United Kingdom Verdi, Il trovatore: Chorus and Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu / Riccardo Frizza (conductor). Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 27 and 28.10.2022. (JMI)
Two fine casts in Il trovatore at Barcelona’s Liceu
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
San Francisco Opera hits all the right notes in a stunning Dialogues of the Carmelites
United States Poulenc, Dialogues of the Carmelites: Soloists, orchestra and chorus of San Francisco Opera / Eun Sun Kim (conductor). War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 26.10.2020. (HS)
An intelligent new production of Così fan tutte at Bayerische Staatsoper
Germany Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Bayerische Staatsoper / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Nationaltheater, Munich, 26.10.2022. (ALL)
Madrid opens the opera season with myriad Aida casts and a surprise
Spain Verdi, Aida: Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real / Nicola Luisotti (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 24, 25, 26.10.2022. (JMI)
Martin Schläpfer attempts to reawaken Sleeping Beauty for the 2020s in Vienna
Austria Vienna State Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty (Dornröschen): Dancers of Vienna State Ballet, Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Patrick Lange (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Balázs Delbó) from the Vienna State Opera, 24.10.2022. (JPr)
Radvanovsky is the Medea of the 2020s in David McVicar’s visceral Met production
United States Met: Live in HD – Cherubini’s Medea: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Carlo Rizzi (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Gary Halvorson) to the Barbican Cinema, London, 22.10.2022. (CC)
Barkouf by Jacques Offenbach – paw power at Zurich Opera
Switzerland Offenbach, Barkouf: Soloists, Chorus of Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Jérémie Rohrer (conductor). Zurich Opera, 23.10.2022. (MF)
Janáček’s Kát’a Kabanová reinvented in Geneva
Switzerland Janáček, Kát’a Kabanová: Soloists, Choeur du Grand Théâtre de Genève (chorus master: Alan Woodbridge), Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Tomáš Netopil (conductor). Grand Théâtre de Genève, 21.10.2022. (ALL)
