SINCE 1999 A LIVE REVIEW SITE FOR OPERA, BALLET, CONCERTS, THEATRE , BROADCASTS AND FILMS
Collected opera and ballet reviews
United States The Met: Live in HD – Mozart, Così fan tutte: Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Nimrod David Pfeffer (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Gary Halvorson) from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 3.10.2026, and viewed at Everyman Winchester, 6.10.2026. (DH) ****
United Kingdom Offenbach, Barkouf (concert performance): Soloists, Chorus of English National Opera, RNCM Opera Chorus, The Hallé / Paul Daniel (conductor). Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 4.10.2026. (PH)
United Kingdom English National Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty: Soloists, Dancers of English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Maria Seletskaja (conductor). Filmed (directed by Ross MacGibbon) at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on 28 June 2025 and available in UK cinemas from 13.9.2026. (JPr) ***
Italy Mozart, Mitridate, re di Ponto: Soloists, Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo / Riccardo Frizza (conductor). Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, 1.10.2026. (AD)
Germany Gaspare Spontini, La Vestale: Staatsopernchor, Staatskapelle Berlin / Carlo Rizzi (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, 26.9.2026. (AB)
United Kingdom Ballet Nights 012: 3rd Birthday Programme: Cadogan Hall, London, 28.9.2026. (JO’D)
United States Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra / Ramón Tebar (conductor). Metropolitan Opera, New York, 27.9.2026. (RP)
United Kingdom Oxford International Opera – Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Oxford International Opera Chorus, Radley College Choristers, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra / Marios Papadopoulos (conductor). New Theatre, Oxford, 24.9.2026. (CR)
