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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

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

Anna Netrebko Shines as Maddalena di Coigny in Vienna

19/06/201902/06/2019 by José Irurzun

AustriaAustria Giordano, Andrea Chénier: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper / Marco Armiliato (conductor), Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, 31.5.2019. (JMI)

Yusif Eyvasov & Anna Netrebko
(c) Wiener Staatsoper/Michael Poehn

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Extraordinary Die Frau ohne Schatten at the Vienna Staatsoper

19/06/201901/06/2019 by José Irurzun

AustriaAustria Strauss, Die Frau ohne Schatten: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper / Christian Thielemann (conductor), Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, 30.5.2019. (JMI)

Die Frau ohne Schatten (c) Wiener Staatsoper/Michael Poehn

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Excellent Anniversary Year La traviata From Juventus Lyrica

19/06/201930/05/2019 by Jonathan Spencer Jones

ArgentinaArgentina Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Juventus Lyrica / Antonio Maria Russo (conductor). Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 24.5.2019. (JSJ)

Carolina Gómez (Violetta) and Sebastián Russo (Alfredo) (c) Liliana Morsia

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