SINCE 1999 A LIVE REVIEW SITE FOR OPERA, BALLET, CONCERTS, THEATRE , BROADCASTS AND FILMS
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Germany Verdi, Aida: Soloists, Dancers, Dresden State Opera Chorus, Staatskapelle Dresden / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Michael Beyer) on 13.3.2022 from the Semperoper Dresden and available until 12.6.2022. (JPr)
France Berg, Wozzeck: Soloists, Maîtrise des-Hauts-de Seine/Children’s Chorus of the Opéra national de Paris (chorus master: Gaël Darchen), Chorus (chorus master: Ching-Lien Wu) and Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris / Susanna Mälkki (conductor). Opéra Bastille, Paris, 13.3.2022. (MB)
United States Bernstein, Bernstein Dances: Dancers of the Hamburg Ballet, Tai Murray (violin), Sebastian Knauer (piano), members of the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra and other artists / Garrett Keast (conductor). Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 13.3.2020. (JRo)
France Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Chorus (chorus master: Ching-Lien Wiu) and Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris / Bertrand de Billy (conductor). Opéra Bastille, Paris, 11.3.2022. (MB)
United States Richard Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Marek Janowski (conductor). Transmitted live (directed by Gary Halvorson) from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 12.3.2022. (JPr)
Greece FYTA – Orfeas2021: Soloists, chorus & orchestra / Iason Marmaras & Panos Iliopoulos (musical preparation & harpsichord). Greek National Opera, Athens, 2021. (RP)
Germany Britten, Peter Grimes: Soloists, Children’s Chorus, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayerische Staatsoper / Edward Gardner (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Miriam Hoyer) from Munich’s Nationaltheater, 6.3.2022. (JPr)
Germany Britten, Peter Grimes: Soloists, Children’s Chorus, Chorus and Orchestra of Bayerische Staatsoper / Edward Gardner (conductor). Nationaltheater, Munich, 6.3.2022. (ALL)
