United Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Northern Ireland Opera / Rebecca Lang (conductor). Carlisle Memorial Church, Belfast, 18.9.2021. (RB)
Northern Ireland Opera’s La bohème overcomes Covid restrictions
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Valery Gergiev opens the second night of the Mariinsky Theatre season with an impressive Tannhäuser
Russian Federation Wagner, Tannhäuser: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre / Valery Gergiev (conductor). Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, 9.9.2021. (GT)
LA Opera reopens with Il trovatore, and the music soars
United States Verdi, Il trovatore: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / James Conlon (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 18.09.2021. (JRo)
Magnificent Ekaterina Semenchuk opens new Mariinsky Opera season in an astounding The Maid of Orleans
Russian Federation Tchaikovsky, The Maid of Orleans: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre / Valery Gergiev (conductor). Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, 8.9.2021. (GT)
(c) Mikhail Vilchuk
Excellent singing as the Royal Opera revives a rather tired production of Die Zauberflöte
United Kingdom Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Actors, Royal Opera Chorus (chorus director: William Spaulding), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Hartmut Haenchen (conductor). Royal Opera House, London, 15.9.2021. (MB)
Time will tell if Oliver Mears’s new Rigoletto for the Royal Opera will reveal more
United Kingdom Verdi, Rigoletto: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 13.9.2021. (CC)
New production of Salome overwhelms in Zurich
Switzerland Richard Strauss, Salome: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Simone Young (conductor). Zurich Opera, Zurich. 12.9.2021. (JR)
Don Giovanni at Prague’s Estates Theatre – check it off the bucket list
Czech Republic Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, National Theatre Ballet, Chorus and Orchestra / Karsten Januschke (conductor). Národní Divadlo, Estates Theater, Prague, 8.9.2021. (RP)
