United Kingdom Imperial Classical Ballet’s Swan Lake: Dancers and Orchestra of Imperial Classical Ballet / Nikita Suhik (conductor). Towngate Theatre, Basildon, Essex, 9.11.2024. (JPr)
A scene from Imperial Classical Ballet’s Swan Lake
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
HGO’s production of Eugene Onegin is highly impressive
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, HGO Chorus and Orchestra / Oliver Cope (conductor). Jacksons Lane Arts Centre, London, 8.11.2024. (MB)
Strong singing and conducting make up for dull staging of Pagliacci in Hannover
Germany Leoncavallo, Pagliacci: Soloists, Chorus and Extras of Staatsoper Hannover, Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester Hannover / Mario Hartmuth (conductor). Staatsoper Hannover, 3.11.2024. (DMD)
The artist is present – Alfred Schnittke’s Life with an idiot by Kirill Serebrennikov in Zurich
Switzerland Alfred Schnittke, Life with an idiot: Soloists, Extras Association of Zurich Opera, Zurich Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Zurich / Jonathan Stockhammer (conductor). Zurich Opera, 3.11.2024. (MF)
David McVicar’s puzzling Rheingold is redeemed by Simone Young’s conducting and some fine singing
Italy Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists, Orchestra of La Scala, Milan / Simone Young (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Anna Gettel) from La Scala, Milan, 3.11.2024. (JPr)
Jonathan Dove’s The Monster in the Maze is a finely written opera that just happens to be for a community
United Kingdom Music in the Round – Dove (arr. Dove/Lyon), The Monster in the Maze: Music Makers of Sheffield (including Ensemble 360, Consone Quartet, Bridge Ensemble, Sheffield Hub Senior Strings, Sheffield Youth Choirs and singers of Sheffield) / John Lyon (conductor). Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 2.4.2024. (CC)
Miller’s ENO Rigoletto still packs a punch, but Verdi’s music carries the day
United Kingdom Verdi, Rigoletto: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the English National Opera/ Richard Farnes (conductor). London Coliseum, 30.10.2024. (CSa)
Great musical passion and an impressive role debut in Regensburg’s Tristan und Isolde
Germany Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists and Male chorus of Theater Regensburg, Philharmonic Orchestra Regensburg / Stefan Veselka (conductor). Theater Regensburg, 1.11.2024. (DMD)
