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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Magnificent Reading by Simon Rattle and an Exceptional Cast in Rameau’s Hippolyte et Aricie

23/12/201807/12/2018 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Rameau, Hippolyte et Aricie: Staatsopernchor, Freiburger Barockorchester / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 6.12.2018. (JMI)

Hippolyte et Aricie © K. & M. Forster
Hippolyte et Aricie © K. & M. Forster

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Appealing, Traditional Production of Andrea Chénier with Strong Vocal Cast

23/12/201806/12/2018 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Giordano, Andrea Chénier: Deutsche Oper Chorus and Orchestra / Giampaolo Bisanti (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 5.12.2018. (JMI)

Act I of Andrea Chénier © B. Stöss

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Laurent Pelly’s Imaginative Staging of Hoffmann Comes to the Deutsche Oper

23/12/201806/12/2018 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Offenbach, Les contes d’Hoffmann: Deutsche Oper Chorus and Orchestra / Enrique Mazzola (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 4.12.2018. (JMI)

Deutsche Oper’s Les contes d’Hoffmann © B. Stöss

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New Stockholm Rigoletto is a Real Treat

23/12/201805/12/2018 by Goran Forsling

SwedenSweden Verdi, Rigoletto: Soloists, Royal Swedish Opera Male Chorus and Orchestra / Lionel Bringuier (conductor). Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm 24.11.2018. (GF)

Royal Swedish Opera’s Rigoletto © Markus Gårder

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A Musically Outstanding Turandot at the Teatro Real

23/12/201804/12/2018 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Puccini, Turandot: Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra / Nicola Luisotti (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 2 & 3.12.2018. (JMI)

Teatro Real’s Turandot © J. del Real

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A Storybook Cendrillon from Laurent Pelly

23/12/201804/12/2018 by James Zychowicz

United StatesUnited States Rossini, Cendrillon (Cinderella): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Lyric Opera of Chicago / Sir Andrew Davis (conductor). Civic Opera House, Chicago, 1.12.2018. (JLZ)

Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Cendrillon © Todd Rosenberg

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A Lively, Enthusiastic Young Cast for the RCM’s Figaro

23/12/201804/12/2018 by Mark Berry

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Royal College of Music Opera Chorus (chorus master: Leanne Singh-Levett) and Orchestra / Michael Rosewell (conductor). Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, London, 30.11.2018. (MB)

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Kosky’s Thought-Provoking Royal Opera Carmen Returns to Covent Garden

14/12/201802/12/2018 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Keri-Lynn Wilson (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 30.11.2018. (CC)

Gaëlle Arquez (Carmen) (c) Bill Cooper

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