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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Stunning Performance of Die Frau ohne Schatten Compensates for Opaque Plot

20/02/201516/03/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Strauss, Die Frau ohne Schatten: Soloists, Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra  /  Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 14.3.2014. (JPr)

DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN by Richard Strauss; Photo credit: © CLIVE BARDA/ArenaPAL;
DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN by Richard Strauss;
Photo credit: © CLIVE BARDA/ArenaPAL;

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Categories Opera & Ballet, UK Opera Tags Jim Pritchard, London

L’Italiana in Algeria Done as Farce

18/03/201416/03/2014 by Stan

SpainSpain Rossini: L’Italiana in Algeri, Orchestra Comunitat Valenciana, Chorus Generalitat  Valenciana, Ottavio Dantone (conductor), Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 11.3.2014 (JMI)

L'italiana in Algeri - Palau de les Arts (c)Tato Baeza
L’italiana in Algeri – Palau de les Arts (c)Tato Baeza

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags JM Irurzun, Valencia

Silhouettes Depict Girl’s Coming of Age Dream

18/03/201413/03/2014 by Stan

 United KingdomUnited Kingdom David Poe: Shadowland: The Pilobolus Dance Company, Peacock Theatre, London, 12.3.2014. (JPr)

PILOBOLUS Shadowland Foto Emmanuel-Donny
PILOBOLUS Shadowland Foto Emmanuel-Donny

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

The Doctor is In

18/03/201412/03/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bizet, Le Docteur Miracle: Pop-up Opera / Maria Garzon (musical director), Drink, Shop & Do, London, 10.3.2014 (MB)

Pop-up Opera Spring 2014, Le Docteur Miracle 1 (courtesy Jenny Dale)
Pop-up Opera Spring 2014, Le Docteur Miracle  (courtesy Jenny Dale)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags London, Mark Berry

Andrew Davis in a Fresh, Exciting Clemenza

18/03/201412/03/2014 by Stan

Mozart, La Clemenza di Tito: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Sir Andrew Davis, (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago. 8.3.2014 (JLZ)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Chicago, James L. Zychowicz

ETO’s Magic Flute Puts Major Opera Houses to Shame

18/03/201412/03/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English Touring Opera. Hackney Empire, London, 7.3.2014 (MB)

 

The Magic Flute - Mozart - English Touring Opera - The Hackney Empire - 7th March 2014
The Magic Flute – Mozart – English Touring Opera – The Hackney Empire – 7th March 2014

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags London, Mark Berry

Gluck’s Alceste at Teatro Real While Remembering Its Artistic DIrector, Gerard Mortier

18/03/201411/03/2014 by Stan

Gluck: Alceste, Orchestra and Chorus Teatro Real, Ivor Bolton (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 4 & 8.3.2014 (JMI).

Alceste 6818
Alceste Tatro Real Madrid (c) Javier Real

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags JM Irurzun, Madrid

A Light Hearted Romp with an Appearance by Dame Kiri

11/03/201410/03/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Donizetti, La Fille du régiment: Soloists, Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Yves Abel in Laurent Pelly’s 2007 production: designs by Chantal Thomas. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 9.3.2014. (JPr)

FILLE DU REGIMENT TE KANAWA AS LA DUCHESSE DE CRACKENTORP (c) ASHMORE
FILLE DU REGIMENT
Te Kanawa as La Duchesse de Crackentorp
(c)Catherine Ashmore/ROH

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