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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Fine Singing is the Best Feature of ENO’s Magic Flute Revival

23/03/201917/03/2019 by Mark Berry

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, The Magic Flute: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the English National Opera (chorus master: James Henshaw) / Ben Gernon (conductor). London Coliseum, 14.3.2019. (MB)

Rupert Charlesworth (Tamino) & Lucy Crowe (Pamina) © Donald Cooper

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Categories Opera & Ballet, UK Opera Tags London, Mark Berry 2 Comments

Ballet Black’s Triple Bill at the Barbican Sees Them Sleek and Sharp

23/03/201917/03/2019 by John O'Dwyer

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ballet Black – Pendulum; CLICK!; Ingoma: David Plater (lighting design), Barbican Centre, London, 15.3.2019. (JO’D)

José Alves in Ballet Black’s Ingoma (c) Bill Cooper

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Opera & Ballet Tags John O'Dwyer, London 2 Comments

Baptism by Fire for Conductor Ayrton Desimpelaere in Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège’s Aida

23/03/201916/03/2019 by Rick Perdian

BelgiumBelgium Verdi, Aida: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège / Ayrton Desimpelaere (conductor), Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Liège, 12.3.2019. (RP)

Aida © Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège

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A Disappointing New Production of Die Zauberflöte in Berlin

23/03/201915/03/2019 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Staatsopernchor and Staatskapelle Berlin/Alondra de la Parra (conductor), Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 12.3.2019. (JMI)

Die Zauberflöte © M. Rittershaus

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Colmar’s Théâtre Municipal is the Perfect Venue for a Legrenzi Rarity

23/03/201913/03/2019 by Rick Perdian

FranceFrance Legrenzi, La divisione del mondo: Soloists, Les Talens Lyriques / Christophe Rousset (conductor). Opéra national du Rhin, Théâtre Municipal, Colmar, 9.3.2019. (RP)

Christopher Lowrey (Mars), Sophie Junker (Venus) & Stuart Jackson (Neptune)
© Klara Beck

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Widmann’s Babylon Arrives in Berlin but Without Barenboim

23/03/201912/03/2019 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Widmann, Babylon: Staatsopernchor and Staatskapelle Berlin / Christopher Ward (conductor), Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 11.3.2019. (JMI)

Babylon © A. Declaire

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La clemenza di Tito in a Sumptuous New LA Production with an Impressive Cast

23/03/201912/03/2019 by Jane Rosenberg

United StatesUnited States Mozart, La clemenza di Tito: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / James Conlon (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 10.3.2019. (JRo)

LA Opera’s La clemenza di Tito (c) Cory Weaver/LA Opera

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Powerful Freischütz in Aix-en-Provence, Played From the Heart and Cast from Strength

23/03/201912/03/2019 by Colin Clarke

FranceFrance Weber, Der Freischütz: Soloists, accentus, Insula Orchestra / Laurence Equilbey (conductor). Grand Théâtre de Provence, Aix-en-Provence, France,7.3.2019. (CC)

Der Freischütz © Julien Benhamou

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