Germany Puccini, Tosca: Deutsche Oper Chorus, Kinderchor and Orchestra / Ivan Repušić (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 9.12.2018. (JMI)
Radvanovsky’s Performance as Tosca Is the Highlight of the Deutsche Oper’s Vintage Production
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RNCM’s Winning Policy Blends Experience with Youth in Suor Angelica
United Kingdom Puccini, Suor Angelica: Soloists, Royal Northern College of Music Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Martin André (conductor). RNCM Opera Theatre. Manchester, 7.12.2018. (RJF)
Candide Forms a Fitting Climax to the LSO’s Celebration of the Bernstein Centenary
United Kingdom Bernstein, Candide (semi-staged performance): Soloists, Guildhall School Young Artists; London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra / Marin Alsop. 8.12.2018. (CC)
(c) Mark Allan
On Sight Opera’s Extraordinary Gift of Amahl and the Night Visitors
United States Menotti, Amahl and the Night Visitors: Soloists, Formerly Homeless Members of the Community in Partnership with Breaking Ground, On Site Opera Orchestra / Geoffrey McDonald (conductor), The Church of the Holy Apostles, New York, 7.12.2018. (RP)
Excellent Performance of The Love for Three Oranges Results in a Delightful Evening
United Kingdom Prokofiev, Die Liebe zu drei Orangen (The Love for Three Oranges): Komische Oper Orchestra and Chorus / Ainārs Rubiķis (conductor), Komische Oper Berlin, 8.12.2018. (JMI)
Darcey Bussell Recollects Frederick Ashton’s Sylvia
United Kingdom The Royal Opera House’s Cinema Festival – The Royal Ballet’s Sylvia (choreography by Sir Frederic Ashton): Soloists, corps de ballet and Royal Opera House Orchestra / Graham Bond (conductor). Directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon. Introduced by Dame Darcey Bussell and screened in the Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. 7.12.2018. (JPr)
Simone Schneider, Klaus Florian Vogt and René Pape Shine in Staatsoper’s Fidelio
Germany Beethoven, Fidelio: Staatsopernchor and Staatskapelle Berlin / Karl-Heinz Steffens (conductor), Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 7.12.2018. (JMI)
Magnificent Reading by Simon Rattle and an Exceptional Cast in Rameau’s Hippolyte et Aricie
Germany Rameau, Hippolyte et Aricie: Staatsopernchor, Freiburger Barockorchester / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 6.12.2018. (JMI)
