Germany R. Strauss, Salome: Soloists, Staatskapelle Berlin / Thomas Guggeis (conductor), Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 4.12.2019. (MB)
Manipulation permeates Hans Neuenfels’ production of Salome for the Staatsoper Unter den Linden
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Sonya Yoncheva and Javier Camarena are brilliant in Bellini’s Il pirata at the Teatro Real
Spain Bellini, Il pirata: Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra / Maurizio Benini (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 3 & 4.12.2019. (JMI)
A Superb Violetta in Stockholm’s La traviata
Sweden Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Stockholm Opera / Domingo Hindoyan (conductor), Royal Stockholm Opera, 23.11.2019. (GF)
In Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Don Giovanni, Donna Elvira triumphs
United States Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Lyric Opera of Chicago / James Gaffigan (conductor). Civic Opera House, Chicago. 23.11.2019. (JLZ)
Philadelphia’s vocal academy rises movingly to the challenge of Figaro
United States Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Chorus, and AVA Opera Orchestra / Cristofer Macatsoris (conductor), Helen Corning Warden Theater, Academy of the Vocal Arts, Philadelphia, 19.11.2019. (BJ)
A triumphant Met debut for Lise Davidsen in The Queen of Spades
United States Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko (conductor), Metropolitan Opera, New York, 29.11.2019. (RP)
in The Queen of Spades © Ken Howard/Met Opera
Edward Gardner and the Bergen Philharmonic’s rich, brooding, and tempestuous Peter Grimes
United Kingdom Britten, Peter Grimes: Soloists, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Edvard Grieg Kor, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus, Choir of Collegiûm Mûsicûm / Håkon Matti Skrede (chorus master), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 30.11.2019. (JPr)
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Theatre within the theatre is the setting for Yuval Sharon’s Staatsoper Berlin Die Zauberflöte
Germany Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Staatsopernchor Berlin (chorus director: Anna Milukova), Staatskapelle Berlin / Julien Salemkour (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 28.11.2019. (MB)
