Opera & Ballet – Page 8 – Seen and Heard International

Saffron Opera Group redeem themselves with a compelling end to Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer

16/09/2025 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Soloists, Saffron Opera Group Chorus (inc. Saffron Walden Choral Society, chorus masters: James Davey and Quintin Beer), Saffron Opera Group Orchestra / Michael Thorne (conductor). Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, 14.9.2025. (JPr)

Simon Thorpe (The Dutchman) © Roger King

Muntagirov and Kaneko’s Apollo is the jewel in the crown of Ballet Nights: Bound in Motion

14/09/2025 by John O'Dwyer

United Kingdom Ballet Nights – Bound in Motion: Jamiel Devernay-Laurence (compère). Cadogan Hall, London, 11.9.2025. (JO’D)

Denilson Almeida in *The Dying Swan* © Deborah Jaffe

Tarmo Peltokoski’s Die Zauberflöte casts its spell in Bucharest

18/09/202509/09/2025 by Edward Sava-Segal

Romania George Enescu International Festival 2025 [1] – Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Chorwerk Ruhr, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen / Tarmo Peltokoski (conductor). Romanian Radio Hall, Bucharest, 7.9.2025. (ES-S)

Tarmo Peltokoski conducting the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen © Petrica Tanase

Musical values carry Rigoletto to the heights at the San Francisco Opera

07/09/2025 by Harvey Steiman

United States Verdi, Rigoletto: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera / Eun Sun Kim (conductor). War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 5.9.2025. (HS)

Yongzhao Yu as the Duke of Mantua © Cary Weaver

Intense, unnerving, and compelling: Shostakovich celebrated at the Proms with a stellar Lady Macbeth of Mtensk

06/09/202505/09/2025 by Christopher Sallon

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [26] – Shostakovich, The Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District: Soloists, BBC Singers, Chorus of English National Opera (chorus master: Matthew Quinn), Brass Section of the Orchestra of English National Opera, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra /John Storgårds (conductor), Ruth Knight (stage director). Royal Albert Hall, London. 1.9.2025. (CSa)

Amanda Majeski (Katerina) and John Findon (Zinovy) © BBC/Andy Paradise

An unforgettable The Turn of the Screw closes the Cumbria Opera Festival

03/09/202502/09/2025 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom Britten, The Turn of the Screw: Soloists, Jessica Meakin, Julian Cann (violins), Kim Becker (viola), Daniel Crompton (cello), Richard English (double bass), Richard Allen (harp), Hannah Gillingham (flute/alto flute/piccolo), Mana Shibata (oboe/cor anglais), William Hammond (clarinet/bass clarinet), Ursula Leveaux (bassoon), Chris Howlings (French horn), Alex Norton (piano/celesta), Stephen Burke (percussion) / Joe Davies (conductor). Victoria Hall, Grange-over-Sands, 30.8.2025. (CK)

A sublime Gothenburg revival of Rossini’s La Cenerentola

31/08/202530/08/2025 by Niklas Smith

Sweden Rossini, La Cenerentola: Gothenburg Opera Soloists, Male chorus and Orchestra / Giancarlo Andretta (conductor). Gothenburg Opera main stage, 28.8.2025. (NS)

[l-r] Don Magnifico (Åke Zetterström), Dandini (Hannes Öberg) and Don Ramiro (Liam Bonthrone) © Hokan Larsson

Estimable Salzburg Festival production and performance of Eötvös’s Three Sisters

29/08/202529/08/2025 by Mark Berry

Austria Salzburg Festival 2025 [7] – Eötvös, Three Sisters: Soloists, Actors, Klangforum Wien / Maxime Pascal, Alphonse Cemin (conductors). Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 24.8.2025. (MB)

Salzburg Festival 2025 – *Three Sisters* © SF/Monika Rittershaus

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