Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Musically Strong and Intelligently Staged Don Giovanni at ENO

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Chorus (chorus master: James Henshaw) and Orchestra of the English National Opera, Mark Wigglesworth (conductor). Coliseum, London, 30.9.2016. (MB)

ENO Don Giovanni Clive Bayley and Christopher Purves. Photo credit: Robert Workman.
ENO’s Don Giovanni – Clive Bayley (Leporello) and Christopher Purves (Don Giovanni)
Photo credit: Robert Workman

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The Conclusion to the Philharmonia’s Stravinsky: Myths and Rituals series

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Stravinsky: Soloists, Orphei Drängar. Ladies of the Gustaf Sjökvists Kammarkör and Ladies of the Sofia Vokalensemble, Philharmonia Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 29.9.2016. (JPr)

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Joseph Kaiser and Willard White in Peter Sellars’ Aix production of Oedipus rex (c) Vincent Beaume

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Missy Mazzoli’s New Opera: Luminous Beauty and Moving Human Insight

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United StatesUnited States Mazzoli, Breaking the Waves: Soloists, Chorus, and Orchestra of Opera Philadelphia/Steven Osgood (conductor), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia. 24.9.2016. (BJ)

Kiera Duffy and the cast of 'Breaking the Waves' (Photo: Nicholas Korkos)
Kiera Duffy and the cast of ‘Breaking the Waves’ (Photo: Nicholas Korkos)

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Verve, Passion and Intense Drama at the Cinema from Royal Opera’s Norma

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom The ROH Live Cinema Season 2016/17 – Bellini, Norma: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of The Royal Opera / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Directed for the screen by Jonathan Haswell and broadcast to Cineworld Basildon from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 26.9.2016. (JPr)

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Norma Act I (c) Bill Cooper

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