Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Ambrogio Maestri Gives Weighty Portrayal of Falstaff in Met Live in HD Broadcast

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United StatesUnited States Verdi, Falstaff: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / James Levine. (conductor).  Met Live in HD (directed by Gary Halvorson) broadcast to the Odeon Cinema, Chelmsford, Essex, 14.12.2013. (JPr)

Act II Scene 2 Falstaff c Ken Howard
Falstaff (Act II, Scene 2) © Ken Howard

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John Adams’ El Niño is a Very Special Experience

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Adams, El Niño Rosemary Joshua (soprano); Kelley O’Connor (mezzo-soprano); Matthew Rose (bass); Daniel Bubeck, Brian Cummings, Steven Rickards (counter-tenors); Coloma St Cecilia Singers; Trinity Boys’ Choir; London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra/Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 14.12.2013 (CC)

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Masked Ballo in Maschera

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ArgentinaArgentina Verdi, Un ballo in maschera: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Colón. Conductor: Ira Levin, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 6.12.2013. (JSJ)

Act 2 of Un ballo in maschera – after Amelia (Virginia Tola) has removed her veil, her husband Count Ankarstrom (Fabián Veloz) kneeling with l. Ribbing (Fernando Radó) and r. Horn (Lucas Debevec Mayer). (Photo Prensa Teatro Colón/Máximo Parpagnoli
Act 2 of Un ballo in maschera – after Amelia (Virginia Tola) has removed her veil, her husband Count Ankarstrom (Fabián Veloz) kneeling with l. Ribbing (Fernando Radó) and r. Horn (Lucas Debevec Mayer). (Photo Prensa Teatro Colón/Máximo Parpagnoli)

 

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