Jim Pritchard

Tomasz Konieczny is a very impressive Dutchman in Vienna’s shipbound Der fliegende Holländer

by

AustriaAustria Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera / Bertrand de Billy (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Anna Gallieni) from Vienna State Opera, 3.5.2026. (JPr)

Tomasz Konieczny (Dutchman) and Erica Eloff (Senta)  © WS/Michael Pöhn

Read more

Tschernischova’s Vienna Giselle is a very familiar one, yet superbly danced in its latest revival

by

AustriaAustria Elena Tschernischova’s Giselle: Dancers of Vienna State Ballet, Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera / Luciano Di Martino (conductor). Broadcast live from the Vienna State Opera (directed by Anna Gettel), 26.4.2026. (JPr)

Laura Fernandez Gromova (Giselle) and António Casalinho (Count Albrecht)

Read more

Singers, orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin unite in a Rotterdam Siegfried for the ages

by

NetherlandsNetherlands Wagner, Siegfried (concert performance): Soloists, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Broadcast live – and available in replay on medici.tv – from de Doelen (Grand Hall), Rotterdam, 17.4.2026. (JPr)

Rebecca Nash (Brünnhilde), Clay Hilley (Siegfried), conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra © medici.tv

Read more

Possokhov and Serebrennikov’s Berlin Nureyev shows us something of his spirit but not his tortured soul

by

GermanyGermany Staatsballet Berlin’s Nureyev: Vocalconsort Berlin, Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin / Dominic Limburg (conductor). Filmed at the Deutsche Oper Berlin (directed by Miriam Hoyer) on 21.3.2026 and available on ARTE Concert until 30.3.2031. (JPr)

Iana Salenko (Margot Fonteyn) and David Soares (Nureyev) © Carlos Quezada

Read more

Kosky’s oddly staged Siegfried disappoints though Pappano and his orchestra are on top form

by

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Peter Jones) from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 31.3.2026 and viewed at the Chelmsford Theatre, Essex, 5.4.2026. (JPr)

Soloman Howard (Fafner) and Andreas Schager (Siegfried) in Act II © The Royal Opera/Monika Rittershaus

Read more

Arresting visuals and narrative confusion of Tristan at the Met with Lise Davidsen’s transcendental Isolde

by

United StatesUnited States The Met: Live in HD – Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Gary Halvorson) from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 21.3.2026 and viewed at Everyman Cinema, Chelmsford, Essex, 24.3.2026. (JPr)

Yuval Sharon’s production of Tristan und Isolde Act II © Karen Almond/Met Opera

Read more