Impressive historically informed concert performance of Die Walküre in Hamburg

GermanyGermany Wagner, Die Walküre (concert performance): Dresdener Festspielorchester, Concerto Köln / Kent Nagano (conductor). Internationales Musikfest Hamburg, Elbphilharmonie, 1.5.2024. (DMD)

The concert performance of Die Walküre at Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie © Sebastian Madej

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Damiano Michieletto’s new Covent Garden Carmen is well sung but disappoints and disturbs

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Antonello Manacorda (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Pati Marr) from the Royal Ballet & Opera, Covent Garden, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 1.5.2024. (JPr)

Ruth Alfie Adams (Don José’s mother) and Piotr Beczała (Don José) © Camilla Greenwell

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L’elisir d’amore in Hannover has an ingenious production and superb singing

GermanyGermany Donizetti, L’elisir d’amore: Soloists, Chorus and Extras of Staatsoper Hannover. Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester Hannover / James Hendry (conductor). Staatsoper Hannover, 26.4.2024. (DMD)

Lluís Calvet i Pey (Belcore) and Meredith Wohlgemuth (Adina) © Clemes Heidrich

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