Opera & Ballet – Page 455 – Seen and Heard International

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

Verismo Double Bill with a Lyric Touch

27/09/201516/09/2015 by Rick Perdian

Singapore Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci, & Puccini: Gianni Schicchi: Singapore Lyric Opera Orchestra, Singapore Lyric Opera Chorus, SLO Children’s Choir, Joshua Kangming Tan (conductor), Esplanade Theatre, 10.09.2015 (RP)

A Pleasing Tell Opens the Geneva Season

27/09/201516/09/2015 by Antoine Lévy-Leboyer

United Kingdom Gioacchino Rossini: Guillaume Tell, Chorus of the Geneva Grand Théâtre, Alan Woodbridge (Chorus Master), Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Jesús López-Cobos (Conductor), Grand Théâtre de Genève, 09.11.2015

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