UK Opera – Page 25 – Seen and Heard International

WNO’s staging left lots to be desired, though in musical terms Così fan tutte was largely pleasurable

18/03/202427/02/2024 by Glyn Pursglove

United Kingdom Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Tomáš Hanus (conductor). Cardiff Wales Millennium Centre, 24.2.2024. (GPu)

Kayleigh Decker (Dorabella) and Sophie Bevan (Fiordiligi) © Elliot Franks

Another Barber of Seville revival proves ENO remains a joy and a gem

25/02/2024 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Rossini, The Barber of Seville: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Roderick Cox (conductor). London Coliseum, 22.2.2024. (CC)

Scottish Opera’s Marx in London! in Glasgow is more reminiscent of a Marx Brothers farce

20/02/202419/02/2024 by Gregor Tassie

United Kingdom Jonathan Dove and Charles Hart, Marx in London!: Soloists, the Chorus of Marx in London and the Orchestra of Scottish Opera / David Parry (conductor).Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 15.2.2024. (GT)

Roland Wood (Karl Marx ) © James Glossop

A Siegfried to celebrate from Regents Opera

12/02/2024 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Orchestra of Regents Opera / Ben Woodward (conductor). Freemasons’ Hall, London, 7.2.2024. (CK)

Peter Furlong (Siegfried) and Catharine Woodward (Brünnhilde) © Steve Gregson

The Royal Opera’s Tosca gets a disappointing revival with tired and inadequate principal singers

07/02/2024 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Karen Kamensek (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 5.2.2024. (CC)

Ausrine Stundyte (Tosca) and Gabriele Viviani (Scarpia) in *Tosca* Act I © Marc Brenner

In its first revival ENO’s The Handmaid’s Tale remains an impressive piece of theatre

06/02/2024 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Poul Ruders, The Handmaid’s Tale: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Joana Carneiro (conductor). London Coliseum, 3.2.2024. (CC)

Avery Amereau (Serena Joy) and Kate Lindsey (Offred) © Zoe Martin

Angela Gheorghiu and Stefan Pop make the current Covent Garden La bohème revival something special

24/02/202426/01/2024 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Evelino Pidò (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 25.1.2024. (JPr)

(l-r) Andrey Zhilikhovsky (Marcello), Simona Mihai (Musetta), Michael Mofidian (Colline) and Angela Gheorghiu (Mimì) © Camilla Greenwell

Stundyte stands in for the indisposed Stemme and has an entirely different take on Elektra at Covent Garden

17/01/202416/01/2024 by John Rhodes

United Kingdom Richard Strauss, Elektra: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 15.1.2024. (JR)

A scene from Christof Loy’s *Elektra*: Charles Workman (Ägisth) Łukasz Goliński (Orest) Michael Mofidian (Orest’s Companion) © Tristram Kenton

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