Opera & Ballet – Page 2 – Seen and Heard International

Ostrava’s revival of Turandot is a magnificent triumph, highlighted by Iordanka Derilova in the title role

08/12/202506/12/2025 by Gregor Tassie

Czech Republic Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Ballet, Chorus and Orchestra of Narodni Divadlo Moravskoslezské Opera and Ballet / Marek Šedivý (conductor). Antonín Dvořák Theatre, Ostrava, 29.11.2025. (GT)

The National Moravian-Silesian Theatre’s *Turandot* (previous cast) © Martin Popelář

Exuberantly nuanced Die Csárdásfürstin in Bremerhaven

06/12/202506/12/2025 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Germany Kálmán, Die Csárdásfürstin: Soloists, Ballet and Chorus of Bremerhaven Municipal Theatre, Bremerhaven Philharmonic Orchestra / Hartmut Brüsch (conductor). Bremerhaven Municipal Theatre, 4.12.2025. (DM-D)

[l-r] Róbert Tóth (von Rohnsdorff), Meredith Hoffmann-Thomson (Sylva), Andrew Irwin (Boni), Alexander Geller (Edwin), James Bobby (Leopold Maria), Iris Wemme-Baranowski (Anhilte), Viktoria Kunze (Stasi) © Heiko Sandelmann

Alfred Walker and Brittany Renee head a powerful cast in the Met’s Porgy and Bess revival

05/12/202505/12/2025 by Rick Perdian

United States Gershwin, Porgy and Bess: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra / Kwamé Ryan (conductor). Metropolitan Opera, New York, 2.12.2025. (RP)

Alfred Walker (Porgy) and Brittany Renee (Bess ) © Richard Termine/Met Opera

English National Opera’s HMS Pinafore descends into crude, and often unfunny, pantomime

06/12/202505/12/2025 by John Rhodes

United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, HMS Pinafore: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Matthew Kofi Waldren (conductor). London Coliseum, 4.12.2025. (JR)

John Savournin (Captain Corcoran), Henna Mun (Josephine) and Thomas Atkins (Ralph Rackstraw) © Craig Fuller

Utterly astonishing and hugely inspirational: Chelsea Opera Group’s 75th anniversary Macbeth

06/12/202505/12/2025 by Agnes Kory

United Kingdom Verdi, Macbeth: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Chelsea Opera Group / Grant Llewellyn (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London, 30.11.2025. (AK)

Grant Llewellyn conducting Chelsea Opera Group’s *Macbeth* © Matthew Johnson

Tetelman and Miknevičiūtė are outstanding in the return of Fedora to Berlin after 95 years

04/12/202504/12/2025 by Jim Pritchard

Germany Giordano, Fedora: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin / John Fiore (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Nele Mϋnchmeyer) from the Deutsche Oper Berlin on medici.tv, 2.12.2025. (JPr)

Vida Miknevičiūtė (Fedora), Julia Muzychenko (behind, Olga) and Jonathan Tetelman (Loris) © Bettina Stöss

A Rimsky-Korsakov rarity in Munich: The Night Before Christmas

02/12/2025 by Antoine Lévy-Leboyer

Germany Rimsky-Korsakov, The Night Before Christmas: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Bavarian State Opera / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). National Theatre, Munich, 25.11.2025. (AL-L)

Bavarian State Opera’s *The Night Before Christmas* (centre, Elena Tsallagova as Oksana) © Geoffroy Schied

A sparkling, delightful, though small-scale, INO The Bartered Bride full of zest and energy

01/12/202530/11/2025 by Robert Beattie

Ireland Smetana, The Bartered Bride: Soloists, Chorus and Ensemble of Irish National Opera / Richard Peirson (piano, conductor), Garage Theatre, Monaghan, 27.11.2025. (RB)

Amy Ní Fhearraigh (Mařenka), Egor Zhuravskii (Jeník) and John Molloy (Kecal) © Patricio Cassinoni

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