Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Covent Garden’s Revived Tales of Hoffmann Plods Along Despite Excellent Singing

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Offenbach, Les Contes d’Hoffmann (cinema broadcast): Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus (chorus master: William Spaulding), Orchestra of the Royal Opera, Evelino Pidò (conductor), Royal Opera House, London.  (Seen at Curzon Mayfair, London), 15.11.2016. (MB)

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Sofia Fomina (Olympia), Christophe Mortagne (Spalanzani) & Vittorio Grigòlo (Hoffmann)
(c) Catherine Ashmore

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Ellen Kent’s Three Dimensional Aida Puts the ‘Grand’ Back into Grand Opera

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Verdi, Aida: Soloists and chorus of Chisinau National Opera, Members of the Orchestra of the National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Moldova ‘Maria Biesu’ and National Philharmonic of Moldova ‘Serghei Lunchevici’ / Vasyl Vasylenko (conductor), Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 16.11.2016. (JPr)

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Poster for Ellen Kent’s Aida

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Akram Khan Gives Giselle a Makeover with Kathak, Contemporary Dance and Music by Lamagna

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Vincenzo Lamagna (after Adolphe Adam), Giselle: Soloists & Artists of English National Ballet with English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gavin Sutherland (conductor). Sadler’s Wells, London, 15.11.2016. (JPr)

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James Streeter (Albrecht) and Tamara Rojo (Giselle) (c) Laurent Liotardo

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