Germany Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Orchestra of the Komische Oper, James Gaffigan (conductor). Schillertheater, Berlin, 27.4.2024. (MB)
The jury remains partially out on the Komische Oper’s new production of Figaro in Berlin
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
L’elisir d’amore in Hannover has an ingenious production and superb singing
Germany Donizetti, L’elisir d’amore: Soloists, Chorus and Extras of Staatsoper Hannover. Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester Hannover / James Hendry (conductor). Staatsoper Hannover, 26.4.2024. (DMD)
The best things come to those who wait: Jurowski and the LPO’s Götterdämmerung
United Kingdom Wagner, Götterdämmerung (semi-staged): Soloists, London Philharmonic Choir, London Voices, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 27.4.2024 (CC)
Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s Rotterdam Die Walküre was one hell of a ride
Netherlands Wagner, Die Walküre (concert performance): Soloists, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Lauren Jurrius) on medici.tv from de Doelen (Grand Hall), Rotterdam, 26.4.2024. (JPr)
HGO’s mesmerising talent in a rather confusing The Fairy Queen
United Kingdom Purcell, The Fairy Queen: Soloists, HGO Antiqua Orchestra / Seb Gillot (conductor). Hampstead Garden Opera, Jackson Lane, London, 20.4.2024. (AK)
Teatro Real’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg falls short of expectations
Spain Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra / Pablo Heras Casado (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 24.4.2024. (JMI)
BRB bring Sir Peter Wright’s 1984 The Sleeping Beauty back to Islington and it has an intimate grandeur
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)
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)
