Opera & Ballet – Page 371 – Seen and Heard International

While Not Perfect WNO Realize Ian Bell’s highly ambitious In Parenthesis Well

23/05/201617/05/2016 by Glyn Pursglove

United Kingdom Bell, In Parenthesis: (World Premiere) Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Carlo Rizzi (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 13.5.2016. (GPu)

WNO In Parenthesis. Photo credit - Bill Cooper 925 — WNO’s *In Parenthesis* (c) Bill Cooper

Fine Cast in Gimmicky Production of Figaro at Semperoper, Dresden

23/05/201616/05/2016 by Michael Cookson

Germany Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden/Omer Meir Wellber (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden, Germany, 11.5.2016. (MC)

Photo credit: Semperoper. — Mozart’s *Le nozze di Figaro* (c) Semperoper

A Very Merry Widow From Juventus Lyrica

23/05/201616/05/2016 by Jonathan Spencer Jones

Argentina Lehár, The Merry Widow: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Juventus Lyrica, André Dos Santos (conductor), Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires, 6.5.2016. (JSJ)

Juventus Lyrica’s Merry Widow. Photo credit: Juan Ingelmo.

A Lush and Satisfying La bohème at Los Angeles Opera

23/05/201616/05/2016 by Jane Rosenberg

United States Puccini, La bohème: LA Opera, Speranza Scappucci (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 14.5.2016. (JRo)

Mario Chang, Nino Machaidze, Giorgio Caoduro, and Janai Brugger in LA Opera's 2016 production of La Bohème (Photo credit: Ken Howard/LA Opera) — Mario Chang, Nino Machaidze, Giorgio Caoduro, and Janai Brugger in LA Opera’s *La bohème*
(c) Ken Howard/LA Opera)

Bejun Mehta and William Christie in an Outstanding Orlando

19/05/201616/05/2016 by John Rhodes

Switzerland Handel, Orlando: Orchestra La Scintilla Zurich, William Christie (conductor), Soloists, Zurich Opera 13.5.16. (JR)

Strong Performance by Psappha of Mark Simpson’s First Opera Pleasure

14/05/2016 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Mark Simpson, Pleasure: Soloists, Psappha, Nicholas Kok (conductor). Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London, 12.5.2016. (MB)

Pleasure Garrett — Lesley Garrett as Val in *Pleasure* (c) Robert Workman

Flowing, Dramatic Production of Mathis der Maler at Semperoper

16/05/201614/05/2016 by Michael Cookson

Germany Hindemith, Mathis der Maler: Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden/Simone Young (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden, 10.5.2016. (MC)

Mathis der Maler, Dresden — Dresden Semperoper’s *Mathis der Maler*

Curtis’s Figaro a Mixed Bag Dramatically but an Almost Unmixed Triumph Musically

16/05/201613/05/2016 by Bernard Jacobson

United States Mozart Le nozze di Figaro: Curtis Opera Theatre, soloists, Karina Canellakis (conductor), Jordan Fein (director), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 8.5.2016 (BJ)

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