Opera & Ballet – Page 179 – Seen and Heard International

Scottish Ballet’s new The Snow Queen is an eminently revivable festive classic

21/01/202018/12/2019 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Scottish Ballet’s The Snow Queen (choreography by Christopher Hampson and music by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov): Dancers of Scottish Ballet, Scottish Ballet Orchestra / Jean-Claude Picard (conductor). Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 18.12.2019. (SRT)

Scottish Ballet’s *The Snow Queen*© Andy Ross

An impressive Amartuvshin Enkhbat proves to be a true Verdi baritone in Valencia’s Nabucco

24/02/202016/12/2019 by José Irurzun

Spain Verdi, Nabucco: Generalitat Valenciana Chorus, Comunitat Valenciana Orchestra / Jordi Bernàcer (conductor). Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 14.12.2019. (JMI)

*Nabucco* (c) Miguel Lorenzo and Mikel Ponce

Vienna State Opera’s Die Zauberflöte contains barely a hint of magic

21/01/202016/12/2019 by Mark Berry

Austria Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Vienna State Opera Chorus (chorus director: Martin Schebesta), Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera / James Conlon (conductor). Vienna State Opera, Vienna, 10.12.2019. (MB)

Andrea Carroll (Pamina) (c) Wiener Staatsoper

English National Ballet returns to the London Coliseum on excellent form in this season’s Nutcracker

21/01/202014/12/2019 by John O'Dwyer

United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker: Dancers of English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gerry Cornelius (conductor), London Coliseum, 11.12.2019. (JO’D)

Daniel Kraus (Mouse King0 & Skyler Martin (Nutcracker) (c) Laurent Liotardo

Sparkling Tales of Hoffmann ends Buenos Aires 2019 season

21/01/202013/12/2019 by Jonathan Spencer Jones

Argentina Offenbach, Les contes d’Hoffmann: Soloists and Orchestra / Enrique Arturo Diemecke (conductor), Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 6.12.2019. (JSJ)

Rachel Gilmore (Olympia) and Ramón Vargas (Hoffmann) (c) Máximo Parpagnoli

Roberto Alagna is outstanding in the Liceu’s Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci

21/01/202012/12/2019 by José Irurzun

Aleksandra Kurzak (Nedda) and Roberto Alagna (Canio) in *Pagliacci*
(c) A. Bofill

Spain Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana, & Leoncavallo, Pagliacci: Liceu Chorus & Orchestra / Henrik Nánási (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 9 & 10.12.2019. (JMI)

A significant event at the Vienna State Opera: the world premiere of Olga Neuwirth’s Orlando

21/01/202012/12/2019 by Mark Berry

Austria Olga Neuwirth, Orlando (world premiere): Soloists, Vienna State Opera Choral Academy, Vienna State Opera Chorus (chorus directors: Thomas Lang, Stefano Ragusini, Svetolomar Zlatkov), Band (Lucas Niggli [percussion], Stephan Börst [bass guitar], Edmund Köhldorfer [electric guitar], Annemarie Herfurth [synthesister], Martina Stückler [alto saxophone]), Stage Orchestra and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Matthias Pintscher (conductor). Vienna State Opera, Vienna, 8.12.2019. (MB)

*Orlando* (c) Wiener Staatsoper/Michael Pöhn

Comedy and technical perfection from the excellent Núñez and Muntagirov in The Royal Ballet’s charming Coppélia

22/12/202312/12/2019 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom The Royal Ballet’s Coppélia: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Barry Wordsworth (conductor). Directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon and broadcast live from the Royal Opera House to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 10.12.2019. (JPr)

Marianela Núñez (Swanilda) and Vadim Muntagirov (Franz) in *Coppélia* © Bill Cooper

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