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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Lots to celebrate musically, but Carsen’s Aida production at Covent Garden will split critical opinion

27/09/202227/09/2022 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Verdi, Aida: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 25.10.2022. (CC)

Agnieszka Rehlis (Amneris) and Elena Stikhina (Aida) © Tristram Kenton

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Categories Opera & Ballet, UK Opera Tags Colin Clarke, London 5 Comments

Benjamin Britten’s The Turn of The Screw triumphs in Budapest

28/09/202225/09/2022 by Agnes Kory

HungaryHungary Britten, The Turn of the Screw: Soloists, instrumentalists of the Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor). MŰPA, Budapest, 10.9.2022. (AK)

Ben Fletcher (Miles) and Andrew Staples (Peter Quint) © Judit Horváth

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Instruments of Time and Truth’s bold Aci, Galatea e Polifemo had plenty of human interest

24/09/2022 by Curtis Rogers

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Handel, Aci, Galatea e Polifemo: Soloists, Instruments of Time and Truth / Christopher Bucknall (conductor). Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 22.9.2022. (CR)

Instruments of Time and Truth’s Aci, Galatea e Polifemo © @Hedgehoghugh

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Categories Concert Reviews, Opera & Ballet, UK Concerts, UK Opera Tags Curtis Rogers, Oxford Leave a comment

Problematic Don Pasquale for the Liceu opener both onstage and in the pit

13/12/202222/09/2022 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Donizetti, Don Pasquale: Chorus and Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu / Josep Pons (conductor). Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 21.9.2022. (JMI)

Sara Blanch (Norina) and Carlos Chausson (Don Pasquale) © Toni Bofill

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet Tags Barcelona, José M. Irurzun 1 Comment

Puccini’s genius shines through in the Royal Opera’s latest Madama Butterfly revival at Covent Garden

13/12/202221/09/2022 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Nicola Luisotti (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 17.9.2022 (CC)

Joshua Guerrero (Pinkerton) in Madama Butterfly © Tristram Kenton

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Offenbach’s La Princesse de Trébizonde is pure delight from Opera Rara

13/12/202220/09/2022 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Offenbach, La Princesse de Trébizonde: Soloists, Opera Rara Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Paul Daniel (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 16.9.2022. (CC)

Paul Daniel conducts Virginie Verrez and the LPO © Russell Duncan

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Categories Concert Reviews, Opera & Ballet, UK Concerts, UK Opera Tags Colin Clarke, London 1 Comment

Tragedy in a present-day American town: Lucia di Lammermoor at LA Opera

13/12/202220/09/2022 by Jane Rosenberg

United StatesUnited States Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / Lina González-Granados (conductor). Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 17.9.2022. (JRo)

Drive-in: Arturo Chacón-Cruz (Edgardo) and Amanda Woodbury (Lucia) © Cory Weaver

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet Tags Jane Rosenberg, Los Angeles 3 Comments

Superlative singing in Andreas Homoki’s Die Walküre continues the Ring at Zurich Opera

13/12/202220/09/2022 by John Rhodes

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Philharmonia Zurich / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Zurich Opera. 18.9.2022. (JR)

Zurich Opera’s Die Walküre Act III © Monika Rittershaus

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