Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Ainhoa Arteta Shines as Tosca in San Sebastian

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 Puccini: Tosca, Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi, Coro Easo, Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez (conductor), Kursaal, San Sebastian, Spain, 13.8.2015 (JMI)   Cast: Floria Tosca: Ainhoa Arteta Mario Cavaradossi: Teodor Ilincai Baron Scarpia: Roberto Frontali Angelotti: David Lagares Sacristán: Valeriano Lanchas Spoletta: Francisco Vas Sciarrone: Rubén Ramada Jailer: Juan Carlos Rey Shepherd: Luis Larrañaga   Production: Barcelona’s … Read more

Mozart’s Requiem Fails to Come Alight  

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2015 (12) – Mozart: Miah  Persson (sop), Barbara Kozelj (mezzo), Jeremy Ovendon (tenor), Konstantin Wolff (bass), Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer (conductor), Usher Hall, 18.8.2015. (SRT)

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Marriage by Examination at the 2015 Rossini Opera Festival

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ItalyItaly Rossini Opera Festival (1) La Gazzetta: Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Comunale of Bologna.  Conductor, Enrique Mazzola; Stage Director, Marco Carniti; Sets by Manuela Gasperoni;  Costumes by Maria Filippi;  Lighting by Fabio Rossi; Chorus Master, Andrea Faiutti.  Teatro Rossini Pesaro. 14.8.2015 (JB)

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La Gazzetta at the 2015 Rossini Opera Festival c Giacomo Mariotti

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Top-Rank Singers Bring Emotional Power to Mozart’s Figaro

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2015 (10) – Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro: Soloists, Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor & director), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 16.8.2015 (SRT)

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The Marriage of Figaro
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Choo Hoey Conducts Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy with Tseng Yu-Chien, Winner of the 2015 Tchaikovsky and Singapore Violin Competitions

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SingaporeSingapore Milhaud, Bruch, Beethoven: Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Tseng Yu-Chien (violin), Choo Hoey (conductor), Victoria Concert Hall, Singapore, 14.08.2014 (RP)

Choo Hoey, Conductor Emeritus of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Choo Hoey, Conductor Emeritus of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra

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St Petersburg Ballet Theatre’s Swan Lake a Fairy Tale Romp

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Irina Kolesnikova London Season –  Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake: Soloists, corps de ballet, The St Petersburg Ballet Theatre and Orchestra / Timor Gorkovenko (conductor). London Coliseum, 13.8.2015. (JPr)

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Irina Kolesnikova as Odette (c) The St Petersburg Ballet Theatre

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Fortune Favours the Brave: A Rewarding Beatrice and Benedict at Läckö

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SwedenSweden Hector Berlioz, Beatrice and Benedict: Soloists, Läckö Slottsorkester, chorus and ensemble, Simon Phipps (conductor), Läckö Castle, 31.7.2015 (NS)

Centre: Hero (Magdalena Risberg) surrounded by chorus and ensemble. Bottom right: Simon Phipps, conductor. Photo: Petter Magnusson
Centre: Hero (Magdalena Risberg) surrounded by chorus and ensemble. Bottom right: Simon Phipps, conductor. Photo: Petter Magnusson

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