Opera & Ballet – Page 5 – Seen and Heard International

A superb performance of L’Orfeo in Valencia led by Leonardo Garcia Alarcón

26/02/202526/02/2025 by José Irurzun

Spain Monteverdi, L’Orfeo (concert version): Soloists, Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Capella Mediterranea / Leonardo García Alarcón (conductor). Palau de les Arts, Valencia, 23.2.2025. (JMI)

Conductor Leonardo García Alarcón and Valerio Contaldo as Orfeo © M. Ponce

An intriguing double bill of operas by Falla and Torres in Madrid

26/02/202525/02/2025 by José Irurzun

Spain Falla, La vida breve & Torres, Tejas verdes: Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of Teatro Real / Jordi Francés (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 22.2.2025. (JMI)

Teatro Real’s *La vida breve* © Javier del Real

Regents Opera’s Götterdämmerung: the final achievement in their compelling Ring cycle

21/02/2025 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists, Members of London Gay Men’s Chorus, Members of Regents Opera Upper Voices Chorus, Regents Opera Ensemble / Ben Woodward (conductor). York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, 16.2.2025. (MB)

Scottish Opera’s The Makropulos Affair is a triumph with Orla Boylan at the heart of a terrific performance

21/02/202521/02/2025 by Gregor Tassie

United Kingdom Janáček, The Makropulos Affair: Soloists, The Orchestra of Scottish Opera and The Chorus of The Makropulos Affair / Martyn Brabbins (conductor). Theatre Royal Glasgow, 19.2.2025. (GT)

Catriona Hewitson (Kristina) and Orla Boylan (Emilia Marty) © Mihaela Bodlovic

ENO’s Mary, Queen of Scots is an artistic success

19/02/2025 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Musgrave, Mary, Queen of Scots: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the English National Opera / Joana Carneiro (conductor). London Coliseum, 15.2.2025. (MB)

John Findon (James Hepburn), Alex Otterburn (James Stewart), and Heidi Stober (Queen Mary) © Ellie Kurttz

Heartbeat Opera has a hit with its small-scale but potent Salome

17/02/2025 by Rick Perdian

United States Richard Strauss, Salome: Soloists, Band / Jacob Ashworth (conductor). Heartbeat Opera, Irondale Center, Brooklyn, 14.2.2025. (RP)

Melina Jaharis (Page), Patrick Cook (Herod), and Jeremy Harr (Soldier) © Andrew Boyle

Revelatory production of Richard Strauss’s Die Liebe der Danae in Munich

17/02/2025 by Jim Pritchard

Germany Richard Strauss, Die Liebe der Danae: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Bayerische Staatsoper / Sebastien Weigle (conductor). Nationaltheater, Munich, 15.2.2025. (ALL)

Claus Guth’s production of *Die Liebe der Danae* with Malin Byström (front centre, Danae) © Monika Rittershaus

Michael Volle is unsurpassable again as Wotan in David McVicar’s mostly traditional La Scala Die Walküre

16/02/202515/02/2025 by Jim Pritchard

Italy Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Teatro alla Scala Orchestra / Simone Young (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ella Gallieni) from La Scala, Milan, 12.2.2025 and available on demand until 19.2.2025. (JPr)

Michael Volle (centre front, Wotan), Camilla Nylund (front right, Brünnhilde), and Okka von der Damerau (rear, Fricka) © Teatro alla Scala/Brescia e Amisano

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