Opera & Ballet – Page 455 – Seen and Heard International

New Production of Phantom of the Opera the Opera

27/09/201524/09/2015 by Goran Forsling

Finland FinlandAndrew LLOYD WEBBER Oopperan Kumitus (The Phantom of the Opera). Soloists, Finnish National Opera Chorus and Orchestra and Finnish National Ballet. Nick Davies (conductor).Finnish National Opera, Helsinki 15.9.2015 (GF)

A Flawed but Interesting Production of I Puritani from WNO

27/09/201524/09/2015 by Glyn Pursglove

United Kingdom Bellini, I Puritani: (Production Premiere) Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Carlo Rizzi (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 11.09.2015 (GPu)

Puritani-wno-xlarge — Rosa Feola (Elvira) and Barry Banks (Arturo) In Bellini’s *I Puritani*
(c) Bill Cooper

Hofesh Shechter’s Dance Trilogy Bewilders and Delights

13/08/202021/09/2015 by John O'Dwyer

United Kingdom Various composers, barbarians: Hofesh Shechter Company, Sadler’s Wells, London, 18.9.2015. (J.O’D)

Sondheim’s Demon Barber Slays Again

27/09/201520/09/2015 by Harvey Steiman

United States Sondheim, Sweeney Todd: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of San Francisco Opera, Patrick Summers (conductor), War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 18.9.2015 (HS)

Act II Opening with the San Francisco Opera Chorus, mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe as Mrs. Lovett and bass-baritone Brian Mulligan as Sweeney Todd. ©Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera

At Covent Garden a Competent Figaro Lacks Tension and Sparkle

27/09/201518/09/2015 by Stan

United Kingdom Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Members of the Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House/Ivor Bolton (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 15.9.2015 (CC)

The Royal Opera Le Nozze Di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ?Conductor Ivor Bolton Director David McVicar — Anita Hartig as Susanna, Kate Lindsey as Cherubino and Ellie Dehn as Countess Almaviva – *Le nozze di Figaro*
Photo by Mark Douet

Imaginative and Perfectly Executed Orphée et Eurydice at Covent Garden

27/09/201517/09/2015 by Stan

United Kingdom Gluck, Orphée et Eurydice: Soloists; Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists/ John Eliot Gardiner (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 14.9.2015 (CC)

Orphee et Eurydice_ Stage Rehearsal_ROH; Director; John Fulljames, Choreography; Hofesh Shechter, Performers, Conductor; John Eliot Gardiner, Orphee; Juan Diego Florez, Eurydice; Lucy Crowe, Amour; Amanda Forsythe, Dancers; Hofesh Shechter Company, Chorus; Monteverdi Choir, Orchestra; English Baroque Soloists, — *Orphee et Eurydice* – Director: John Fulljames, Choreography: Hofesh Shechter
Performers include the Hofesh Shechter Company Dancers (c) Bill Cooper

Salieri’s Entertaining La Grotta di Trofonio Materialises in London after 240 Years

27/09/201516/09/2015 by Jim Pritchard

Bampton Classical Opera Salieri's Trofonio's Cave, Matthew Stiff — Salieri’s *Trofonio’s Cave* Matthew Stiff as Trofonio
(c) Bampton Classical Opera

United Kingdom Antonio Salieri, Trofonio’s Cave (La Grotta di Trofonio): Soloists and chorus of Bampton Classical Opera and CHROMA conducted by Paul Wingfield. St John’s Smith Square, London, 15.9.2015 (JPr)

Passion and Atmosphere in Deutsche Oper’s Cav and Pag

27/09/201516/09/2015 by Michael Cookson

Germany Germany Mascagni, Cavalleria Rusticana; Leoncavallo, Pagliacci: Soloists, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Kinderchor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin/Ivan Repušić (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 13.9.2015

Cav & Pag, photo © Bernd Uhlig — *Cav* & *Pag* © Bernd Uhlig

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