Ireland Wexford Festival Opera 2024 [2] – Stanford, The Critic: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Wexford National Opera / Ciarán McAuley (conductor), O’Reilly Theatre Wexford, 24.10.2024. (RB)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Scottish Opera’s revival of Don Pasquale is an extraordinary show of great bel canto singing and comic fun
United Kingdom Donizetti, Don Pasquale: Soloists, Chorus of Don Pasquale and the Orchestra of Scottish Opera / Stuart Stratford (conductor), Theatre Royal Glasgow, 26.10.2024. (GT)
Fine Wexford Festival Opera cast for Mascagni’s Le maschere, but the opera itself is unconvincing
Ireland Wexford Opera Festival 2024 [1] – Mascagni, Le maschere: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera / Francesco Cilluffo (conductor). O’Reilly Theatre, Wexford, 23.10.2024 (RB)
Even after 64 years, Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée – now performed by BRB – still transmits happiness
United Kingdom Birmingham Royal Ballet’s La Fille mal gardée: Dancers of Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Paul Murphy (conductor). Sadler’s Wells, London, 25.10.2024. (JO’D)
Magnificent orchestral work under Eun Sun Kim elevates SFO’s Tristan und Isolde
United States Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera / Eun Sun Kim (conductor). War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 23.10.2024. (HS)
Scottish Opera’s refreshingly comic Albert Herring: magnificent singing and acting in a satire on village life
United Kingdom Britten, Albert Herring: Soloists, Orchestra of Scottish Opera / William Cole (conductor). Theatre Royal Glasgow, 22.10.2024. (GT)
Five true Legends of the Dance Floor dazzle on tour at the Cliffs Pavilion
United Kingdom Legends of the Dance Floor: Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, 22.10.2024. (JPr)
Kupfer’s La Scala, Milan, Der Rosenkavalier is more thoughtful sophistication than brazen opulence
Italy Richard Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier: Soloists, Chorus and Treble Voices Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala Academy, Teatro alla Scala Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 19.10.2024. (CR)