Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Calixto Bieito’s Vienna Tristan is Wagner, Richard, but not as we know it!

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AustriaAustria Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Philippe Jordan (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Anna Gettel) from Vienna State Opera, 27.4.2022. (JPr)

Andreas Schager (Tristan) and Martina Serafin (Isolde) © Michael Pöhn

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Theatrical excess spoils an otherwise well-sung and played Der fliegende Holländer in Mannheim

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GermanyGermany Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Nationaltheater Mannheim / Jordan de Souza (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Florian Breuer) on 24.4.2022 from the Nationaltheater Mannheim (available on YouTube and OperaVision until 24.10.2022). (JPr)

Delphina Parenti (Dream Senta), Michael Bronczkowski (Dream Dutchman) and Daniela Köhler (Senta) (c) Christian Kleiner

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Lisette Oropesa seems unsurpassable in a strongly sung revival of Lucia di Lammermoor in Vienna

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AustriaAustria Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Evelino Pidò (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Jasmina Eleta) from Vienna State Opera, 24.4.2022. (JPr)

Benjamin Bernheim (Edgardo) and Lisette Oropesa (Lucia) © Michael Pöhn

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Vincent Huguet’s admirably sung Berlin Don Giovanni has an air of missed opportunity

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GermanyGermany Berlin Festtage [5] – Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Staatsopernchor Berlin (chorus master: Martin Wright), Staatskapelle Berlin / Thomas Guggeis (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, 17.4.2022. (MB)

Michael Volle (Don Giovanni). Peter Rose (Commendatore) and Riccardo Fassi (Leoporello) (c) Matthias Baus

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