Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Verdi’s Falstaff, in all his rotund glory, returns to delight audiences in Los Angeles

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United StatesUnited States Verdi, Falstaff: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / James Conlon (conductor). Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 18.4.2026. (JRo)

Deanna Breiwick (Nannetta), Sarah Saturnino (Meg Page), Nicole Heaston (Alice Ford) and Hyona Kim (Mistress Quickly) © Cory Weaver

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Singers, orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin unite in a Rotterdam Siegfried for the ages

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NetherlandsNetherlands Wagner, Siegfried (concert performance): Soloists, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Broadcast live – and available in replay on medici.tv – from de Doelen (Grand Hall), Rotterdam, 17.4.2026. (JPr)

Rebecca Nash (Brünnhilde), Clay Hilley (Siegfried), conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra © medici.tv

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Possokhov and Serebrennikov’s Berlin Nureyev shows us something of his spirit but not his tortured soul

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GermanyGermany Staatsballet Berlin’s Nureyev: Vocalconsort Berlin, Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin / Dominic Limburg (conductor). Filmed at the Deutsche Oper Berlin (directed by Miriam Hoyer) on 21.3.2026 and available on ARTE Concert until 30.3.2031. (JPr)

Iana Salenko (Margot Fonteyn) and David Soares (Nureyev) © Carlos Quezada

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English Touring Opera’s sparkling The Gondoliers is an utter joy from start to finish

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, The Gondoliers: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English Touring Opera / Jack Ridley (conductor). Hackney Empire, London, 11.4.2026. (JR)

Phil Wilcox (Duke of Plaza-Toro), Lauren Young (Duchess of Plaza-Toro) and Kelli-Ann Masterson (Casilda) © Richard Hubert Smith

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