United States Verdi, Falstaff: Soloists, Pittsburgh Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Antony Walker (conductor). Pittsburgh Opera, Benedum Center, Pittsburgh, 3.5.2026. (RP)
Christopher Hahn bids farewell to the Pittsburgh Opera with Verdi’s Falstaff
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
A compelling examination of the human dilemma in Gregory Spears’s Sleepers Awake
United States Spears, Sleepers Awake: Soloists, Opera Philadelphia Chorus (chorus master: Elizabeth Braden), Opera Philadelphia Orchestra / Corrado Rovaris (conductor). Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 26.4.2026. (DS)
Tomasz Konieczny is a very impressive Dutchman in Vienna’s shipbound Der fliegende Holländer
Austria Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera / Bertrand de Billy (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Anna Gallieni) from Vienna State Opera, 3.5.2026. (JPr)
A persuasive psychological reading of Turandot in Hannover
Germany Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Chorus of Hannover State Opera, Lower Saxony State Orchestra Hannover / Mazaru Kumakura (conductor). Hannover State Opera, 3.5.2026. (DM-D)
Wiesbaden’s Tristan und Isolde redeemed by the music
Germany Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Hessian State Chorus and Orchestra / Leo McFall (conductor). Hessian State Theatre Wiesbaden, 1.5.2026. (DM-D)
Brilliant cast shines in darkly contemporary La clemenza di Tito in Zurich
Switzerland Mozart, La clemenza di Tito: Zurich Opera Chorus, Orchestra La Scintilla / Marc Minkowski (conductor). Zurich Opera, 30.4.2026. (MF)
Gripping Lady Macbeth of Mtensk in Oldenburg
Germany Shostakovich, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk: Oldenburg State Chorus (director: Thomas Bönisch) and Orchestra / Vito Cristofaro (conductor). Oldenburg State Theatre, 28.4.2026. (DM-D)
Ballet Nights 011 at Cadogan Hall was the usual wide-ranging and informative assortment of dance
United Kingdom Ballet Nights 011 – Convergence: Jamiel Devernay-Laurence (compère). Cadogan Hall, London, 29.4.2026. (JO’D)
