Opera & Ballet – Page 164 – Seen and Heard International

Royal Opera: Live in Concert was a Covid-secure evening of world-class singing and music-making

29/12/202005/09/2020 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Royal Opera: Live in Concert – #OurHouseToYourHouse: Kristīne Opolais, Lisette Oropesa (sopranos), Aigul Akhmetshina (mezzo-soprano), Charles Castronovo, Filipe Manu (tenors), Vito Priante (baritone), Gerald Finley (bass-baritone), Jeremy White (bass), Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Streamed live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 4.9.2020. (JPr)

Kristīne Opolais and Gerald Finley in rehearsal for their *Tosca* duet

Patrice Chéreau’s Ring comes full circle and it is Pierre Boulez who is beyond criticism

29/12/202002/09/2020 by Jim Pritchard

Germany Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Pierre Boulez (conductor). Filmed at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus in 1980 and reviewed on DG Stage on 30.8.2020. (JPr)

Patrice Chéreau’s *Götterdämmerung* final scene

Centenary Bayreuth Ring revisited: a prosaic staging is well-acted, though the singing is variable

29/12/202029/08/2020 by Jim Pritchard

Germany Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Pierre Boulez (conductor). Filmed at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus in 1980 and reviewed on DG Stage on 28.8.2020. (JPr)

Manfred Jung (Siegfried) and Heinz Zednik (Mime)

Forty years on, Patrice Chéreau’s Bayreuth Die Walküre is just an upstairs, downstairs, costume drama

30/12/202027/08/2020 by Jim Pritchard

Germany Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Pierre Boulez (conductor). Filmed at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus in 1980 and reviewed on DG Stage on 26.8.2020. (JPr)

Patrice Chéreau’s *Die Walküre* final scene

Dancers past and present catch the eye in Birmingham Royal Ballet’s magical 2010 Cinderella

30/12/202026/08/2020 by John O'Dwyer

United Kingdom Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Home from Home – Cinderella: Dancers of Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Koen Kessels (conductor). 2010 performance from the Birmingham Hippodrome reviewed as a live stream on 25.8.2020. (JO’D)

Elisha Willis (Cinderella) and Artists of BRB (c) Bill Cooper

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Royal Opera: Live in Concert was a Covid-secure evening of world-class singing and music-making

Patrice Chéreau’s Ring comes full circle and it is Pierre Boulez who is beyond criticism

Centenary Bayreuth Ring revisited: a prosaic staging is well-acted, though the singing is variable

Forty years on, Patrice Chéreau’s Bayreuth Die Walküre is just an upstairs, downstairs, costume drama

Dancers past and present catch the eye in Birmingham Royal Ballet’s magical 2010 Cinderella

Das Rheingold begins another look at Patrice Chéreau’s legendary Centenary Ring

Kathleen Battle sparkles in a 1988 Il barbiere di Siviglia from the Met

A vintage Un ballo in maschera from the Met offers thrilling voices and lavish sets