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Collected opera and ballet reviews
United Kingdom David Lang, prisoner of the state (European premiere): Soloists, BBC Singers, Students from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, BBC Symphony Orchestra / Ilan Volkov (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 11.1.2020. (CC)
United Kingdom English National Ballet’s Le Corsaire: Dancers of English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gavin Sutherland (conductor). London Coliseum, 8.1.2020. (JO’D)
Germany Humperdinck, Hänsel und Gretel: Soloists, Children’s Chorus (chorus director: Christian Lindhorst) and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin / Donald Runnicles (conductor). Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 4.1.2020. (MB)
United States R. Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Metropolitan Opera Chorus (chorus master: Donald Palumbo), Metropolitan Opera Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Metropolitan Opera House, New York, 23.12.2019. (JQ)
Italy Verdi, Les vêpres siciliennes: Soloists, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet / Daniele Gatti (conductor). Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Teatro Costanzi, Rome, 22.12.2019. (RP)
Italy Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Orchestra and Chorus / Pier Giorgio Morandi (conductor), Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Teatro Costanzi, Rome, 20.12.2019. (RP)
Switzerland Donizetti, Don Pasquale: Soloists and Chorus of the Opernhaus Zürich, Philharmonia Zürich / Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Opernhaus Zürich, Zurich, 15.12.2019. (CCr)
Germany Handel, Semele: Soloists, Chorus (chorus director: David Cavelius) and Orchestra of the Komische Oper Berlin / Konrad Junghänel (conductor). Komische Oper, Berlin, 18.12.2019 (MB)
