Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

(P)review of Scottish Ballet and Forest of Black’s These Violent Delights in cinemas soon

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom These Violent Delights – ‘O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?’ ***

Romeo (Ishan Mahabir-Stokes) and Juliet (Kayla-Maree Tarantolo)inside The Apothecary © Mihaela Bodlovic

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Asmik Grigorian gives typically towering portrayals in Vienna’s new Zemlinsky/Bartók double-bill

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AustriaAustria Zemlinsky, A Florentine Tragedy; Bartók, Duke Bluebeard’s Castle: Soloists, Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Alain Altinoglu (conductor). 8.10.2026 Vienna State Opera performance (directed by Jakob Pitzer) livestreamed on 10.10.2026. (JPr)

Dmitry Golovnin (Guido), Asmik Grigorian (Bianca) and Christopher Maltman (Simone) in A Florentine Tragedy © WS/Marcel Urlaub

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Spring Snow: A Kabuki Winterreise at Wigmore Hall was an unforgettable evening

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Spring Snow: A Kabuki Winterreise: Fleur Barron (mezzo-soprano), Suleiman Suleiman (dancer), Jong Sun Woo (piano), Hibiki Ichikawa (shamisen/shinobue), Sonoko Kamimura-Ostern (choreography), Lifeng Liao (costume and lighting designer), Misa Koide, Sophie Daneman (movement directors). Wigmore Hall, 11.10.2026. (CC)

Spring Snow: A Kabuki Winterreise © Hugo Glendinning

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Oldenburg’s La forza del destino packs a punch

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GermanyGermany Verdi, La forza del destino: Soloists, Opernchor des Oldenburgischen Staatstheaters, Oldenburgisches Staatsorchester / Vito Cristofaro (conductor). Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, 9.10.2026. (DM-D)

Anna Dowsley (Preziosilla), Aksel Daveyan (Don Carlo di Vargas), Johannes Leander Maas (Trabuco) and Adréana Kraschewski (Leonora di Vargas) © Stephan Walzl

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