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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Handel’s Semele in Chinese Temple Built 450 Years Ago, Watch Out for Donkeys and Dragons.

08/03/201505/03/2015 by NewAdmin

Handel: Semele, Canadian Opera Company, Christopher Moulds (conductor), Brooklyn Academy of Music,  Brooklyn, New York, 4.3.2015 (SM)

Colin Ainsworth, Jane Archibald Photo Credit: Jack Vartoogian/Frontrowphotos
Colin Ainsworth, Jane Archibald
Photo Credit: Jack Vartoogian/Frontrowphotos

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags New York, Stan Metzger Leave a comment

Choreographer Richard Chappell is Inspired by his Devonshire Roots

08/03/201504/03/2015 by John O'Dwyer

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Hawgood, Livingston, Martin, Moments in 360/Iris/The Vast Rocks: Richard Chappell Dance, Chisenhale Dance Space, London, 28.02.2015 (J.O’D)

IRIS - Watch This Space Photo Credit: Richard Chappell Dance
IRIS – Watch This Space Photo Credit: Richard Chappell Dance

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Concert Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags John O'Dwyer, London Leave a comment

Formidable Conductor, Kirill Petrenko, Even Better in Die Walküre

30/03/201503/03/2015 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Wagner: Die Walküre, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Kirill Petrenko (conductor),  Nationaltheater, Munich, 28.2.2015 (JMI)Walkure-500

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags JM Irurzun, Munich Leave a comment

An Infectiously Joyful Barber of Seville

08/03/201502/03/2015 by Jane Rosenberg

United StatesUnited States  Rossini: The Barber of Seville, LA Opera, James Conlon (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 28.2.2015- 22.3.2015 (JRo)

The Finale of the Barber of Seville  Photo Craig T Matthew/LA OPera
The Finale of the Barber of Seville Photo Craig T Matthew/LA Opera

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Jane Rosenberg, Los Angeles Leave a comment

Triumphant Reception Ends Das Rheingold

06/03/201501/03/2015 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Wagner: Das Rheingold, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 27.2.2015 (JMI)

Copyright: Wilfried Hösl
Copyright: Wilfried Hösl

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags JM Irurzun, Munich Leave a comment

More Birmingham Royal Ballet Success with their ‘Living Doll’

06/03/201501/03/2015 by Geoff Read

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Léo Delibes, Coppélia: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Paul Murphy (Conductor), Birmingham Hippodrome, 24.2.2015 (GR).

Coppelia -Mathias Dingman as Leading Combat Man with Artists if Birmingham Royal Ballet photo Andrew Ross
Coppelia -Mathias Dingman as Leading Combat Man with Artists if Birmingham Royal Ballet photo Andrew Ross

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Geoff Read, London Leave a comment

Madama Butterfly: In Traditional Staging in Munich

06/03/201501/03/2015 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Puccini: Madama Butterfly, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Stefano Ranzani (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 26.2.2015 (JMI)

Opolais  c) W. Hösl
Opolais c) W. Hösl

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Inventive Performance of Handel’s Ariodante from Young Cincinnati Group

06/03/201528/02/2015 by Rafael De Acha

 United StatesUnited States Handel, Ariodante: Soloists, Cincinnati Chamber Opera. Asencion & Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Cincinnati, OH. 27.2.2015 (RDA)

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