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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

McVicar Brings Out the Comedy in Glyndebourne’s Splendid Die Meistersinger

12/06/201603/06/2016 by Jim Pritchard

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wagner, Die Meistersinger: Soloists, The Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Michael Güttler (conductor). Glyndebourne, Lewes, East Sussex, 2.6.2016. (JPr)

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Final Scene of Glyndebourne Festival Opera’s Die Meistersinger
(c) Tristram Kenton

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

Despite Excellent, Spirited Performances Martinů Opera Double Bill Fails to Resonate

12/06/201603/06/2016 by Mark Berry

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Martinů, Ariane and Alexandre bis: Soloists, Orchestra of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Timothy Redmond (conductor). Silk Street Theatre, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, 31.5.2016. (MB)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, UK Opera Tags London, Mark Berry 1 Comment

Betroffenheit Explores Mental State Caused by Trauma and Loss

12/06/201603/06/2016 by John O'Dwyer

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various composers, Betroffenheit: Kidd Pivot and Electric Company Theatre, Sadler’s Wells, London, 31.05.2016. (J.O’D)

Jonathon Young & Crystal Pite’s Betroffenheit (c) Wendy D Photography

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Faccio’s Amleto: A Serious and Absorbing Opera Brought Back to Life

06/06/201603/06/2016 by Bernard Jacobson

United StatesUnited States Faccio, Amleto: Soloists, Opera Delaware, Anthony Barrese (conductor), Grand Opera House, Wilmington, Delaware. 20.5.2016. (BJ)

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Faccio’s Amleto (c) Joe del Tufo/Moonloop Photography

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet Tags Bernard Jacobson, Wilmington Leave a comment

Profoundly Engaging – New Zealand Opera’s The Magic Flute

06/06/201603/06/2016 by Peter Mechen

New ZealandNew Zealand Mozart, The Magic Flute: Freemasons New Zealand Opera Chorus, Orchestra Wellington, Conductor: Wyn Davies. St.James Theatre, Wellington. 28.5.2016. (PM)

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Samuel Dundas as Papageno and Emma Fraser as Pamina in The Magic Flute (c) Marty Melville

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Palais Garnier Celebrates Shakespeare’s 400th Anniversary with Reimann’s Lear

06/06/201603/06/2016 by Mark Berry

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Reimann, Lear: Soloists, Chorus (chorus master: Alessandro di Stefano) and Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris, Fabio Luisi (conductor). Palais Garnier, Paris, 29.5.2016. (MB)

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Reimann’s Lear (c) Elisa Haberer

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No Sanitized Love Affair in a Gritty Carmen

06/06/201603/06/2016 by Harvey Steiman

United StatesUnited States Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, orchestra and chorus of San Francisco Opera / Carlo Montanaro (conductor), War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 27.5.2016. (HS)

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Irene Roberts (center) and cast members of Carmen (c) Cory Weaver

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Mascagni/Leoncavallo Double Bill – a Fitting Way to Celebrate WNO’s 70th Birthday

06/06/201601/06/2016 by Glyn Pursglove

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana & Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi (conductor), Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 26.5.2016. (GPu)

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WNO’s Cavalleria rusticana (c) Bill Cooper

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