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Vogel and Cojocaru Are a Stunning Romeo and Juliet

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet: Dancers and Orchestra of the English National Ballet / Gavin Sutherland(conductor),  Royal Albert Hall, London, 12.6.2013. (JPr)

Alina Cojocaru & Friedemann Vogel during a rehearsal for English National Ballet's Romeo & Juliet at The Royal Albert Hall, London on June 11, 2014. Photo: Arnaud Stephenson
Alina Cojocaru & Friedemann Vogel during a rehearsal for English National Ballet’s Romeo & Juliet at The Royal Albert Hall, London on June 11, 2014. Photo: Arnaud Stephenson

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At the Palau de Les Arts: A Magnificent and Emotional Turandot

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 Puccini: Turandot, Chorus Generalitat Valenciana, Orchestra Comunitat Valenciana, Zubin Mehta (conductor), Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 11.6.2014 (JMI)   Cast: Turandot: Lise Lindstrom Calaf: Jorge de León Liú: Jessida Nuccio Timur: Alexander Tsymbalyuk Ping: Germán Olvera Pang: Valentino Buzza Pong: Pablo García López Mandarin: Ventseslav Anastasov Altoum: Javier Agulló Production: Palau de Les Arts Direction: … Read more

Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée as Entertaining and Delightful as Ever

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Hérold, La Fille mal gardée (ballet music arranged and orchestrated by John Lanchbery): Dancers from the Birmingham Royal Ballet, the Royal Ballet Sinfonia, / Philip Ellis. (conductor),  Birmingham Hippodrome, 11.6.2014. (GR)

La Fille mal gardée_ Nao Sakuma as Lise_ photo Roy Smiljanic
La Fille mal gardée – Nao Sakuma (Lise)  (c) Roy Smiljanic

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Don Carlo for the Italians in Buenos Aires

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ArgentinaArgentina Verdi, Don Carlo: Soloists, Choruses from Institute of Music of Avellaneda and Opera Studio Rosario, Municipality of Avellaneda Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: César Tello, Teatro Coliseo, Buenos Aires. 9.6.2014. (JSJ)

Elisabetta y Filippo II en auto de fe
Haydee Dabusti (Elizabeth) and Marcelo Otegui (Philip II) in the Verano Italiano festival production of Don Carlo. Photo Teatro Coliseo.

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Great Singing in Missa Solemnis but Period Orchestra Lacks Cohesion

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      Dresden Music Festival  2014  Beethoven: Camilla Nylund (soprano), Elisabeth Kulman (mezzo-soprano), Richard Croft (tenor) & Yorck Felix Speer (bass), Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Dresdner Festspielorchester/Ivor Bolton (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden, 8.6.2014.  Beethoven: Missa solemnis, Op. 123 At last year’s Dresden Music Festival I attended a concert of Baroque music by the Dresdner Festspielorchester under Ivor Bolton at the … Read more