Opera & Ballet – Page 8 – Seen and Heard International

Spectacular production of Turandot in Ostrava is blessed with magnificent singing

05/02/202531/01/2025 by Gregor Tassie

Czech Republic Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Chorus, Ballet and Orchestra of the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre / Marek Šedivý (conductor). Antonin Dvořák Theatre, Ostrava, 25.1.2025. (GT)

National Moravian-Silesian Theatre’s *Turandot*

In Düsseldorf, The Flying Dutchman offers a new perspective on Senta’s obsession

29/01/2025 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Germany Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Soloists, Chorus and Extras of Deutsche Oper am Rhein / Harry Ogg (conductor). Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf, 26.1.2024. (DM-D)

Deutsche Oper am Rhein’s *Der fliegende Holländer* (2022) © Sandra Then

Piotr Beczała redeems himself with his stylish Radamès in Michael Mayer’s deeply traditional Met Aida

29/01/202528/01/2025 by Jim Pritchard

United States Verdi, Aida: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 25.1.2025. (JPr)

Michael Mayer’s production of *Aida* (Act I) © Ken Howard/Met Opera

A fine new staging of György Kurtág’s Fin de partie in Berlin

28/01/2025 by Mark Berry

Germany Kurtág, Fin de partie: Soloists, Staatskapelle Berlin / Alexander Soddy (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 24.1.2025. (MB)

Kurtág’s *Fin de partie* © Monika Rittershaus

Forgotten gem Die Vögel by Walter Braunfels in Oldenburg

28/01/2025 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Germany Braunfels, Die Vögel: Soloists and Chorus of Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, Oldenburgisches Staatsorchester / Henrik Vestmann (conductor). Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, 25.1.2025. (DM-D)

[l-r] Dorothee Bienert (First Thrush), Penelope Kendros (Nightingale), Arthur Bruce (Ratefreund), and Brianna Meese (Wren) © Stephan Walzl

A disappointing Idomeneo from René Jacobs and the Freiburger Barockorchester in Madrid

26/01/202525/01/2025 by José Irurzun

Spain Mozart, Idomeneo, re di Creta (concert version): Soloists, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Freiburger Barockorchester / René Jacobs (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 23.1.2025. (JMI)

Freiburger Barockorchester’s concert performance of *Idomeneo* © Teatro Real

Nadine Sierra triumphs as Violetta Valéry in Barcelona’s La traviata

24/01/2025 by José Irurzun

Spain Verdi, La traviata: Soloists and Extras, Chorus and Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu / Giacomo Sagripanti (conductor). Liceu, Barcelona, 20 & 21.1.2025. (JMI)

Ruth Iniesta (Violetta) and Xabier Anduaga (Alfredo) © Gran Teatre del Liceu

Handel’s Rodelinda revival at Oper Frankfurt: a modern lens on a Baroque drama

23/01/2025 by Edward Sava-Segal

Germany Handel, Rodelinda: Soloists, Orchestra of the Frankfurt Opera / Simone Di Felice (conductor). Frankfurt Opera, 19.1.2025. (ES-S)

Irene Madrid (Flavio, under the table), Josh Lovell (Grimoaldo), and Zanda Švēde (Eduige) © Barbara Aumüller

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