Opera & Ballet – Page 25 – Seen and Heard International

New Francisco Coll opera at Teatro Real with Àlex Rigola’s superb libretto based on Ibsen

17/02/202616/02/2026 by José Irurzun

Spain Coll, Enemigo del Pueblo: Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Real / Christian Karlsen (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 13.2.2026. (JMI)

Brenda Rae (Petra) and José Antonio López (Doctor) © J. Del Real

The superb singing and sublime music of ENO’s Coney Island Così survives all the distractions of the fair

15/02/202614/02/2026 by Christopher Sallon

United Kingdom Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists, Skills Ensemble, Chorus and Orchestra of the English National Opera / Dinis Sousa (conductor). London Coliseum, 10.2.2026. (CSa)

[l-r] Taylor Raven, Lucy Crowe, Darwin Prakash, Joshua Blue and Andrew Foster-Williams in ENO’s *Così fan tutte* © James Glossop

McGregor’s choreography challenges the dancers but Osipova is a magnetic stage presence in Woolf Works

16/02/202611/02/2026 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Wayne McGregor’s Woolf Works – a triptych: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Students of The Royal Ballet School, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Koen Kessels (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ross MacGibbon) from the Royal Opera House to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 9.2.2026. (JPr)

Natalia Osipova as Virginia Woolf (and Marcelino Sambé as Septimus) in Wayne McGregor’s *I now, I then* © 2026 Johan Persson

Anna Netrebko reigns supreme in Un ballo in maschera in Paris

09/02/2026 by Rick Perdian

France Verdi, Un ballo in maschera: Soloists, Choir and Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris / Speranza Scappucci (conductor). Opéra Bastille, Paris, 5.2.2026. (RP)

Matthew Polenzani (centre front, Riccardo) © Benjamin Girette/OnP

Stylisation creates meaning in Bremen’s powerful Doctor Atomic

10/02/202609/02/2026 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Germany John Adams, Doctor Atomic: Soloists and Chorus of Bremen Theatre, Bremer Philharmoniker / Stefan Klingele (conductor). Bremen Theatre, 1.2.2026. (DM-D)

Michal Partyka (Oppenheimer), Hidenori Inoue (Teller) and Oliver Sewell (Wilson) © Jörg Landsberg

DecaDance: Jamiel Devernay-Laurence’s further impressive programme of dance

08/02/202607/02/2026 by John O'Dwyer

United Kingdom Ballet Nights 010: DecaDance: Jamiel Devernay-Laurence (compère). Cadogan Hall, London, 4.2.2026. (JO’D)

Lou Beyne and Jaat Benoot in Dov’è la Luna © Deborah Jaffe

Heartbeat Opera distills Massenet’s Manon to its essentials

05/02/2026 by Edward Sava-Segal

United States MANON!: Soloists, Musicians of the Heartbeat Opera / Dan Schlosberg (conductor). The Space at Irondale, Brooklyn, 3.2.2026. (ES-S)

Emma Grimsley (Manon) and Matt Dengler (Des Grieux) © Andrew Boyle

Calixto Bieito’s dystopian Ring forges on with Siegfried at the Opéra national de Paris

01/02/2026 by Rick Perdian

France Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris / Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor). Opéra Bastille, Paris, 28.1.2026. (RP)

Derek Welton (The Wanderer) and Gerhard Siegel (Mime) © Herwig Prammer/OnP

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