Opera & Ballet – Page 7 – Seen and Heard International

A fine concert performance of Carmen in Dublin

15/10/202515/10/2025 by Robert Beattie

Ireland Bizet, Carmen (concert performance): Soloists, Chorus Ireland (chorus director: David Young) and Cór na nÓg (chorus director: Mary Amond O’Brien), National Symphony Orchestra / Jessica Cottis (conductor). National Concert Hall, Dublin, 10.10.2025. (RB)

Soloists, choruses, conductor and the National Symphony Orchestra performing *Carmen* in Dublin @ Caoimhe O’Carroll

Asmik Grigorian is exceptional in Hamburg’s revival of Salome

16/10/202513/10/2025 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Germany Richard Strauss, Salome: Soloists of Hamburg State Opera, Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Omer Meir Wellber (conductor). Hamburg State Opera, 7.10.2025. (DM-D)

Hamburg State Opera’s *Salome* (2023 production) © Monika Ritterhaus

The world is a stage for The Love for the Three Oranges at Bremerhaven

13/10/2025 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Germany Prokofiev, The Love for the Three Oranges: Soloists, Children’s Chorus and Chorus and Extra Chorus of Stadttheater Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven Philharmonic Orchestra / Marc Niemann (conductor). Stadttheater Bremerhaven, 4.10.2025. (DM-D)

[l-r] Meredith Hoffmann-Thomson (Fata Morgana), Timothy Edlin (King), Weilian Wang (Prince), Kai Preußker (Leander), Frederic Mörth (Tschelio) and Opera Chorus © Heiko Sandelmann

Fourth revival of Calixto Bieito’s Carmen at the ENO lacks passion and has had its day

10/10/202510/10/2025 by John Rhodes

United Kingdom Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Children’s Chorus, Chorus (chorus director: Matthew Quinn) and Orchestra of English National Opera / Clelia Cafiero (conductor). London Coliseum, 8.10.2025. (JR)

Calixto Bieito’s *Carmen* – Niamh O’Sullivan (front centre, Carmen) © Ellie Kurttz

Nadine Sierra and Xabier Anduaga are spellbinding in La Sonnambula at the Met

09/10/2025 by Rick Perdian

United States Bellini, La Sonnambula: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Riccardo Frizza (conductor). Metropolitan Opera, New York, 6.10.2025. (RP)

Nadine Sierra (Amina) in Bellini’s *La Sonnambula* © Marty Sohl/Met Opera

ETO’s The Rape of Lucretia is a top quality, deeply moving theatrical and musical experience

11/10/202509/10/2025 by Agnes Kory

United Kingdom Britten, The Rape of Lucretia: Soloists, English Touring Opera / Gerry Cornelius (conductor), Hackney Empire, London, 4.10.2025. (AK)

[l-r] Jenny Stafford (Female Chorus), Jane Monari (Bianca), Clare Presland (Lucretia) and Rosie Lomas (Lucia) © Richard Hubert Smith

A rollicking and intense Dido from Apollo’s Fire claims the stage in Ohio and beyond

08/10/2025 by Mark S Jordan

United States Purcell, Dido & Aeneas: Soloists, Apollo’s Singers, Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrell (music director and conductor). Greystone Hall, Akron, 3.10.2025. (MSJ)

Edward Vogel (Aeneas) and Aryssa Leigh Burrs (Dido) in a Chicago performance © Freddy Fletcher/AF

Visually compelling but sometimes incomprehensible staging of Gounod’s Faust in Valencia

09/10/202508/10/2025 by José Irurzun

Spain Gounod, Faust: Soloists, Generalitat Valenciana Chorus, Comunitat Valenciana Orchestra / Lorenzo Viotti (conductor). Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 5.10.2025. (JMI)

Alex Esposoto (Méphistophélès), Gemma Coma-Alabert (Marthe), Ruth Iniesta (Marguerite) and Iván Ayón-Rivas (Faust) © Arts Fotografía

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