Germany Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists and Chorus of Hamburg State Opera, Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra / Alexander Joel (conductor). Hamburg State Opera, 22.6.2025. (DM-D)
Hamburg’s Così fan tutte revival is exuberant fun
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Premiere of Rebecca Saunders’s first opera at the Deutsche Oper Berlin only partially fulfils expectations
Germany Rebecca Saunders, Lash: Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin / Enno Poppe (conductor). Deutsche Oper Berlin, 20.6.2025. (MB)
Kent Nagano’s superb Tristan und Isolde crowns his last appearance as Hamburg’s General Music Director
Germany Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists and Chorus of Hamburg State Opera, Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Kent Nagano (conductor). Hamburg, 15.6.2025. (DM-D)
Generally, it is a fine cast in Valencia’s Roberto Devereux though a disappointing production
Spain Donizetti, Roberto Devereux: Soloists, Generalitat Valenciana Chorus, Comunitat Valenciana Orchestra / Francesco Lanzillotta (conductor). Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 18.6.2025. (JMI)
Garsington’s edgy recasting of Handel’s Rodelinda as a Gothic horror fantasy
United Kingdom Garsington Opera 2025 [3] – Handel, Rodelinda: Soloists, The English Concert / Peter Whelan (conductor). Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 19.6.2025. (CR)
An Idomeneo with visual depth and musical incisiveness from San Francisco Opera
United States Mozart, Idomeneo: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera / Eun Sun Kim (conductor). War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 14.6.2025. (HS)
L.A. Dance Project presents a varied program in Beverly Hills
United States Various – ‘Gatherings’: Dancers of L.A. Dance Project. The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, 13.6.2025. (JRo)
BambinO: LA Opera Connects performs a charming mini-opera for babies
United States Lliam Paterson, BambinO: Artists of LA Opera Connects. West Hollywood Library, West Hollywood, 10.6.2025. (JRo)
