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Collected opera and ballet reviews
United Kingdom Verdi, Simon Boccanegra (concert staging, 1857 version): Soloists, Chorus of Opera North, RNCM Opera Chorus, Hallé / Sir Mark Elder (conductor). The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 18.4.2024. (MC)
United States Ricky Ian Gordon, The Grapes of Wrath: Soloists, MasterVoices Chorus, Orchestra of St. Luke’s / Ted Sperling (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 17.4.2024. (RP)
United Kingdom KVN Dance Company’s Coppelia: Towngate Theatre, Basildon, Essex, 17.4.2024. (JPr)
United States Huang Ruo, Book of Mountains and Seas: Artists of Ars Nova Copenhagen / Miles Lallemant (conductor). BroadStage, Santa Monica, 13.4.2024. (JRo)
United States Daniel Schlosberg, The Extinctionist: Suliman Tekalli (violin, viola), Taylor Levine (guitar), Katherine Fortunato (percussion) / Daniel Schlosberg (pianist, conductor). Baruch Performing Arts Center, New York, 10.4.2024. (RP)
United Kingdom MacMillan Celebrated – Danses concertantes, Different Drummer and Requiem: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Isabela Díaz (soprano), Josef Jeongmeen Ahn (baritone), Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Koen Kessels (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ross MacGibbon) from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 9.4.2024. (JPr)
Austria Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Alexander Soddy (conductor). Vienna State Opera, 3.4.2024. (CR)
Switzerland Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Chorus, Childrens’ choir, SoprAlti of Opera and Extras’ Association of Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Zurich Opera, 7.4.2024. (MF)
