Opera & Ballet – Page 71 – Seen and Heard International

A first-rate performance of an early Donizetti opera in Wexford

28/11/202306/11/2023 by Robert Beattie

Ireland Wexford Opera Festival 2023 [1] – Donizetti’s Zoraida di Granata: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera / Diego Ceretta (conductor). O’Reilly Theatre, National Opera House, Wexford, Ireland, 31.10.2023. (RB)

*Zoraida di Granata* at Wexford Festival Opera © Clive Barda/ArenaPAL

RCS’s memorable double bill shows post-WWII operas don’t have to be feared and can be entirely engaging

28/11/202306/11/2023 by Michael Cookson

United Kingdom Opera Double Bill – Gian Carlo Menotti, The Medium & Jake Heggie, Three Decembers: Soloists and Musicians of Royal Conservatoire of Scotland / William Cole (conductor). Sir Alexander Gibson Opera Studio, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow, 1.11.2023. (MC)

William Cole conducts RCS’s soloists and musicians in Jake Heggie’s *Three Decembers* © Robbie McFadzean/RCS

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A first-rate performance of an early Donizetti opera in Wexford

RCS’s memorable double bill shows post-WWII operas don’t have to be feared and can be entirely engaging

Bayerische Staatsoper’s new bawdy slapstick production of Le nozze di Figaro

NEBT’s Genesis Dance Project is from the place where ballet and contemporary dance meet

The ENO Orchestra is excellent in a well-sung Traviata and Konwitschny’s concept is an interesting one

Can the Swiss tango? Ástor Piazolla’s Maria de Buenos Aires in Geneva

An energetic concert version of Haydn’s Orlando paladino from Il Giardino Armonico at the Liceu

Jerome Robbins evening at the Paris Opera Ballet: can it ever be better than this?