United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, The Sleeping Beauty: Dancers of Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Philip Ellis (conductor), Sadler’s Wells, London, 24.4.2024. (JO’D)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Yasmine Naghdi and Matthew Ball lead an enjoyable revival of Liam Scarlett’s flawed Swan Lake
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake: Dancers of The Royal Ballet and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Martin Georgiev (conductor). Directed for the screen by Peter Jones and relayed to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 24.4.2024. (JPr)
A Nativity story enriched with Latin American imagery: El Niño at the Met
United States John Adams, El Niño: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Marin Alsop (conductor). Metropolitan Opera House, New York, 23.4.2024. (ES-S)
James Conlon conducts a ravishing La traviata in Los Angeles
United States Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / James Conlon (conductor). Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 21.4.2024. (JRo)
A superb revival: Royal Opera House’s Lucia di Lammermoor turns tragedy into triumph
United Kingdom Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Soloists, Actors, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Giacomo Sagripanti (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. 19.4.2024. (CSa)
Simon Boccanegra was a resounding success and testament to Elder’s 24-year rejuvenation of the Hallé
United Kingdom Verdi, Simon Boccanegra (concert staging, 1857 version): Soloists, Chorus of Opera North, RNCM Opera Chorus, Hallé / Sir Mark Elder (conductor). The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 18.4.2024. (MC)
Margaret Lattimore’s Ma Joad powers the MasterVoices Chorus’s The Grapes of Wrath
United States Ricky Ian Gordon, The Grapes of Wrath: Soloists, MasterVoices Chorus, Orchestra of St. Luke’s / Ted Sperling (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 17.4.2024. (RP)
The KVN Dance Company’s intriguing, exuberant – if flawed – reimagining of Coppelia is on tour
United Kingdom KVN Dance Company’s Coppelia: Towngate Theatre, Basildon, Essex, 17.4.2024. (JPr)