United Kingdom New English Ballet Theatre: Cycles of Loss and Love: Aud Jebsen Studio Theatre, Royal Academy of Dance, London, 11.11.2022. (JO’D)
NEBT perform with gusto in Cycles of Loss and Love
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
ENB’s bold decision to frame a joyous work with two sombre ones pays off in their latest triple bill
United Kingdom English National Ballet’s EK/Forsythe/Quagebeur: Dancers of English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gavin Sutherland (conductor). Sadler’s Wells, London, 9.11.2022. (JO’D)
The Dallas Opera’s bewitching storybook Hansel and Gretel
United States Humperdinck, Hansel and Gretel: Soloists, Children’s Chorus of the Greater Dallas Choral Society, The Dallas Opera Orchestra / Emmanuel Villaume (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Tim Kelly) from the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House, Dallas, 5.11.2022. (JPr)
Ivan Putrov’s Men in Motion 10th Anniversary Gala was a melange of choreographers and styles
United Kingdom Ivan Putrov’s Men in Motion 10th Anniversary Gala: Paradisal Players / Samuel Burstin (conductor). London Coliseum, 6.11.2022. (JO’D)
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s highly absorbing coupling of two fascinating chamber operas
United Kingdom Opera Double Bill: Michael Nyman, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat & Gavin Bryars, Marilyn Forever: Opera students and musicians of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland / William Cole (conductor). Sir Alexander Gibson Opera Studio, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow, 2.11.2022. (MC)
Nadine Sierra’s Violetta in the Met’s La traviata is as remarkable as her recent Lucia
United States The Met: Live in HD – Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Daniele Callegari (conductor). Broadcast live to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 5.11.2022. (JPr)
Dmitri Tcherniakov experiments with Das Rheingold at Berlin’s Staatsoper
Germany Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists, Staatskapelle Berlin / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Filmed (directed by Andy Sommer) on 29.10.2022 at Staatsoper Unter den Linden but available until 17.2.2023 on ARTE Concert. (JPr)
At the Met, Allan Clayton stakes his claim among the greats in Peter Grimes
United States Britten, Peter Grimes: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Nicholas Carter (conductor). Metropolitan Opera, New York, 2.11.2022. (RP)
