United Kingdom Handel, Berenice: Soloists, London Handel Orchestra / Laurence Cummings (harpsichord). Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1.4.2019 (CC)
A Bright, Yet Thought-Provoking Production of Berenice Makes Time Fly By
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
The Royal Ballet’s Dancers Shine in 2019’s Russian Ballet Icons Gala at the London Coliseum
United Kingdom Various Composers, Russian Ballet Icons Gala 2019: Guest dancers, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Valery Ovsyanikov (conductor). London Coliseum, 31.3.2019. (JPr)
Rare Opportunity to See and Experience Vaughan Williams’s Profound Pilgrim’s Progress
United Kingdom Ralph Vaughan Williams, The Pilgrim’s Progress: Soloists, Chorus and Opera Orchestra of Royal Northern College of Music / David Parry (conductor). RNCM Opera Theatre. Manchester, 31.3.2019. (RJF)
Dramatic Intensity and Intimacy in Mid Wales Opera’s Tosca at Newport
United Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus, Ensemble Cymru / Jonathan Lyness (conductor). Riverfront Arts Centre, Newport. 27.4.2019. (GPu)
Dido and Aeneas in Madrid Puts the Emphasis on Ballet over Opera
Spain Purcell, Dido and Aeneas: Vocalconsort Berlin, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin / Christopher Moulds (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 31.3.2019. (JMI)
At Opera Parallèle in San Francisco, a Legendary Painter Comes to Life
United States Laura Kaminsky, Today It Rains: Soloists, Orchestra, Vocal ensemble of Opera Parallèle / Nicole Paiement (conductor), Z Space, San Francisco. 29.3.2019. (HS)
Lepage’s Met Die Walküre Revival Boasts a Sextet of Vocal Successes and Characterful Conducting
United States Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Philippe Jordan (conductor). Broadcast Live in HD from the Metropolitan Opera to Everyman Cinema, Chelmsford, Essex, 30.3.2019. (JPr)
(c) Richard Termine/The Met
Old-Fashioned singing from Netrebko and Eyvasov is a highlight of the Royal Opera’s La forza del destino
United Kingdom Verdi, La forza del destino: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 29.3.2019. (JPr)
