Germany Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Chorus of Theater Bremen, Bremer Philharmoniker / Stefan Klingele (conductor). Theater Bremen, 13.10.2024. (DMD)
The hero fails to bring salvation in Bremen’s Lohengrin
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
ENO’s strongly sung new production of The Turn of the Screw
United Kingdom Britten, The Turn of the Screw: Soloists, Orchestra of the English National Opera / Duncan Ward (conductor). London Coliseum, 16.10.2024. (MB)
The Royal Ballet are on great form in Wheeldon’s phantasmagorical Alice’s Adventures, but it’s too long
United Kingdom Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Koen Kessels (conductor). Directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon and seen at Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 15.10.2024. (JPr)
Nagano conducts Castorf’s expert Boris Godunov in Hamburg
Germany Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov: Soloists and Choruses of Hamburg State Opera, Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Kent Nagano (conductor). Hamburg State Opera, Hamburg, 11.10.2024. (DM-D)
In Bremerhaven’s Turandot, the plot is the princess’ drug-induced hallucination
Germany Puccini, Turandot: Soloists and Chorus, Extra chorus and Children’s chorus of Stadttheater Bremerhaven, Philharmonic Orchestra Bremerhaven / Davide Perniceni (conductor). Stadttheater Bremerhaven, 10.10.2024. (DM-D)
Remarkable storytelling and role debuts in Bonn’s Die Meistersinger
Germany Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Soloists, Extra Chorus & Chorus of Bonn Theatre / Beethoven Orchestra Bonn / Dirk Kaftan (conductor). Bonn Theatre, 3.10.2024. (DM-D)
Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance at the Cliffs Pavilion deserves yet another standing ovation
United Kingdom Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance – A Lifetime of Standing Ovations: Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, 8.10.2024. (JPr)
Barlett Sher’s Tales of Hoffmann revival at the Met loses the emotional core of this complex opera
United States Offenbach, Les contes d’Hoffmann: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Broadcast Live in HD from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 5.10.2024. (JPr)
