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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Dwight Rhoden’s David Bowie-themed StarDust from Complexions Contemporary Ballet

16/04/2022 by Jane Rosenberg

United StatesUnited States Complexions Contemporary Ballet: Dancers of Complexions Contemporary Ballet. Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, 14.4.2022. (JRo)

Complexions Contemporary Ballet

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Così fan tutte is more confused and confusing Mozart in Berlin

16/04/202216/04/2022 by Mark Berry

GermanyGermany Berlin Festtage [4] – Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists, Staatsopernchor Berlin (chorus master: Martin Wright), Staatskapelle Berlin / Giuseppe Mentuccia (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 14.4.2022 (MB)

Vincent Huguet’s production of Così fan tutte (c) Matthias Baus

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet Tags Berlin, Mark Berry 1 Comment

Brilliant new production of Poul Ruders’s The Handmaid’s Tale at English National Opera

12/04/2022 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ruders, The Handmaid’s Tale: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Joana Carneiro (conductor). London Coliseum, 8.4.2022. (CC)

Pumeza Matshikiza, Rhian Lois & Kate Lindsey in ENO’s The Handmaid’s Tale © Catherine Ashmore

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Superb musicianship at odds with a dire production of Le nozze di Figaro at the Berlin Festtage

10/04/2022 by Mark Berry

GermanyGermany Berlin Festtage 2022 [3] – Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Staatsopernchor Berlin (chorus master: Martin Wright), Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, 9.4.2022 (MB)

Elsa Dreisig (Countess Almaviva) (c) Matthias Baus

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Categories Festivals, International Opera, Opera & Ballet Tags Berlin, Mark Berry 1 Comment

The Opera Story’s Beauty and the 7 Beasts brings them back with a vengeance

09/04/2022 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom The Opera Story’s Beauty and the 7 Beasts: Soloists / Berrak Dyer (conductor). Brixton Jamm, London, 7.4.2022. (CC)

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Covent Garden’s latest La traviata revival showcases Pretty Yende’s Violetta which is one for the ages

26/10/202303/04/2022 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Giacomo Sagripanti (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 2.4.2022. (CC)

Stephen Costello (Alfredo) and Dimitri Platanias (Giorgio Germont) © Tristram Kenton

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Promising talent that is worthy of praise makes RNCM’s Le nozze di Figaro a real tonic

03/04/2022 by Michael Cookson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Northern College of Music / Peter Whelan (conductor). Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 30.3.2022. (MC)

RNCM’s Le nozze di Figaro

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English National Ballet’s The Forsythe Evening is upbeat and playful

02/04/2022 by John O'Dwyer

United KingdomUnited Kingdom English National Ballet’s The Forsythe Evening: Dancers of English National Ballet. Sadler’s Wells, London, 31.3.2022. (JO’D)

Emily Suzuki and Isaac Hernández in Blake Works I (c) Laurent Liotardo

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  • Auspicious debut by Anna Handler as Chief Conductor begins the Ulster Orchestra’s 60th anniversary season (27/09/2026) __________________________________
  • English National Ballet’s triple bill of dance at Sadler’s Wells is ‘rhythm itself’ (26/09/2026) __________________________________
  • Hilary Hahn brings elegance to vivid Mendelssohn in the San Francisco Symphony gala (26/09/2026) __________________________________
  • A rewarding new symphony and refreshing pianism at Manchester’s The Bridgewater Hall 30th (26/09/2026) __________________________________
  • BBC SSO’s new Glasgow season lifts off with a terrific Beethoven and mesmerising Zemlinsky (25/09/2026) __________________________________
  • Cleveland Orchestra plays with radiant poise, then goes out on strike (25/09/2026) __________________________________
  • Leaden production and direction undercut sensational music in San Francisco Opera’s Simon Boccanegra (24/09/2026) __________________________________
  • A fine launch to the 2026-27 season of organ recitals in Gloucester Cathedral (24/09/2026) __________________________________
  • Martin Crimp’s second Misanthrope reaches the screen in an inventive NT staging (23/09/2026) __________________________________
  • Schubert 9–premiere (again): Leon Bosch, The Hanover Band at Cadogan Hall (23/09/2026) __________________________________
  • Die Zauberflöte at Zurich Opera creates magic for the entire family (22/09/2026) __________________________________
  • Rock-solid repertory performance of Lucia di Lammermoor in Hamburg (22/09/2026) __________________________________
  • An unforgettable evening as Stockhausen’s Mittwoch reaches the Deutsche Oper Berlin (21/09/2026) __________________________________
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