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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Ginastera’s Beatrix Cenci Opens Opera Buenos Aires 2016

03/04/201631/03/2016 by Jonathan Spencer Jones

ArgentinaArgentina Ginastera, Beatrix Cenci: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra. Conductor: Guillermo Scarabino, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 18.3.2016. (JSJ)

Beatrix Cenci 2016 - Foto 2 (c) Arnaldo Colombaroli
Teatro Colón’s Beatrix Cenci (Photo: Arnaldo Colombaroli)

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Stars of Tomorrow Show They Are Actually Stars of Today

03/04/201630/03/2016 by James Zychowicz

United StatesUnited States Lyric Opera of Chicago, “Rising Stars of 2016”: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Michael Christie (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago. 26.3.2016 (JLZ)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, International Opera, Opera & Ballet, This Week's Review Tags Chicago, James L. Zychowicz Leave a comment

A Magnificent Ballo in Maschera Led by Zubin Mehta

03/04/201630/03/2016 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Verdi, Un Ballo in Maschera: Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chorus, Zubin Mehta (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 28.3.2016. (JMI)

 Credit: Bayerische Staatsoper

Credit: Bayerische Staatsoper

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Lothar Koenigs Conducts a Superbly Played and Beautifully Sung Lohengrin

03/04/201629/03/2016 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Wagner, Lohengrin: Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chorus, Lothar Koenigs (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 27.3.2016. (JMI)

Lohengrin
Richard Jones’s Lohengrin (c) Bayerische Staatsoper

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Heritage Opera’s Atmospheric La bohème Flows Seamlessly

03/04/201625/03/2016 by Michael Cookson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Heritage Opera / Benjamin Cox (conductor/pianist), Lowther Pavilion, Lytham, Lancashire, 24.3.2016. (MC)

Heritage Opera La boheme
La bohème (c) Heritage Opera

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Categories Opera & Ballet, UK Opera Tags Lytham, Michael Cookson

Villaume Conducts A Powerful Roméo et Juliette

31/03/201624/03/2016 by James Zychowicz

United StatesUnited States Gounod, Roméo et Juliette: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Emmanuel Villaume (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago. 11.03.2016. (JLZ)

ROMEO AND JULIET_IMG_6543_c.Andrew Cioffi
Roméo et Juliette (c) Andrew Cioffi

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When Boris isn’t Godunov – by Jack Buckley

14/08/202024/03/2016 by Jack Buckley

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov: direct transmission from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London at the Cinema Barberini, Rome, 21.3.2016 with the Chorus (Renato Balsadonna) and Orchestra of the ROH, Conductor Antonio Pappano. (JB)

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Categories Featured Articles and News, International Opera, Opera & Ballet, This Week's Review, UK Opera Tags Jack Buckley, London 1 Comment

Young Love Is at Center Court in Opéra national du Rhin’s Idomeneo

25/03/201623/03/2016 by Rick Perdian

FranceFrance Mozart, Idomeneo: Soloists, Chœurs de l’Opéra national du Rhin, Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse, Sergio Alapont (conductor), Opéra national du Rhin, Strasbourg. 20.03.2016 (RP)

Judith Van Wanroij as Ilia; © A.Kaiser.
Judith Van Wanroij as Ilia; © A.Kaiser.

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