Seven stars align for an engrossing Metropolitan Opera Fidelio revival

United StatesUnited States The Met: Live in HD – Beethoven, Fidelio: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Susanna Mälkki (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Gary Halvorson) from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 15.3.2025. (JPr)

The Prisoners’ Chorus from Fidelio Act I © Karen Almond/Met Opera

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LPO at the Royal Festival Hall: Fleming’s artistry in Richard Strauss and Guggeis’s propulsive Wagner

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wagner, R. Strauss – Renée Fleming sings Strauss: Renée Fleming (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Thomas Guggeis (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 5.3.2025. (JPr)

Thomas Guggeis conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra © LPO

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Michael Volle is unsurpassable again as Wotan in David McVicar’s mostly traditional La Scala Die Walküre

ItalyItaly Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Teatro alla Scala Orchestra / Simone Young (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ella Gallieni) from La Scala, Milan, 12.2.2025 and available on demand until 19.2.2025. (JPr)

Michael Volle (centre front, Wotan), Camilla Nylund (front right, Brünnhilde), and Okka von der Damerau (rear, Fricka) © Teatro alla Scala/Brescia e Amisano

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