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Collected opera and ballet reviews
United States Jorge Sosa, Alice in the Pandemic: Soloists, Victory Players, VOICES Boston / Tian Hui Ng (conductor). A digital opera from White Snake Projects, Boston, streamed via Crowdcast on 25.10.2020. (RP)
Switzerland Donizetti, L’elisir d’amore: Soloists, Philharmonia Zurich / Nikolas Nägele (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich, 23.10.2020. (JR)
United Kingdom Garsington Opera’s Fidelio: Soloists, Garsington Opera Chorus, Members of the Phiharmonia / Douglas Boyd (conductor). September 2020 performance filmed (directed by Sonia Lovett) in the Garsington Opera Pavilion, Wormsley, and reviewed when streamed on OperaVision, 23.10.2020. (JPr)
United States Darcey James Argue, Real Enemies: Secret Society band / Darcy James Argue (conductor). Produced exclusively for Cal Performances at Home (available on demand through 19.1.2021) and streamed first on 21.10.2020. (HS)
United States Kander, dwb (driving while black): Roberta Gumbel (soprano), New Morse Code, Baruch Performing Arts Center and Opera Omaha. Performance recorded at Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, Kansas, and viewed on YouTube. (RP)
United Kingdom The Royal Opera’s 4/4: Performed at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, on 17.10.2020 and reviewed as a live stream (directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon). (JPr)
United Kingdom Berg, Wozzeck: Soloists, Chorus and Children’s Chorus of Bavarian State Opera (Chorus master: Stellario Fagone), Bavarian State Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Bavarian State Opera, Munich, 14.10.2020. (ALL)
United States Opera Without Walls: Various artists, Pittsburgh Festival Opera, streaming from Pittsburgh on YouTube. 14.10.2020 (RP)
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