SINCE 1999 A LIVE REVIEW SITE FOR OPERA, BALLET, CONCERTS, BROADCASTS, AND THEATRE
Collected opera and ballet reviews
United States Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Metropolitan Opera, New York / Joana Mallwitz (conductor), Metropolitan Opera, New York, performance of 26.4.2025, seen at Avenue Cinema, Belfast, 30.4.2025. (RB)
Austria Salieri, Il mondo alla rovescia: Soloists, Chorus and Supplementary Chorus of the Salzburg Landestheater, Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra / Carlo Benedetto Cimento (conductor). Salzburg Landestheater, 30.4.2025. (MB)
United Kingdom Scottish Ballet’s The Crucible: Dancers and Orchestra of Scottish Ballet / Daniel Parkinson (conductor). Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 1.5.2025. (SRT)
United States Richard Strauss, Salome: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Metropolitan Opera, New York, 29.4.2025. (ES-S)
Austria Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, Actors, Chorus and Extra Chorus of the Tiroler Landestheater, Tiroler Symphonieorchester Innsbruck / Matthew Toogood (conductor). Tiroler Landestheater, Innsbruck, 26.4.2025. (MB)
Germany Puccini, Madama Butterfly (concert performance): Soloists, Rundfunkchor Berlin (chief conductor: Gijs Leenaars), Berliner Philharmoniker / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Broadcast live from the Berlin Philharmonie (directed by Michael Beyer) on the Digital Concert Hall, 27.4.2025. (JPr)
United States Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto: Soloists and orchestra of The English Concert / Harry Bicket (artistic director and harpsichord). Cal Performances, Zellerbach Hall, University of California Berkeley, 27.4.2025. (HS)
Sweden Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Gothenburg Opera / Martyna Szymczak (conductor). Gothenburg Opera main stage, 27.4.2025. (NS)
