Skip to content

Seen and Heard International

SINCE 1999 A LIVE REVIEW SITE FOR OPERA, BALLET, CONCERTS, BROADCASTS, AND THEATRE

Seen and Heard International

  • Home
  • Concerts
    • UK Concerts
    • International Concerts
  • Opera & Ballet
    • International Opera
    • UK Opera
    • Ballet and Dance Reviews
  • Broadcasts & Others
    • Broadcasts and Film
    • Musicals
    • Theatre
  • Articles & Interviews
    • Featured Articles and News
    • Interviews
    • News and Press Releases
    • Season Previews
  • Festivals
    • Festival 2020
    • Festival 2021
      • Aspen Music Festival 2021
      • BBC Promenade Concerts 2021
      • Three Choirs Festival 2021
      • Edinburgh International Festival 2021
    • Festival 2022
      • BBC Promenade Concerts 2022
      • Edinburgh International Festival 2022
      • Aspen Music Festival 2022
    • Festival 2023
      • BBC Promenade Concerts 2023
      • Three Choirs Festival 2023
      • Edinburgh International Festival 2023
    • Festival 2024
      • BBC Promenade Concerts 2024
      • Edinburgh International Festival 2024
      • Salzburg Festival 2024
    • Festival 2025
      • BBC Promenade Concerts 2025
      • Edinburgh International Festival 2025
  • Contact
  • Donate
  • Home
  • Concerts
    • UK Concerts
    • International Concerts
  • Opera & Ballet
    • International Opera
    • UK Opera
    • Ballet and Dance Reviews
  • Broadcasts & Others
    • Broadcasts and Film
    • Musicals
    • Theatre
  • Articles & Interviews
    • Featured Articles and News
    • Interviews
    • News and Press Releases
    • Season Previews
  • Festivals
    • Festival 2020
    • Festival 2021
      • Aspen Music Festival 2021
      • BBC Promenade Concerts 2021
      • Three Choirs Festival 2021
      • Edinburgh International Festival 2021
    • Festival 2022
      • BBC Promenade Concerts 2022
      • Edinburgh International Festival 2022
      • Aspen Music Festival 2022
    • Festival 2023
      • BBC Promenade Concerts 2023
      • Three Choirs Festival 2023
      • Edinburgh International Festival 2023
    • Festival 2024
      • BBC Promenade Concerts 2024
      • Edinburgh International Festival 2024
      • Salzburg Festival 2024
    • Festival 2025
      • BBC Promenade Concerts 2025
      • Edinburgh International Festival 2025
  • Contact
  • Donate

JM Irurzun

Not So Magic Flute in San Sebastian

27/08/201224/08/2012 by Jens F. Laurson

SpainSpain W.A. Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Euskadi Symphony Orchestra, Easo Chorus, Jaime Martín (conductor), Kursaal, San Sebastian, 13.8.2012 (JMI)

Read more

Categories International Opera, Previously Published Tags JM Irurzun, San Sebastian

Maria Agresta’s Fabulous Munich Violetta

03/07/201917/08/2012 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Bavarian State Orchestra / Omer Meir Wellber (conductor), Munich Nationaltheater, 27.7.2012. (JMI)

Read more

Categories International Opera, Previously Published Tags JM Irurzun, Munich

Barcelona: Panem, Circenses, et Aïdae!

10/03/202308/08/2012 by Jens F. Laurson

SpainSpain Verdi, Aïda: Soloists, Liceau Orchestra & Chorus, Renato Palumbo (conductor). Barcelona’s Liceu, 21 & 28.7.2012. (JMI)

Read more

Categories International Opera, Previously Published Tags Barcelona, JM Irurzun

At the Circus, with Puccini and La Fura dels Baus

20/08/201208/08/2012 by Jens F. Laurson

GermanyGermany G. Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Bavarian State Orchestra & Chorus, Dan Ettinger (conductor), 26.7.2012 (JMI)

Read more

Categories International Opera, Previously Published Tags JM Irurzun, Munich

Munich Opera Festival: Garanča’s Liederabend

07/08/201205/08/2012 by Jens F. Laurson

GermanyGermany R.Schumann, A. Berg, R.Strauss: Elīna Garanča (mezzo), Roger Vignoles, National Theater, Munich, 25.7.2012 (JMI)

Read more

Categories International Concerts, Previously Published Tags JM Irurzun, Munich

Naglestad’s Tosca from Munich

10/03/202301/08/2012 by Jens F. Laurson

GermanyGermany Verdi, Tosca: Soloists, Bavarian State Orchestra & Chorus, Marco Armiliato (conductor), National Theater, Munich, 24.7.2012. (JMI)

Read more

Categories International Opera, Previously Published Tags JM Irurzun, Munich

Mitridate’s Youthful Longueurs

31/07/201227/07/2012 by Jens F. Laurson

GermanyGermany W.A. Mozart, Mitridate, Re di Ponto: Soloists, Bavarian State Orchestra, Mark Wigglesworth (conductor), Prinzregententheater, Munich, 23.7.2012 (JMI)

Read more

Categories International Opera, Previously Published Tags JM Irurzun, Munich

Munich’s Ever Fabulous Wozzeck

31/07/201226/07/2012 by Jens F. Laurson

GermanyGermany A. Berg, Wozzeck: Soloists, Bavarian State Opera, Chorus and Children’s Chorus, Lothar Koenigs (conductor), National Theater, Munich, 22.7.2012 (JMI)

Read more

Categories International Opera, Previously Published Tags JM Irurzun, Munich
  • Page 29 of 42
  • <
  • 1
  • ...
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • ...
  • 42
  • >
Older posts
Newer posts
← Previous Page1 … Page28 Page29 Page30 … Page42 Next →

SEARCH THE SITE

CHOOSE A WEEK TO VIEW

CHOOSE A MONTH TO VIEW

TOP 10 SEEN AND HEARD POSTS

  • Sir Simon Rattle and the LSO’s stunning concert performance of Janáček’s The Makropulos Affair
  • Not heartwarming: World premiere of Matthias Pintscher’s Das kalte Herz at the Staatsoper Berlin
  • Dalia Stasevska conducts a program with the Philadelphia Orchestra that denies easy resolutions
  • San Francisco Symphony’s brass players nail a smart program
  • Chamber music taken seriously: Lyrica Boston’s ‘WinterFest 2026’
  • Laura Samuel and Alfred Brendel: Two extraordinary lives celebrated through sound, memory and love
  • Trio Laval and the art of chamber music at Lyrica Boston’s ‘WinterFest 2026’
  • From affirmation to anxiety: Abduraimov and Noseda with the New York Philharmonic
  • Welser-Möst and the Cleveland Orchestra are stunning in an unlikely pairing of Mozart and Shostakovich
  • Kirill Gerstein’s Wigmore Hall recital rings in the New Year in fine style

RECENT COMMENTS

  • Alan Leventen on The incandescent music of Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Hildegard at LA Opera
  • Attack Librarian on Welser-Möst and the Cleveland Orchestra are stunning in an unlikely pairing of Mozart and Shostakovich
  • Egyptian on The Man with the Hat about Egyptologist, Dr Zahi Hawass is released on 20 January 2026
  • Dawn Hall on R.I.P. Claire Seymour (1970-2024)
  • Dennis on Ádám Fischer heralds the New Year with an energising rendition of Die Schöpfung

SEEN AND HEARD'S RECENT REVIEWS

  • Sir Simon Rattle and the LSO’s stunning concert performance of Janáček’s The Makropulos Affair (14/01/2026)
__________________________________
  • Not heartwarming: World premiere of Matthias Pintscher’s Das kalte Herz at the Staatsoper Berlin (14/01/2026) __________________________________
  • Dalia Stasevska conducts a program with the Philadelphia Orchestra that denies easy resolutions (13/01/2026) __________________________________
  • San Francisco Symphony’s brass players nail a smart program (13/01/2026) __________________________________
  • Chamber music taken seriously: Lyrica Boston’s ‘WinterFest 2026’ (13/01/2026) __________________________________
  • Laura Samuel and Alfred Brendel: Two extraordinary lives celebrated through sound, memory and love (13/01/2026) __________________________________
  • Trio Laval and the art of chamber music at Lyrica Boston’s ‘WinterFest 2026’ (11/01/2026) __________________________________
  • From affirmation to anxiety: Abduraimov and Noseda with the New York Philharmonic (10/01/2026) __________________________________
  • Welser-Möst and the Cleveland Orchestra are stunning in an unlikely pairing of Mozart and Shostakovich (10/01/2026) __________________________________
  • Kirill Gerstein’s Wigmore Hall recital rings in the New Year in fine style (10/01/2026) __________________________________
  • The National Youth Orchestra at Warwick Arts Centre preserves the tradition of an evening of surprises (09/01/2026) __________________________________
  • Madama Butterfly revival shines thanks to minimalist staging in Zurich (07/01/2026) __________________________________
  • Noteworthy Bremerhaven concert performance of I Capuleti e i Montecchi (07/01/2026) __________________________________
  • Stunning singing is the hallmark of the Met’s complex, retro I Puritani (05/01/2026) __________________________________
  • Gayle Tufts was the magnetic pivot in Bremen’s exuberant Hello Dolly (05/01/2026) __________________________________
  • INTERVIEWS, ARTICLES, NEWS, AND SEASON PREVIEWS

    • William Powers named as Pittsburgh Opera’s new General Director (13/01/2026)
    __________________________________
  • Leeds Song Festival 11 to 18 April 2026 (07/01/2026) __________________________________
  • Semyon Bychkov is Appointed Music Director of Paris National Opera from 2026 and Music Director from 2028 (06/01/2026) __________________________________
  • The Man with the Hat about Egyptologist, Dr Zahi Hawass is released on 20 January 2026 (06/01/2026) __________________________________
  • English Touring Opera’s The Gondoliers, Pagliacci and a new opera for children in Spring 2026 (14/12/2025) __________________________________
  • Ballet Icons Gala 2026 celebrates 20 years at the London Coliseum on 15 February (02/12/2025) __________________________________
  • Illustrator and animator Grégoire Pont in conversation with Gregor Tassie (27/11/2025) __________________________________
  • Elgar’s The Kingdom with two choirs under David Temple at the Royal Festival Hall on 29 January (27/11/2025) __________________________________
  • Iván Fischer to receive the 2025 Concertgebouw Prize (27/11/2025) __________________________________
  • News of the Waterperry Opera Festival in 2026 (27/11/2025) __________________________________
  • Winners of International Opera Awards 2025 announced (17/11/2025) __________________________________
  • Mark Jordan in conversation with conductor Dalia Stasevska about her return to the Cleveland Orchestra (13/11/2025) __________________________________
  • SF Opera announce Francesca Zambello’s Ring cycle returns in 2028 (12/11/2025) __________________________________
  • Podcast: Artificial Intelligence at Bayreuth – A discussion with Ring ‘Curator’ Marcus Lobbes (03/11/2025) __________________________________
  • Garsington Opera in 2026 (21/10/2025) __________________________________
  • Follow us

    Copyright © 2026 Seen and Heard International | All rights reserved |Privacy Policy
    We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.