Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Dame Darcey Bussell gathers 65 dancers all in a good cause at the Royal Albert Hall

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom British Ballet Charity Gala: Dame Darcey Bussell and Ore Oduba (presenters), Dancers of Ballet Black, Birmingham Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, New Adventures, Northern Ballet, Rambert, Scottish Ballet, The Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Paul Murphy (conductor). Filmed (directed by Michael Nunn and William Trevitt) at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 3.6.2021 and streaming widely from 18.6.2021. (JPr)

Scottish Ballet’s Dextera

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The Marriage of Figaro from Opera Holland Park’s Young Artists is a positively inspiring celebration of youth

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (reduced orch. by Jonathan Lyness): Soloists, Chorus of Opera Holland Park, City of London Sinfonia / Lada Valešová (conductor). Opera Holland Park, London, 15.6.2021. (CC)

Ross Ramgobin (Figaro) in OHP’s The Marriage of Figaro © Ali Wright

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The Royal Ballet are back where they belong and dancing some Balanchine and Robbins they love

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom The Royal Ballet’s Balanchine and Robbins: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Robert Clark (piano), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Koen Kessels (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Peter Jones) from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 11.6.2021. (JPr)

Marianela Nuñez and Vadim Muntagirov in Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux

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A socially distanced semi-staged Die Walküre with many musical highlights returns summer opera to Longborough

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Longborough Festival Orchestra / Anthony Negus (conductor). Longborough, Gloucestershire, 8.6.2021. (JPr)

Sarah Marie Kramer (Sieglinde) & Peter Wedd (Siegmund) (c) Jorge Lizalde

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