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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Sleepy but epic, Zurich revives a Robert Wilson Norma

29/06/201905/06/2019 by Casey Creel

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Bellini: Norma: Soloists and Chorus of the Opernhaus Zürich, Philharmonia Zürich / Fabio Luisi (conductor), Opernhaus Zürich, Zurich, 2.6.2019. (CCr)

Norma (c Toni Suter

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, This Week's Review Tags Casey Creel, Zurich Leave a comment

Richard Strauss Is Well Served by the Teatro Real’s New Capriccio

23/05/202103/06/2019 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Richard Strauss, Capriccio: Teatro Real Orchestra / Asher Fisch (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 2.6.2019. (JMI)

Teatro Real’s Capriccio (c) Javier del Real

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, This Week's Review Tags José Irurzun, Madrid 1 Comment

Bernstein’s Masterwork Comes Alive in Chicago

29/06/201903/06/2019 by James Zychowicz

United StatesUnited States Bernstein, West Side Story: Soloists, Orchestra of Lyric Opera of Chicago / James Lowe (conductor). Civic Opera House, Chicago. 18.5.19 (JLZ)

West Side Story at Lyric Opera of Chicago (c) Todd Rosenberg

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Categories Broadcasts, Musicals, & Others, International Opera, Musicals, Opera & Ballet, This Week's Review Tags Chicago, James L. Zychowicz Leave a comment

An Art Deco Traviata with all the Trimmings

29/06/201903/06/2019 by Jane Rosenberg

United StatesUnited States Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / James Conlon (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 1.6.2019. (JRo)

Dancer Louis A. Williams, Jr., in LA Opera’s La traviata (c) Craig T. Mathew  

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, This Week's Review Tags Jane Rosenberg, Los Angeles Leave a comment

Juan Diego Flórez Makes an Uneven Debut in the Wiener Staatsoper’s Manon

29/06/201903/06/2019 by José Irurzun

AustriaAustria Massenet, Manon: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper / Frédéric Chaslin (conductor), Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, 1.6.2019. (JMI)

Nino Machaidze (Manon) & Juan Diego Flórez (Des Grieux)
(c) Wiener Staatsoper Michael Pöhn

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Unfamiliar Gluck Operas Revived and Performed with Utmost Care by The Mozartists

29/06/201903/06/2019 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gluck: Soloists, The Mozartists / Ian Page (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 31.5.2019. (CC)

Lena Belkina (Orfeo) (c) Benjamin Ealovega

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Categories Opera & Ballet, UK Opera Tags Colin Clarke, London Leave a comment

San Francisco Ballet’s Opening Triple Bills at Sadler’s Wells

29/06/201903/06/2019 by John O'Dwyer
San Francisco Ballet (c) Erik Tomasson

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Polunin mesmerically wrestles with Rasputin’s demons, as well as, his own

26/06/202102/06/2019 by Jim Pritchard

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sergei Polunin at the London Palladium – Rasputin: Sergei Polunin and dancers. London Palladium, 31.5.2019. (JPr)

Johan Kobborg, Elena Ilinykh, Sergei Polunin, Djordje Kalenic
& Alexey Lyubimov in Rasputin (c) Vitaly Krivtsov

For a June 2021 review click here

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Opera & Ballet Tags Jim Pritchard, London 2 Comments
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