Italy Britten, The Turn of the Screw: Soloists, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Orchestra / Ben Glassberg (conductor). Rome Opera, Teatro Costanzi, 23.9.2025. (RP)
Bostridge and Warner unite for a spare, intense The Turn of the Screw in Rome
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
ENO’s Cinderella made for an enjoyable enough evening despite shortcomings
United Kingdom Rossini, La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Soloists, Dancers, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Yi-Chen Lin (conductor). London Coliseum, 27.9.2025. (MB)
Mason Bate’s The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay soars in Bartlett Sher’s terrific Met production
United States Bates, The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Metropolitan Opera, New York, 21.9.2025. (RP)
The Return of the Legends to the Cliffs Pavilion is a sheer delight
United Kingdom The Return of the Legends: Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 24.9.2025. (JPr)
A vibrant Der Rosenkavalier ushers in the era of Matthias Schulz at Zurich Opera
Switzerland Richard Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier: Soloists, Chorus, Children’s Chorus and Extras Association of Zurich Opera / Joana Mallwitz (conductor). Zurich Opera, 21.9.2025. (MF)
Opera Philadelphia celebrates its 50th anniversary with Rossini’s Il viaggio a Reims
United States Rossini, Il viaggio a Reims: Soloists, Opera Philadelphia Chorus & Orchestra / Corrado Rovaris (conductor). Opera Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 19.9.2025. (RP)
Bucharest Opera stage a powerfully emotive performance of Enescu’s great masterpiece Oedipe
United Kingdom George Enescu International Festival 2025 [7] – Enescu, Oedipe: Soloists, Chorus, Children’s Chorus and Orchestra of Bucharest National Opera / Tiberiu Soare (conductor), Daniel Jinga, Adrian Ionescu (choir conductors), Smaranda Morgovan (coordinator of the children’s choir). National Opera Theatre, Bucharest, 15.9.2025. (GT)
Bampton Classical Opera’s Salieri serves up a landlady’s lyrical tonic
United Kingdom Salieri, La locandiera (The Landlady): Soloists, CHROMA / Andrew Griffiths (conductor). Sinfonia Smith Square, London, 16.9.2025. (MB)
