Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Veronika Rovná gives a sensational performance in the lead role in Ostrava’s revival of Rusalka

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Czech RepublicCzech Republic Dvořák, Rusalka: Soloists, Ballet, Chorus and Orchestra of Národni Divadlo Moravskoslezské Opera and Ballet / Marek Šedivý (conductor). Antonín Dvořák Theatre, Ostrava, 30.11.2025. (GT)

The National Moravian-Silesian Theatre’s Rusalka: Martin Gurbaľ (Vodník) and Veronika Rovná (Rusalka) © Martin Popelář

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

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Czech RepublicCzech 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

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Exuberantly nuanced Die Csárdásfürstin in Bremerhaven

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GermanyGermany 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

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

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GermanyGermany 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

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