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Opera & Ballet

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Sylvie Guillem Takes Her Final Bow

04/08/201501/08/2015 by Jim Pritchard

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Life in Progress: Sylvie Guillem and dancers (Emanuela Montanari, Brigel Gjoka and Riley Watts) in choreography by Akram Khan, Russell Maliphant, Mats Ek and William Forsythe. London Coliseum, London, 29.7.2015. (JPr)

Sylvie Guillem in technê c Bill Cooper
Sylvie Guillem in technê c Bill Cooper

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Jim Pritchard, London

Anja Harteros and René Pape  ̶  A Superb Pairing in Don Carlo

02/08/201529/07/2015 by José Irurzun
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Don Carlo Photo Credit: Wilfried Hösl

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Verdi: Don Carlo, Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus, Asher Fisch (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 27.7.2015 (JMI)

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WNO’s Peter Pan Fails to do Justice to J M Barrie’s Tale

02/08/201528/07/2015 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom   Ayres, Peter Pan: Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of Welsh National Opera/Erik Nielsen (conductor). Royal Opera House, London, 25.7.2015 (CC)

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

Beijing’s Il Trovatore Presents a Conundrum

01/08/201527/07/2015 by Rick Perdian
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Marianne Cornetti as Azucena in NCPA’s Il Trovatore.

ChinaChina Verdi: Il Trovatore, National Centre for the Performing Arts Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Daniel Oren (conductor), National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing, 26.07.2015 (RP)

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Anna Netrebko and Mariusz Kwiecien Triumph in Eugene Onegin

17/12/201527/07/2015 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany  Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus, Leo Hussain (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 26.7.2015 (JMI).

 Munich Trovatore Photo Credit: Wielfried Hösl
Munich Trovatore
Photo Credit: Wielfried Hösl

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Passion, Jealousy and Deceit in Handel’s Xerxes at Longborough

01/08/201526/07/2015 by RJones

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Handel: Xerxes (Serse):  Longborough Festival Opera Young Artists and Orchestra / Jeremy Silver (conductor), Longborough, 25.7.2015. (RJ)

Xerxes - Handel - Longborough Festival Opera - 26th July 2015 Conductor - Jeremy Silver Director - Jenny Miller Designer - Faye Bradley Lighting Designer - Anna Sbokou Xerxes - Jake Arditti Arsamenes - Tai Oney Amastris - Lucinda Stuart Grant Ariodate - Jon Stainsby Romilda - Alice Privett Atalanta - Abbi Temple Elviro - Matthew Durkan Chorus - Chiara Vinci, Laurence Panter
Pic Credit Longborough Festival Opera Alice Privett as Romilda and Tai Oney as Arsamenes

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An Argentine Cav And Pag

27/01/201626/07/2015 by Jonathan Spencer Jones
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José Cura’s Pagliacci in Buenos Aires. (Photo Prensa Teatro Colón/Arnaldo Colombaroli)

ArgentinaArgentina  Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana; Leoncavallo, Pagliacci: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Colón. Conductor: Roberto Paternostro, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 17.7.2015. (JSJ)

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A Bright Morning Star in Need of Scissors

26/07/201522/07/2015 by Rafael De Acha

United StatesUnited States Ricky Ian Gordon, Morning Star: Soloists, Cincinnati Opera. School for the Creative and Performing Arts. Cincinnati, OH. 10.7.2015 (RDA)

Ricky Ian Gordon's "Morning Star" (Photo: Cincinnati Opera)
Ricky Ian Gordon’s “Morning Star” (Photo: Cincinnati Opera)

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