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Opera & Ballet

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Gender Confusion and Hasty Mating Encounters

29/07/201423/07/2014 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Francesco Cavalli, La Calisto: Soloists, Thomas C. Hase (conductor), Cincinnati Opera, Corbett Theater, School for the Creative and Performing Arts, Cincinnati, Ohio. 17.7.2014 (RDA)

La Calista Photo credit - Philip Groshong
La Calisto
Photo credit – Philip Groshong

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Cincinnati, Rafael de Acha Leave a comment

Anja Harteros Saves Tosca from Last Minute Replacement

29/07/201423/07/2014 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Puccini: Tosca, Orchestra and Chorus of the Bayerische Staatsoper, Carlo Montanaro (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 18.7.2014 (JMI)

Tosca Photo Nation
Tosca Photo Nation

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags JM Irurzun, Munich 3 Comments

Opera Stars of Tomorrow Make Strong Impression

29/07/201423/07/2014 by Stan
140718_0113 jpyaconcert adj GOMES AS FERNAND, KARYAZINA AS LÉONOR (C) BARDA (2)-400
Gomes As Fernand, Karyazina As Léonor (C) Barda

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Donizetti, Mozart, Opening Acts – Jette Parker Young Artists Summer Performance: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 20.7.2014 (MMB)

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Swedish Opera Given Second Chance and Proves Its Worth

22/07/201421/07/2014 by Glyn Pursglove

SwedenSweden Unander-Scharin, Tokfursten (The Mad Prince) Soloists, Vattnäs Operakapell. Mattias Böhm (conductor). The Concert Barn, Vattnäs, Dalecarlia, Sweden. 10.7.2014 (premiere) (GF)

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Santa Fe Opera’s Triumphant Fidelio

22/07/201421/07/2014 by Rafael De Acha

United StatesUnited States  Beethoven, Fidelio: Soloists, Harry Bicket (conductor), Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe, New Mexico. 12.7.2014 (RDA)

Fidelio- Photo Santa Fe Opera
Fidelio- Photo Santa Fe Opera

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Le Nozze di Figaro:A Production That Shows Its Age

22/07/201419/07/2014 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro, Orchestra and Chorus of the Bayerische Staatsoper, Dan Ettinger (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 17.7.2014 (JMI)

La Nozzzi di Figaro-Munich Statetheater
La Nozze di Figaro-Munich Nationaltheater

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Tara Erraught Triumphs in Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito

22/07/201419/07/2014 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito, Orchestra and Chorus of the Bayerische Staatsoper, Adam Fischer (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 16.7.2014 (JMI)

 

La clemenza di Tito Kristine Opolais (Vitellia), Tara Erraught (Sesto), Tareq Nazmi (Publio)
La Clemenza di Tito
Kristine Opolais (Vitellia), Tara Erraught (Sesto), Tareq Nazmi (Publio)

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Rare Rossini Gets a Good Outing at Buxton.

22/07/201419/07/2014 by Robert Farr

 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gioachimo Rossini, Otello (concert performance sung in Italian with English surtitles): Soloists, Northern Chamber Orchestra. Buxton Festival Chorus /  Stephen Barlow (conductor), Opera House, Buxton, 17.7.2014. (RJF)

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Categories Buxton Festival-2014, Festivals, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Buxton, Robert J Farr 1 Comment
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