United Kingdom Lalo, Le roi d’Ys (concert performance): Soloists, Chelsea Opera Group Chorus and Orchestra / Paul Wingfield (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London, 30.3.2025. (CC)
Chelsea Opera Group’s most enjoyable performance of Lalo’s Le roi d’Ys
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
London Handel Festival 2025: Apollo e Dafne and The Choice of Hercules is a Thomas Guthrie show of excellence
United Kingdom London Handel Festival 2025 – Apollo e Dafne (HWV122) and The Choice of Hercules (HWV69): Soloists, La Nuova Musica / David Bates (conductor) with New English Ballet Theatre. Shoreditch Town Hall, 27.3.2025. (AK)
Benjamin Bernheim blazes as Werther at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris
France Massenet, Werther: Soloists, Chœur d’enfants de la Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine, Les Siècles / Marc Leroy-Calatayud (conductor).Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, 28.3.2025. (RP)
Jonathan Dove’s new opera Uprising may prove a transformative experience for some
United Kingdom Jonathan Dove, Uprising: Soloists, RSNO Youth Chorus, RSNO Chorus Academy, RSNO Changed Voices, Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Ellie Slorach (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 28.3.2025. (SRT)
A silly opera but a wonderful one: The Mozartists’s La finta giardiniera
United Kingdom Mozart, La finta giardiniera (concert performance, Bärenreiter edition, ed. Angermüller/Berke): Soloists. The Mozartists / Ian Page (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London, 25.3.2025. (CC)
Experiments in Opera at The Tank presents solo operas by Jason Cady and Anna Heflin
United States Jason Cady, This Is Not About Natalie, Anna Heflin, The INcomplete Cosmicomics: Sarah Daniels (soprano and guitar), Aaron Wolff (actor and cello). Experiments in Opera, The Tank, New York, 22.3.2025. (RP)
New production at Teatro Real of Mitridate, re di Ponto, Mozart’s first opera
Spain Mozart, Mitridate, re di Ponto: Soloists, Teatro Real Orchestra / Ivor Bolton (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 23.3.2025. (JMI)
Galili’s Ostrava production of The Cunning Little Vixen is a spectacular fusion of light, sound and movement
Czech Republic Janáček, The Cunning Little Vixen: Soloists, Chorus, Ballet and Orchestra of the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre / Adam Sedlický (conductor). Antonin Dvořák Theatre, Ostrava, 21.3.2025. (GT)
