Sweden Puccini, Tosca: Soloists of Gothenburg Opera, Gothenburg Opera Chorus and Children’s chorus, Gothenburg Opera Orchestra / Ramón Tebar (conductor). Gothenburg Opera main stage, 17.10.2021. (NS)
A dark and beautiful Tosca in Gothenburg
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Scottish Opera opens the new season with an outstanding production of The Gondoliers
United Kingdom Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Gondoliers: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Scottish Opera / Derek Clark (conductor). Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 21.10.2021. (GT)
Fulham Opera present the long-overdue staged London premiere of Die ägyptische Helena
United Kingdom Richard Strauss, Die ägyptische Helena: Soloists, Ensemble of Fulham Opera / Ben Woodward (conductor). St John’s Church, Fulham, London, 19.10.2021. (MB)
Mariinsky Theatre’s The Fiery Angel shows that it is still as shocking as it was thirty years ago
Russian Federation Prokofiev, The Fiery Angel: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre / Christian Knapp (conductor). Mariinsky II, St Petersburg, 5.10.2021. (GT)
Terrific Mariinsky performance of Rimsky-Korsakov’s bizarre and surreally fantastical Christmas Eve
Russian Federation Rimsky-Korsakov, Christmas Eve: Soloists, Mariinsky Opera Chorus (and Ensemble of soloists of the Mariinsky Academy of Young Opera Singers) and Orchestra / Gurgen Petrosyan (conductor). Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, 30.9.2021. (GT)
ENO is back doing what it does best: Phelim McDermott’s astonishingly effective production of Satyagraha
United Kingdom Glass, Satyagraha (sung in Sanskrit): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Carolyn Kuan (conductor). London Coliseum, London, 16.10.2021. (CC)
Yoncheva and Calleja star in Zurich Opera’s revival of Carsen’s production of Tosca
Switzerland Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus and Children’s Choir of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Paolo Carignani (conductor). Zurich Opera, Zurich, 17.10.2021. (JR)
Elza van den Heever, Matthew Ozawa and Eun Sun Kim bring distinction and glory to SFO’s new Fidelio
United States Beethoven, Fidelio: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera / Eun Sun Kim (conductor). War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 14.10.2021. (HS)
