Germany Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Chorus of Badisches Staatstheater, Badische Staatskapelle / Georg Fritzsch (conductor). Badisches Staatstheater. Karlsruhe, 22.3.2026. (DM-D)
Cogent narrative and excellent singing for Karlsruhe Lohengrin
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Theater Regensburg scores high with a dystopian Alcina
Germany Händel, Alcina: Soloists, Philharmonisches Orchester Regensburg / Andreas Kowalewitz (conductor). Theater Regensburg, 21.3.2026. (AB)
Royal Academy of Music’s enjoyable, succinct production of Handel’s Rinaldo, excellently performed
United Kingdom Handel, Rinaldo: Soloists, Royal Academy Sinfonia / David Bates (conductor). Susie Sainsbury Theatre, Royal Academy of Music, London, 19.3.2026. (MB)
Rigoletto minus the italianità in Munich
Germany Verdi, Rigoletto: Soloists, Bavarian State Orchestra, Bavarian State Opera Chorus / Maurizio Benini (conductor). Nationaltheater, Munich, 19.3.2026. (AL-L)
Gothenburg’s Jenůfa gripping from start to finish
Sweden Janáček, Jenůfa: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Gothenburg Opera / Alejo Pérez (conductor). Gothenburg Opera main stage, 18.3.2026. (NS)
Voices soar in the Met’s Tristan und Isolde, while Yuval Sharon’s complex staging has its moments
United States Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Metropolitan Opera, New York, 17.3.2026. (RP)
Providing drama from start to finish this Opera North revival of Peter Grimes was a huge audience hit
United Kingdom Britten, Peter Grimes: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Garry Walker (conductor). Lyric Theatre, The Lowry, Salford, 13.3.2026. (MC)
Chaos ‘rains’ in Monster’s Paradise by Neuwirth/Jelinek at Zurich Opera
Switzerland Olga Neuwirth, Monster’s Paradise: Zurich Opera Orchestra / Titus Engel (conductor). Zurich Opera, 15.3.2026. (MF)
