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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Mascagni and Hindemith Form an Unlikely Double Bill in Paris

28/12/201608/12/2016 by Mark Berry

FranceFrance Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana, and Hindemith, Sancta Susanna: Soloists, Chorus (chorus master: José Luis Basso) and Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris / Carlo Rizzi (conductor). Opéra Bastille, Paris, 3.12.2016. (MB)

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Sancta Susanna (c) Julien Benhamou /OnP

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Iphigénie en Tauride Gluck’s Great Opera Thoughtfully Staged and Splendidly Sung in Paris

12/12/201606/12/2016 by Mark Berry

FranceFrance Gluck, Iphigénie en Tauride: Soloists, Chorus (chorus master: Alessandro di Stefano) and Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris / Bertrand de Billy (conductor). Palais Garnier, Paris, 2.12.2016. (MB)

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Iphigénie en Tauride © Guergana Damianova/OnP

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Kirill Petrenko’s Magical Conducting and Anja Kampe’s Superb Voice Highlight This Shostakovich Opera

08/12/201606/12/2016 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Shostakovich, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District: Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus / Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 4.12.2016. (JMI)

Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District © W. Hösl
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District © W. Hösl

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Opera North Present Stunning Billy Budd in Edinburgh

08/12/201605/12/2016 by Simon Thompson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Britten: Billy Budd, Soloists and Chorus of Opera North / Garry Walker (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 3.12.2016. (SRT)

BILLY BUDD by Britten; Opera North; Gand Theatre; Leeds, UK; 15 October 2016; RODERICK WILLIAMS as Billy Budd; GARRY WALKER - Conductor; ORPHA PHELAN - Director; LESLIE TRAVERS - Set & Costume Designer; THOMAS C. HASE - Lighting designer; LYNNE HOCKNEY - Movement director; WILL TRISTRAM - Fight director; Credit: © CLIVE BARDA/ ArenaPAL;
Billy Budd – Roderick Williams (Billy Budd) © Clive Barda

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An Uneven Turandot Weighed Down by an Excessive Production

15/12/201604/12/2016 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Puccini, Turandot: Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus / Dan Ettinger (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 3.12.2016. (JMI)

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Turandot © Bayerische Staatsoper

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Verdi Requiem with Ballet – Courage Required

08/12/201604/12/2016 by John Rhodes

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Verdi: Soloists, Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano), Veronica Simeoni (mezzosoprano), Francesco Meli (tenor), Georg Zeppenfeld (bass), Zurich Ballet, (augmented) Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Fabio Luisi (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich, 3.12.16. (JR)

Ballett Zürich - Messa da Requiem - 2016/17 © Gregory Batardon

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A Well-Staged and Well-Sung L’elisir d’amore in Munich

08/12/201603/12/2016 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Donizetti, L’elisir d’amore: Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus / Daniele Callegari (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 2.12.2016. (JMI)

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L’elisir d’amore © Bayesrische Staatsoper

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La finta giardiniera Benefits from an Excellent Ensemble Approach

06/12/201602/12/2016 by Mark Berry

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, La finta giardiniera: Soloists, Royal College of Music of Opera Orchestra, Michael Rosewell (conductor). Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, London, 28.11.2016. (MB)

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