Opera & Ballet – Page 156 – Seen and Heard International

Berkshire Opera Festival’s Three Decembers sizzles as temperatures soar onstage and off

25/07/202225/07/2022 by Rick Perdian

United States Jake Heggie, Three Decembers: Soloists, Berkshire Opera Festival Orchestra / Christopher James Ray (conductor). Berkshire Opera Festival, PS 21/Pavilion Theater, Chatham, NY, 23.7.2022. (RP)

Adriana Zabala (Madeline) and Monica Dewey (Beatrice) © Matt Madison-Clark

Marina Rebeka and Sonya Yoncheva both excel as Norma at Barcelona’s Liceu

24/07/2022 by José Irurzun

Spain Bellini, Norma: Chorus and Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu / Domingo Hindoyan (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 22 & 23.7.2022. (JMI)

Marina Rebeka (Norma) and Varduhi Abrahamyan (Adalgisa) © D. Ruano

Teatro Real’s four Nabucco casts and ‘Va, pensiero’ was encored every night

22/07/2022 by José Irurzun

Spain Verdi, Nabucco: Teatro Real Chorus (chorus director: Andrés Máspero), Teatro Real Orchestra / Nicola Luisotti and Sergio Alapont (conductors). Teatro Real, Madrid, 16, 18, 19 & 20.7.2022. (JMI)

Saoia Hernández (Abigaille) and Elena Maximova (Fenena) © J. del Real

Werle’s Tintomara casts a spell at Läckö

22/07/202221/07/2022 by Niklas Smith

Sweden Lars Johan Werle, Tintomara: Soloists and ensemble of Läckö Slottsopera, Läckö Chamber Orchestra / Simon Kim Phipps (conductor). Läckö Castle courtyard, 13.7.2022. (NS)

(l-r) The Baroness (Karolina Blixt), Adolfine (Elisabeth Leyser) and Amanda (Matilda Sterby) © Daniel Strandroth

A ghostly dance set to Bernard Hermann’s Psycho score and a Twyla Tharp ballet celebrating New Orleans

20/07/202220/07/2022 by Jane Rosenberg

United States Various: Artists of the Pacific Northwest Ballet and Orchestra / Emil de Cou and Josh Archibald-Seiffer (conductors). Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 17.7.2022. (JRo)

Dancers in *Plot Point* © Angela Sterling

The Royal Opera’s Attila concert is an absolute triumph for Siri, Scappucci and all concerned

20/07/2022 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Verdi, Attila (concert performance): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Speranza Scappucci (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 19.7.2022. (CC)

Maria José Siri (Odabella) (c) Tom Parker

Tanglewood’s Don Giovanni: a concert performance of fine music-making with drama left to the imagination

20/07/202219/07/2022 by Christopher Sallon

United States Tanglewood 2022 [3] – Mozart, Don Giovanni (concert performance): Soloists, Tanglewood Festival Chorus (conductor: James Burton), Boston Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor). Tanglewood, Lenox, 16.7.2022. (CSa)

Janai Brugger (Zerlina), Nicole Cabell (Donna Elvira), Ryan McKinny (Don Giovanni) and Andris Nelsons conducting the BSO (c) Hilary Scott

Delightful fairy-tale Magic Flute in Vattnäs

18/07/202218/07/2022 by Goran Forsling

Sweden Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Vattnäs Chamber Orchestra / Mattias Böhm (conductor). Vattnäs Konsertlada, Vattnäs, Sweden, 15.7.2022. (GF)

Göran Eliasson (Papageno) with the three genii (c) Martin Hellström

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