SINCE 1999 A LIVE REVIEW SITE FOR OPERA, BALLET, CONCERTS, THEATRE , BROADCASTS AND FILMS
Collected opera and ballet reviews
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)
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)
Germany Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Hessian State Chorus and Orchestra / Leo McFall (conductor). Hessian State Theatre Wiesbaden, 1.5.2026. (DM-D)
Switzerland Mozart, La clemenza di Tito: Zurich Opera Chorus, Orchestra La Scintilla / Marc Minkowski (conductor). Zurich Opera, 30.4.2026. (MF)
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)
United Kingdom Ballet Nights 011 – Convergence: Jamiel Devernay-Laurence (compère). Cadogan Hall, London, 29.4.2026. (JO’D)
Austria Elena Tschernischova’s Giselle: Dancers of Vienna State Ballet, Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera / Luciano Di Martino (conductor). Broadcast live from the Vienna State Opera (directed by Anna Gettel), 26.4.2026. (JPr)
United Kingdom Multitudes … Wozzeck: Wretches Like Us: Soloists, London Voices; Tiffin Boys’ Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor). Projections by Ilya Shagalov. Royal Festival Hall, London, 25.4.2026. (CC)
