A Carmen for the twenty-first century at Glyndebourne

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Glyndebourne Festival 2024 – Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Children’s Chorus (members of Glyndebourne Youth Opera and Trinity Boys Choir), Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Robin Ticciati (conductor). Glyndebourne, Lewes, E. Sussex, 16.5.2024. (MM-B)

Carmen (Rihab Chaieb), Zuniga (Dingle Yandell) and Glyndebourne Chorus (rear) © Richard Hubert Smith

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Entertaining and robust Das Rheingold in Dortmund

GermanyGermany Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists, Children’s chorus and Extras, Theater Dortmund; Dortmunder Philharmoniker / Gabriel Feltz (conductor). Dortmund Opera, 9.5.2024. (DMD)

[l-r] Morgan Moody, Irina Simmes, Sungho Kim, Tommi Hakala, Ursula Hesse von den Steinen, Matthias Wohlbrecht, Denis Velev, and Artyom Wasnetsov in Theater Dortmund’s Das Rheingold © Thomas M. Jauk

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Intense and moving Peter Grimes in Oldenburg

GermanyGermany Britten, Peter Grimes: Soloists, Chorus, Extra Chorus and Extras, Oldenburgisches Staatstheater; Oldenburgisches Staatsorchester, / Vito Cristofaro (conductor). Oldenburg State Theatre, 5.5.2024. (DMD)

[l-r] Melanie Lang (Mrs Sedley), Kihun Yoon (Balstrode), and Sally du Randt (Ellen Orford) © Stephan Walzl

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