Opera & Ballet – Page 21 – Seen and Heard International

Chicago Opera Theater’s Leonora shines light on Ferdinando Paër’s overlooked masterpiece

26/10/202406/10/2024 by Zach Carstensen

United States Ferdinando Paër, Leonora: Soloists and Orchestra of Chicago Opera Theater / Dame Jane Glover (conductor). Studebaker Theater, Chicago, 4.10.2024. (ZC)

Alex Soare (Giachino), Keely Futterer (Marcellina), Vanessa Becerra (Fedele/Leonora) , and Joo Won Kang (Rocco) © Michael Brosilow

This was a fine ENO Bohème and the frisson of an unexpected cast change certainly helped

26/10/202405/10/2024 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus of St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Clelia Cafiero (conductor). London Coliseum, 3.10.2024. (CC)

English National Opera’s *La bohème* © Lloyd Winters

English Touring Opera’s fresh, engaging account of Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Snowmaiden

26/10/202404/10/2024 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Rimsky-Korsakov, The Snowmaiden: Soloists, Choral Ensemble, Orchestra of English Touring Opera / Hannah Quinn (conductor). Hackney Empire, London, 28.9.2024. (MB)

Ffion Edwards (Snowmaiden) and Kitty Whately (Lel) © Richard Hubert Smith

Berlin revival of Respighi’s La fiamma after 90 years leaves no one untouched

26/10/202403/10/2024 by Andreas Bücker

Germany Respighi, La fiamma: Soloists, Chorus, Extra Chorus and Children’s Chorus of Deutsche Oper Berlin, Orchestra of Deutsche Oper Berlin / Carlo Rizzi (conductor). Deutsche Oper Berlin, 29.9.2024. (AB)

Deutsche Oper Berlin’s *La fiamma* © Monika Rittershaus

Persuasive contemporary staging of Nabucco in Düsseldorf enhanced by great singing

26/10/202403/10/2024 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Germany Verdi, Nabucco: Soloists, Chorus and Extras of Deutsche Oper am Rhein / Katharina Müllner (conductor). Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf, 29.9.2024. (DMD)

Lyric Opera of Chicago stages a Fidelio for the twenty-first century

26/10/202402/10/2024 by James Zychowicz

United Kingdom Beethoven, Fidelio: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Lyric Opera of Chicago / Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Civic Opera House, Chicago, 29.9.2024. (JLZ)

Elza van den Heever (Leonore) and Russell Thomas (Florestan) © Todd Rosenberg

Missy Mazzoli’s The Listeners hums along at Opera Philadelphia

26/10/202402/10/2024 by Rick Perdian

United States Mazzoli, The Listeners: Soloists, Opera Philadelphia Chorus & Orchestra / Corrado Rovaris (conductor). Opera Philadelphia, Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 27.9.2024. (RP)

Rehanna Thelwell (Angela Rose) © Steven Pisano

Ariadne auf Naxos opens the season in Zurich with Ziyi Dai as a phenomenal Zerbinetta

26/10/202430/09/2024 by Michael Fischer

Switzerland R. Strauss, Ariadne Auf Naxos: Soloists, Philharmonia Zurich / Markus Poschner (conductor). Zurich Opera, 25.9.2024. (MF)

Andreas Homoki’s *Ariadne auf Naxos* for Zurich Opera © Monika Rittershaus

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