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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Holland Park Opera Presents Iris a Little Known Verismo Gem by Mascagni

16/06/201609/06/2016 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mascagni, Iris (sung in Italian): Soloists, Holland Park Opera Chorus, City of London Sinfonia/Stuart Stratford (conductor), Opera Holland Park, London, 7.6.2016. (CC)

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OHP’s Iris Anne Sophie Duprels (Iris) & Noah Stewart (Osaka) (c) Robert Workman

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Categories Opera & Ballet, UK Opera Tags Colin Clarke, London Leave a comment

The OAE’s 30th Anniversary Der Freischütz Hits the Bullseye

16/06/201608/06/2016 by Jim Pritchard

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Weber: Soloists, London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Sir Mark Elder (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 7.6.2016. (JPr)

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Plácido Domingo Continues to Defy the Years in Covent Garden’s Nabucco

16/06/201607/06/2016 by Jim Pritchard

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Verdi, Nabucco: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Maurizio Benini (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 6.6.2016. (JPr)

NABUCCO ; Music by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) ; The Royal Opera Chorus (as Hebrews) ; The Royal Opera ; At the Royal Opera House, London, UK ; 30 March 2013 ; Credit: Catherine Ashmore / Royal Opera House / ArenaPAL ;
The Royal Opera Chorus sing ‘Va, pensiero’ (c) Catherine Ashmore /ROH

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Categories Opera & Ballet, UK Opera Tags Jim Pritchard, London Leave a comment

A Ballet Rarely Seen in the US: Frederick Ashton’s Romeo and Juliet

16/06/201606/06/2016 by Jane Rosenberg

Ashton: Romeo and Juliet, Los Angeles Ballet, Royce Hall, Los Angeles 4.6.2016 (JRo)

Los Angeles Ballet Ensemble. Credit: Reed Hutchinson.
Los Angeles Ballet Ensemble. Credit: Reed Hutchinson.

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Garsington Emphasises Psychological Aspects of Eugene Onegin

08/07/201606/06/2016 by Curtis Rogers

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, Garsington Opera Orchestra & Chorus / Douglas Boyd, Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 5.6.2016 (CR)

 Natalya Romaniw (Tatyana), Roderick Williams (Onegin): credit - Mark Douet.

Natalya Romaniw (Tatyana), Roderick Williams (Onegin): credit – Mark Douet.

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Clever and Amusing L’italiana in Algeri at Garsington

16/06/201606/06/2016 by Curtis Rogers

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rossini, L’italiana in Algeri:  Soloists, Garsington Opera Orchestra & Chorus / David Parry, Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 4.6.2016. (CR)

Ezgi Kutlu (Isabella), Quirijn de Lang (Mustafà). Credit: Johan Persson
Ezgi Kutlu (Isabella), Quirijn de Lang (Mustafà). Credit: Johan Persson

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English National Ballet Performs Traditional, Timeless Swan Lake In-The-Round

15/07/201606/06/2016 by Jim Pritchard

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake: Dancers of English National Ballet and English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gavin Sutherland (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 4.6.2016. (JPr)

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ENB’s dancers in Swan Lake (c) Laurent Liotardo

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Enjoyable and Visually Appealing Mikado from Scottish Opera

14/08/202004/06/2016 by Simon Thompson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gilbert and Sullivan, The Mikado: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Scottish Opera / Derek Clark (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 3.6.2016. (SRT)

Richard Suart as Ko-Ko and Stephen Richardson as The Mikado. Scottish Opera and D’Oyly Carte 2016. Credit James Glossop (1)
Richard Suart as Ko-Ko and Stephen Richardson as The Mikado (c) James Glossop

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