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International Opera

All opera reviews from sources other that the UK

Singing With the Fishes: Kristina Opolais Casts Her Net Again in Munich’s Rusalka

13/02/201421/07/2011 by Jens F. Laurson

A. Dvořák, Rusalka: Soloists, Bavarian State Orchestra, Chorus of the Bavarian State Opera, Tomáš Hanus (conductor),  Munich National Theater. 18.07.2011 (JMI)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags JM Irurzun, Munich

Buenos Aires travels to Haydn’s ‘World On The Moon’

27/01/201620/07/2011 by Stan

Haydn, Il mondo della luna: Buenos Aires Lírica. Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Buenos Aires Lírica, Conductor: Rodolfo Fischer. Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 15.7.2011. (JSJ)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Buenos Aires, Jonathan Spencer Jones

A Mixed Reception for Nuria Espert’s Tosca in Madrid

11/01/201220/07/2011 by Stan

G. Puccini, Tosca: Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid. Coro Intermezzo. Pequeños Cantores. Conductor: Renato Palumbo. Teatro Real de Madrid. 12. 7.2011 (JMI)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags JM Irurzun, Madrid

Mysterious Six Hours: Messiaen’s Saint François d’Assise in Madrid

10/03/202315/07/2011 by Stan

O. Messiaen, Saint François d’Assise: Soloists, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden – Freiburg. Coro Intermezzo, Coro de la Generalitat Valenciana, Sylvain Cambreling (conductor). Madrid Arena, 11.7.2011 (JMI)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags JM Irurzun, Madrid

Peter Brook’s Flute-less Magic Flute at the Lincoln Center Festival

18/07/201113/07/2011 by Stan


Lincoln
Center Festival: Mozart/Peter Brook, A Magic Flute: Peter Brook (director), Soloists, Franck Krawczyk (piano),Lynch Theater,New York, 8.7.2011 (SSM)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags New York, Stan Metzger

Principally Awful, Generally Fantastic: Lohengrin at the 2011 Munich Opera Festival

10/03/202307/07/2011 by Stan

Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Bavarian State Opera, Kent Nagano (conductor) National Theater, Munich, 6.7.2011 (JFL)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Jens F. Laurson, Munich

Timely Pearl Fishers in Buenos Aires

27/01/201605/07/2011 by Stan

Bizet, The Pearl Fishers: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Juventus Lyrica. Conductor: Antonio Maria Russo, Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 24.6.2011. (JSJ)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Buenos Aires, Jonathan Spencer Jones

New York’s Cunning Little Vixen (Second Opinion)

05/03/201401/07/2011 by Stan

Janáček, The Cunning Little Vixen : Soloists, New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt (conductor), Metropolitan Opera Children’s Chorus, Anthony Piccolo (conductor), Alan Gilbert (conductor), New York Philharmonic, Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, 25.6.2011 (BH)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Bruce Hodges, New York
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