Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

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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Hamburg explores brave new Mozart worlds in The Great Silence

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GermanyGermany The Great Silence: In Faraway Places – Rediscovering Mozart’s Music: Music theatre project by Christopher Rüping, Omer Meir Wellber and Malte Ubenauf with music by Mozart. Soloists, Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Tohar Gil (conductor). Hamburg State Opera, 2.4.2026. (DM-D)

Ana Durlovski and Gregory Kunde in Die grosse Stille © Tanja Dorendorf

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