Wozzeck, Johannes Martin Kränzle; Drum Major, Dmitry Golovnin; Captain, Jörg Schneider; Doctor, Dmitry Belosselskiy; Marie, Marlis Petersen. Conductor, Franz Welser-Möst; Director, Simon Stone; Designer, Bob Cousins; Costumes, Alice Babidge; Lighting, James Farncombe I spent an interesting morning at the Central Cemetery visiting musical graves – found after a bit of an effort on my partContinue reading “Berg, Wozzeck: Wiener Staatsoper, 9/4/26”
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Wagner, Parsifal: Wiener Staatsoper, 8/4/26
Amfortas, Gerald Finley; Gurnemanz, Franz-Josef Selig; Titurel, Matheus França; Parsifal, Klaus Florian Vogt; Klingsor, Werner Van Mechelen; Kundry, Jennifer Holloway; Der damalige Parsifal (?), Nikolay Sidorenko. Conductor, Axel Kober; Direction, design and costumes, Kirill Serebrennikov; Lighting, Franck Evin Travelling immediately after Easter (and for over 17 hours) was not a very wise move – allContinue reading “Wagner, Parsifal: Wiener Staatsoper, 8/4/26”
Wagner, Siegfried. Pappano, ROHCG, 21/3/26
Director, Barrie Kosky; Set Designer, Rufus Didwiszus; Costume Designer, Victoria Behr; Lighting Designer. Alessandro Carletti. Conductor, Antonio Pappano. Siegfried, Andreas Schager; Mime, Peter Hoare; Der Wanderer, (Tommi Hakala, replacing Christopher Maltman); Brünnhilde, Elisabet Strid; Alberich, Christopher Purves; Fafner, Soloman Howard; Erda, Wiebke Lehmkuhl; Woodbird, Sarah Dufresne. A couple of days before this performance, I gotContinue reading “Wagner, Siegfried. Pappano, ROHCG, 21/3/26”
John Adams, Nixon in China. Opera Bastille, Paris. 24/2/26
Kent Nagano, conductor; Valentina Carrasco, director; Carles Berga, set design; Peter Van Praet, lighting; Cast: Thomas Hampson, Richard Nixon; Renée Fleming, Pat Nixon; John Matthew Myers; Mao Zedong; Caroline Wettergreen, Chiang Ch’ing; Joshua Bloom, Henry Kissinger; Xiaomeng Zhang, Zhou Enlai. I was very pleased when I saw this was on Paris Opera’s 25/26 schedule –Continue reading “John Adams, Nixon in China. Opera Bastille, Paris. 24/2/26”
Weill/Brecht: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny. ENO, 18/2/26
André de Ridder, conductor; Jamie Manton, director; Milla Clarke, designer; DM Wood, lighting designer. Cast: Rosie Aldridge, Leokadja Begbick; Kenneth Kellogg, Trinity Moses; Mark Le Brocq Fatty the Bookkeeper; Richard Trey Smagur, Jimmy MacIntyre; Alex Otterburn, Bank-Account Billy; Elgan Llŷr Thomas, Jack O’Brien; David Shipley, Alaska Wolf Joe; Danielle de Niese, Jenny Smith; Zwakele Tshabalala,Continue reading “Weill/Brecht: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny. ENO, 18/2/26”
The Makropoulos Case, Janacek – concert performance, LSO/Rattle, Barbican 15/1/26,
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle conductor; Marlis Petersen Emilia Marty; Aleš Briscein Albert Gregor; Jan Martiník Dr Kolenatý; Peter Hoare Vitek; Svatopluk Sem Baron Jaroslav Prus It’s a strange piece of programming to have this concert performance (the 2nd of two) happening only two months after the ROHCG production of the same work. However……thisContinue reading “The Makropoulos Case, Janacek – concert performance, LSO/Rattle, Barbican 15/1/26,”
Tristan und Isolde, Wagner – Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona – 12/1/26
Clay Hilley, Tristan; Brindley Sherratt, King Marke; Isolde, Lise Davidsen;Tomasz Konieczny, Kurwenal; Melot, Roger Padullés; Brangäne, Ekaterina Gubanova; A shepherd / A sailor, Albert Casals; Milan Perišić, A helmsman. Director, Bárbara Lluch; Scenery and lighting, Urs Schönebaum; Costumes, Clara Peluffo; Conductor Susanna Mälkki I spent a pleasant morning and early afternoon wandering around the centreContinue reading “Tristan und Isolde, Wagner – Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona – 12/1/26”
Ariodante, Handel – ROHCG – 17/12/25
Director, Jetske Mijnssen; Set designer, Etienne Pluss; Costume designer, Uta Meenen; Lighting designer, Fabrice Kebour; Conductor, Stefano Montanari. Cast: Ariodante, (Grace Durham replaced Emily D’Angelo); Ginevra, Jacquelyn Stucker; Dalinda, Elena Villalón; Polinesso, Christophe Dumaux; Lurcanio, Ed Lyon; King of Scotland, Peter Kellner; Odoardo, Emyr Lloyd Jones Yet another Handel opera I’ve (I think) not seenContinue reading “Ariodante, Handel – ROHCG – 17/12/25”
Partenope, Handel – ENO, 3/12/25
William Cole, Conductor; Christopher Alden, Director; Andrew Lieberman, Set Designer; Jon Morrell, Costume Designer; Adam Silverman, Lighting Designer. Nardus Williams, Partenope; Hugh Cutting, Arsace; Ru Charlesworth, Emilio; Jake Ingbar, Armindo; Katie Bray, Rosmira; William Thomas, Ormonte This Christopher Alden ENO production dates back to 2008 in a co-production with Opera Australia.. The production, set inContinue reading “Partenope, Handel – ENO, 3/12/25”
Arabella, R.Strauss – Met Opera relay – Sheffield Curzon Cinema, 22/11/25
Conductor, Nicholas Carter; Director, Otto Schenk; Designer, Günther Schneider Siemssen; Costumes, Milena Canonero; Lighting, Gil Wechsler. Arabella, Rachel Willis-Sørensen; Zdenka, Louise Alder; Fiakermilli, Julie Roset; Countess Adelaide Waldner, Karen Cargill; Matteo, Pavol Breslik; Mandryka, Tomasz Konieczny; Count Waldner, Brindley Sherratt This production looks like something from another era (and indeed it is – first seenContinue reading “Arabella, R.Strauss – Met Opera relay – Sheffield Curzon Cinema, 22/11/25”
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