SINCE 1999 A LIVE REVIEW SITE FOR OPERA, BALLET, CONCERTS, BROADCASTS, AND THEATRE
Collected opera and ballet reviews
United States Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Keri-Lynn Wilson (conductor). Metropolitan Opera, New York, 23.5.2025. (RP)
United Kingdom Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works – Fool’s Paradise, The Two of Us, Us, An American in Paris: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Koen Kessels (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ross MacGibbon) from the Royal Opera House, London, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 22.5.2025. (JPr)
France Robert Schumann, Das Paradies und die Peri, Op.50 (1843): Soloists, accentus, Insula / Laurence Equilbey (conductor). La Seine Musicale, Paris, 17.5.2025. (CC)
United Kingdom Aljaž and Janette A Night to Remember: Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 20.5.2025. (JPr)
Germany Unsuk Chin, Die dunkle Seite des Mondes: Soloists, Chorus of the Hamburg State Opera, Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra / Kent Nagano (conductor). Hamburg State Opera, 18.5.2025. (MB)
France Marc-Antoine Charpentier, David et Jonathas: Soloists, Ballet de l’Opéra Royal, Marguerite Louise Choir and Orchestra / Gaétan Jarry (conductor). Chapel Royal, Château de Versailles, France, 16.5.2025. (CC)
France Puccini, Il trittico: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opéra national de Paris / Carlo Rizzi (conductor). Broadcast live from the Opéra Bastille (directed by Mathilde Jobbé-Duval) on 16.5.2025 and available until 16.6.2025. (JPr)
Spain Handel, Tamerlano (concert performance): Soloists, Freiburger Barockorchester / René Jacobs (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 16.5.2025. (JMI)
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