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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Sonya Yoncheva Triumphs in the Staatsoper’s Médée

26/10/201809/10/2018 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Cherubini, Médée: Staatsopernchor, Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Unter den Linden, Berlin, 7.10.2018. (JMI)

Sonya Yoncheva in Médée © B. Uhlig

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The Met’s Memorable Revival of Aida

17/10/201808/10/2018 by Robert Beattie

United StatesUnited States Verdi, Aida: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Metropolitan Opera, New York / Nicola Luisotti (conductor). Broadcast live to the Dundonald Omniplex Cinema, Belfast, from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 6.10.2018. (RB)

Anna Netrebko and Aleksandrs Antonenko in Aida (c) Marty Sohl
Anna Netrebko & Aleksandrs Antonenko in Aida
(c) Marty Sohl

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, This Week's Review Tags New York, Robert Beattie 1 Comment

A Clever New Robert Carsen Production of Die tote Stadt at the Komische Oper

17/10/201808/10/2018 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Korngold, Die tote Stadt: Komische Oper Orchestra, Chorus and Kinderchorus/ Ainars Rubikis (conductor), Komische Oper, Berlin, 6.10.2018. (JMI)

Die tote Stadt © I. Freese
Die tote Stadt © I. Freese

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Simple Communication Through Movement from Forsythe’s A Quiet Evening of Dance

17/10/201808/10/2018 by John O'Dwyer

United KingdomUnited Kingdom William Forsythe – A Quiet Evening of Dance: Sadler’s Wells, London, 5.10.2018. (JO’D)

William Forsythe’s Seventeen/Twenty One

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Superb Die Frau ohne Schatten at the Staatsoper Berlin

17/10/201807/10/2018 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Strauss, Die Frau ohne Schatten: Staatsopernchor, Staatskapelle Berlin / Simone Young (conductor), Unter den Linden, Berlin, 5.10.2018. (JMI)

Die Frau Ohne Schatten © H. J. Michel

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet Tags Berlin, José Irurzun 1 Comment

Anja Harteros Is Magnificent in the Deutsche Oper’s Tosca

17/10/201807/10/2018 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Puccini, Tosca: Orchestra, Chorus and Kinderchor of the Deutsche Oper / Pier Giorgio Morandi (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 4.10.2018. (JMI)

Anja Harteros in Tosca © B. Stöss

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Thoughtful New Tosca Reflects #MeToo, and Shows an Eloquent Orchestra

17/10/201805/10/2018 by Harvey Steiman

United StatesUnited States Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, orchestra and chorus of San Francisco Opera / Leo Hussain (conductor), War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 3.10.2018. (HS)

Carmen Giannattasio (Tosca) (c) Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera

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An Updated The Beggar’s Opera from Carsen and Christie

17/10/201805/10/2018 by Antoine Lévy-Leboyer

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Gay, The Beggar’s Opera: Soloists, Les Arts Florissants / William Christie (conductor). Grand Theâtre des Nations, Geneva, 3.10.2018  (ALL)

The cast of The Beggar’s Opera

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