United Kingdom Astana Ballet: Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, London, 12.9.2019. (JO’D)
The Linbury Theatre welcomes Kazakhstan’s Astana Ballet for a four-work mixed programme
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
20 years of opera in Buenos Aires – Bravo Juventus Lyrica!
Argentina 20th Anniversary Grand Gala: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Juventus Lyrica / Antonio Maria Russo (conductor), Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, 7.9.2019. (JSJ)
Stellar voices mark a preview of Lyric Opera of Chicago’s new season
United States Stars of Lyric Opera at Millennium Park 2019: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago Chorus / Michael Black (director), Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, Chicago, 6.9.2019. (JLZ)
Bampton Classical Opera’s rollicking Storace revival
United Kingdom Stephen Storace, Gli Sposi Malcontenti: Soloists and Orchestra of Bampton Classical Opera / Anthony Kraus (conductor). Westonbirt School, Westonbirt, 29.8.2019. (CP)
in Bampton Classical Opera’s Bride and Gloom
An uneven concert performance of Die Frau ohne Schatten at Musikfest Berlin
Germany Musikfest Berlin [2] – Strauss, Die Frau ohne Schatten: Soloists, Children’s Choir of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden (chorus director, Vinzenz Weissenburger), Berlin Radio Chorus (chorus director, Benjamin Goodson), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Philharmonie, Berlin, 1.9.2019. (MB)
Straight from the heart – Berkshire Opera Festival’s frothy, fantastic Don Pasquale
United States Donizetti, Don Pasquale: Soloists, Berkshire Opera Festival Chorus and Orchestra / Brian Garman (conductor), Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, 27.8.2019. (RP)
© Ken Howard
Opera della Luna’s Delightful Pinafore Lunacy at Wilton’s
United Kingdom Gilbert and Sullivan, HMS Pinafore: Soloists, chorus and musicians of Opera della Luna / Michael Waldron (piano/musical director). Wilton’s Music Hall, London, 28.8.2019. (JB)
Andrew Davis’s Götterdämmerung Ends the 2019 Edinburgh Festival in a Blaze of Glory
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival [14] – Wagner, Götterdämmerung (in concert): Soloists, RCS (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) Voices (director: Timothy Dean), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 25.8.2019. (SRT)
(c) Ryan Buchanan