Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Grange Park Opera’s sparky Das Rheingold augurs well for its forthcoming Ring cycle

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Grange Park Opera 2026 [2] – Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists, Orchestra of English National Opera / Harry Sever (conductor) Grange Park Opera, West Horsley, 26.6.2026. (JR)

Rheinmaidens (Ailish Tynan, Olivia Rose Tringham and Charlotte Bateman) and Alberich (David Stout) © Marc Brenner

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A semi-staged Turandot is yet more distinguished Puccini from Opera Holland Park

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Opera Holland Park Youth Chorus (chorus master: Joe Cummings) and Chorus (chorus master: Richard Harker), City of London Sinfonia / Naomi Woo (conductor). Opera Holland Park, London, 23.6.2026. (MB)

Anne Sophie Duprels as Princess Turandot and Josè de Eça as Calaf Turandot © Pablo Strong

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With its revival of Tristan und Isolde Longborough is back with what it does at its very best

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Longborough Festival Opera 2026 [2] – Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Longborough Festival Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Antony Negus (conductor). Longborough, Gloucestershire, 20.6.2026. (CP)

Catherine Carby (Brangane) and Catharine Woodward (Isolde) © Matthew Williams-Ellis

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The Pittsburgh Symphony closes their season with a vibrant American celebration

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United StatesUnited States Various: Augustin Hadelich (violin), Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre dancers, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra / Manfred Honeck (conductor). Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, 19.6.2026. (SJ)

Violinist Augustin Hadelich, conductor Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony © Josh Milteer

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Ostrava stages a spectacular Rossini’s Moïse et Pharaon with great singing in a new production

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Czech RepublicCzech Republic Rossini, Moïse et Pharaon, ou Le Passage de la Mer Rouge: Narodni Divadlo Moravskoslezské Opera and Ballet/ Lukáš Kovařík (conductor). Antonín Dvořák Theatre, Ostrava, 12.6.2026. (GT)

Raman Hasymau (Eliézer), Andrii Kharlamov (Moïse) and Lada Bočková (Anaï)

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