Opera & Ballet – Page 377 – Seen and Heard International

Fine Performance of Elektra Despite a Lacklustre Production

15/04/201608/04/2016 by Mark Berry

Germany Strauss-Wochen (2), Elektra: Soloists, Chorus (chorus master: William Spaulding) and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper, Donald Runnicles (conductor). Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 7.4.2016. (MB)

A Salome of Great Musico-Dramatic Import at Deutsche Oper, Berlin

15/04/201608/04/2016 by Mark Berry

Germany Strauss-Wochen (1) – Salome: Soloists, Statisterie and Male Dancers from the Deutsche Oper, Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper, Alain Altonoglu (conductor). Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 6.4.2016. (MB)

transform — Deutsche Oper’s *Salome* (c) Monika Rittershaus

Naturalistic Dancing from Nuñez and Muntagirov in Royal Ballet’s Giselle

28/12/202207/04/2016 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Adolphe Adam, Giselle: Soloists, Corps de ballet and Royal Opera House Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth (conductor). Broadcast to the Empire Cinema, Basildon, Essex. 6.4.2016. (JPr)

25840642100_47b25f7b68_b — Marianela Nunez (Giselle) and Vadim Muntagirov (Albrecht) © Tristram Kenton

Verdi’s Macbeth – Spirits and Ravens Are Witness to a Dark and Dangerous Love

10/04/201607/04/2016 by Rick Perdian

Switzerland Verdi, Macbeth: Soloists, Chorus of Opernhaus Zürich, Philharmonia Zürich, Teodor Currentzis (conductor), Opernhaus Zürich, 3.4.2016. (RP)

Fine Performance of Rusalka from Stuart Stratford and Scottish Opera

10/04/201606/04/2016 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Dvořák, Rusalka: Scottish Opera / Stuart Stratford (conductor), Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 5.4.2016. (SRT)

Anne Sophie Duprels as Rusalka,br/>(c) James Glossop — Anne Sophie Duprels as Rusalka
(c) James Glossop

Excitement on Stage and off Makes for a Memorable Carmen

10/04/201605/04/2016 by Rick Perdian

Switzerland Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Chorus and Children’s Chorus of Opernhaus Zürich, Philharmonia Zürich, Cornelius Meister (conductor), Opernhaus Zürich, 31.3.16. (RP)

Opernhaus Zürich - Carmen - Oper von Georges Bizet - 2015/16 ©Judith Schlosser, e-mail: j_schlosser@bluewin.ch, Bankverbindung: ZKB, 1137-0586.405, IBAN:CH7000700113700586405, SWIFT:ZKBKCHZZ80A — Opernhaus Zürich’s *Carmen*
Alexander Vinogradov as Escamillio
© Judith Schlosser

Barry Takes Musico-Dramatic Sledgehammer to Wilde’s Importance with Hilarious Results

10/04/201604/04/2016 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Gerald Barry, The Importance of Being Earnest: Soloists, Britten Sinfonia, Tim Murray (conductor). Barbican Theatre, 29.3.2016. (MB)

The Importance of Being Earnest 29 March—3 April 2016 Barbican Theatre Gerald Barry’s operatic adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s classic play is a comic masterpiece. Music Gerald Barry Libretto Gerald Barry Creative: Tim Murray Conductor Director Ramin Gray Set Design Ben Clark (after an idea by Johannes Schutz) Composed by Costume designs Christina Cunningham Lighting Design Franz Peter David Movement Director Leon Baugh Cast: Simon Wilding as Lane/Merriman Benedict Nelson as Algernon Moncreiff Paul Curievici as John Worthing Stephanie Marshall as The Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax Alan Ewing as Lady Bracknell Hilary Summers as Miss Prism - as Cecily Cardew - as The Rev. Canon Chasuble, D.D — *The Importance of Being Ernest* (c) ROH/Stephen Cummiskey.

Passion, Lyricism, Tension and Drama in Met’s Live in HD Madama Butterfly

08/11/201903/04/2016 by Jim Pritchard

United States Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Karel Mark Chichon (conductor). Broadcast live to the Empire Cinema, Basildon, Essex, from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 2.4.2016. (JPr)

as Cio-Cio-San and Roberto Alagna as Pinkerton<br/> Photo: Marty SohlMetropolitan Opera — Kristīne Opolais as Cio-Cio-San and Roberto Alagna as Pinkerton
Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera

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