

Germany Bayreuth Festival 2022 – Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra / Cornelius Meister (conductor). Recorded (directed by Michael Beyer and Jule Geissler) at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus and available on STAGE+ until 14.11.2047. (JPr)

Tomasz Konieczny (Wotan), Georg Zeppenfeld (Hunding) and Christa Mayer (Fricka) © Enrico Nawrath

Sex, lies and videos – Calixto Bieito’s Eliogabalo at Zurich opera

02/03/202306/12/2022 by Michael Fischer

Switzerland Cavalli, Eliogabalo: Soloists, Orchestra La Scintilla / Dmitry Sinkovsky (conductor). Zurich Opera, 4.12.2022. (MF)

Zurich Opera’s *Eliogabalo* © Monika Rittershaus

Strong singing in a new Lohengrin at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich

02/03/202305/12/2022 by Antoine Lévy-Leboyer

Germany Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Bayerische Staatsoper / François-Xavier Roth (conductor). Nationaltheater, Munich, 3.12.2022. (ALL)

Bayerische Staatsoper’s *Lohengrin* © Wilfried Hösl

A Trump-like Wotan and child trafficking dominate Valentin Schwarz’s new Bayreuth Rheingold

02/03/202304/12/2022 by Jim Pritchard

Germany Bayreuth Festival 2022 – Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra / Cornelius Meister (conductor). Recorded (directed by Michael Beyer) at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus and available on STAGE+ until 14.11.2047. (JPr)

Valentin Schwarz’s *Das Rheingold* © Enrico Nawath

Il trittico triumphs at Barcelona’s Liceu with superb casts and an outstanding conductor

02/03/202303/12/2022 by José Irurzun

Spain Puccini, Il trittico: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Gran Theatre del Liceu / Susanna Mälkki (conductor). Gran Theatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 1.12.2022. (JMI)

Lise Davidsen (Giorgetta) and Ambrogio Maestri (Michele) in *Il tabarro* © D. Ruano

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