UK Opera – Page 9 – Seen and Heard International

Strong singing elsewhere in the Royal Opera’s Tannhäuser current revival compensates for the ailing main man

05/06/202303/02/2023 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Wagner, Tannhäuser (1875 version): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sebastian Weigle (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1.2.2023. (CC)

Gerald Finley (Wolfram von Eschenbach) and Lisa Davidsen (Elisabeth) © Clive Barda

A strong cast but a touch more magic to Magic Flute at Covent Garden would not have gone amiss

02/03/202323/12/2022 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 22.12 2022. (CC)

Anna Prohaska (Pamina) and Aigul Khismatullina (Queen of the Night) © Camilla Greenwell/ROH

No weak link in the cast as ENO comes together as a company for Britten’s Gloriana

02/03/202318/12/2022 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Britten, Gloriana: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Martyn Brabbins (conductor). London Coliseum, 8.12.2022. (MB)

Earl of Essex (Robert Murray), Countess of Essex (Paula Murrihy), Charles Blount (Duncan Rock) and Lady Rich (Eleanor Dennis) © Nirah Sanghani

RNCM’s Die Fledermaus was a champagne occasion that just fizzed along

02/03/202316/12/2022 by Michael Cookson

United Kingdom Johann Strauss II, Die Fledermaus: Royal Northern College of Music Opera Chorus and Orchestra / David Parry (conductor). RNCM Theatre, Manchester 13.12.2022. (MC)

Eisenstein (Conrad Chatterton) and Orlofsky (Dominic Mattos) with bodyguards © Robin Clewley

Art speaks truth to power: the Royal Opera’s Tosca revival still packs a mighty punch

02/03/202301/12/2022 by Christopher Sallon

United Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Daniel Oren (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 28.11.2022. (CSa)

Gabriele Viviani (Scarpia) and Malin Bystrom (Tosca) © Clive Barda

Alice Coote leads an impressive performance of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice for Opera North

30/12/202221/11/2022 by Michael Cookson

United Kingdom Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice: Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Antony Hermus (conductor). The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays. 18.11.2022. (MC)

Alice Coote (Orfeo) and Fflur Wyn (Eurydice) © Justin Slee

Máire Flavin’s Violetta made this a most captivating performance of La traviata by Opera North

30/12/202218/11/2022 by Michael Cookson

United Kingdom Verdi, La traviata: Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Manoj Kamps (conductor). The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays. 15.11.2022. (MC)

Máire Flavin (Violetta Valéry) and Oliver Johnston (Alfredo Germont) © Richard Hubert Smith

The Royal Opera at its best in Richard Jones’s new Alcina at Covent Garden

30/12/202217/11/2022 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Handel (ed. Flesch) Alcina: Soloists, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Christian Curnyn (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 14.11.2022 (CC)

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