Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Lisette Oropesa is Outstanding in Glyndebourne’s Admirable Don Pasquale Revival

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom 2017 Glyndebourne Festival [2] – Donizetti, Don Pasquale: Soloists and Chorus of Glyndebourne Festival Opera, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Giacomo Sagripanti (conductor), Glyndebourne, 15.7.2017. (RB)

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Dr Malatesta (Andrey Zhilikhovsky), Norina (Lisette Oropesa) and Don Pasquale (Renato Girolami)
(c) Bill Cooper

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Involvement versus Mimicry

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Verdi, Massenet, Mascagni, Richard Strauss, Rossini, Mozart: Artists of The Jette Parker Young Artists Programme, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / David Syrus, James Hendry, Matthew Scott Rogers (conductors).  Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 16.7.2017. (JB)

Jette Parker Young Artists summer performance; Royal Opera House; Covent Garden; London, UK; 14 July 2017; Mascagni: L’amico Fritz, Act II (‘Cherry’ Duet) Conductor: David Syrus Suzel: Francesca Chiejina Fritz: Thomas Atkins Photo: © ROH Photographer: CLIVE BARDA
Mascagni’s L’amico Fritz Act II (‘Cherry’ Duet)
Francesca Chiejina (Suzel) & Thomas Atkins (Fritz) © ROH/Clive Barda

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