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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Supercharged Alpensinfonie from Staatkapelle in Dresden

17/06/201412/06/2014 by Stan

GermanyGermany Wolfgang Rihm, Richard Strauss: Anja Harteros (soprano), Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden/Christian Thielemann, (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden,  8.6.2014.

 

Anja Hartero  Photo:Nils Foltynowics
Anja Hartero
Photo:Nils Foltynowics

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Categories International Concerts, International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Dresden, Michael Cookson Leave a comment

WNO Makes Good Case for Moses und Aron Musically – not Theatrically

17/06/201412/06/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schoenberg, Moses und Aron (Company Premiere): Soloists, Chorus (and Extra Chorus) and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Lothar Koenigs (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 24.5.2014 (GPu)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Cardiff, Glyn Pursglove Leave a comment

A Rare Offenbach Work Gets Its UK Premiere at Garsington

17/06/201411/06/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Offenbach, Vert Vert –  Opéra bouffe in 3 acts (1869): Soloists, Garsington Opera Orchestra & Chorus/David Parry (conductor), Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 9.6.2014  (RJF)

 

Set of Vert-Vert

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Categories Concert Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Robert J Farr, Wormsley 1 Comment

Akram Khan Pays Tribute to Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring

17/06/201411/06/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Nitin Sawhney, Jocelyn Pook, Ben Frost, iTMOi: Akram Khan Company, Sadler’s Wells, London, 10.6.2014 (J.O’D)

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

Garsington Opera Hits Gold Standard with Beethoven Revival

17/06/201411/06/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven,  Fidelio. (The triumph of married love): Soloists, Garsington Opera Orchestra and Chorus./  Douglas Boyd (conductor), Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 8.6.2014. (RJF)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Robert J Farr, Wormsley Leave a comment

Strauss’s Feuersnot: A Strong Performance All Around

17/06/201410/06/2014 by Stan

GermanyGermany Strauss: Feuersnot, Dresdner Festspielorchester, Staatsopernchor Dresden, Kinderchor der Singakademie Dresden, Stefan Klingele (conductor), Residenzschloss, Dresden, 7.6.2014 (JMI)

Carolina Ullrich, Simone Schröder, Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Angela Liebold © Matthias Creutziger
Carolina Ullrich, Simone Schröder, Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Angela Liebold
© Matthias Creutziger

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

Tara Erraught a Perfect Octavian in Glyndebourne’s Rosenkavalier

10/06/201409/06/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier: Soloists, Glyndebourne Festival Opera Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, / Robin Ticciati (conductor). Broadcast to Gate Cinema, Notting Hill Gate, London, 7.6.2014. (JPr)

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Rosenkavalier credit Tristram Kenton

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Jim Pritchard, London 1 Comment

Handel’s Alcina, Not Baroque Enough

10/06/201408/06/2014 by Stan

GermanyGermany Handel: Alcina, Staatskapelle Dresden, Rainer Mühlbach (conductor), Dresden Semperoper, 5.6.2014 (JMI)

Vanessa Goikoetxea (Alcina), Komparserie © Matthias Creutziger
Vanessa Goikoetxea (Alcina), Komparserie
© Matthias Creutziger

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