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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

High Musical Standards in ENO’s Rodelinda

03/03/201402/03/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Handel Rodelinda (1725, sung in English): Soloist and Orchestra of English National Opera/Christian Curnyn (conductor), London Coliseum, London, 28.2.2014 (CC)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Colin Clarke, London

Moscow Ballet Brings Magical Touch to The Nutcracker

13/05/201402/03/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker:  Moscow City Ballet, Moscow City Ballet Orchestra / Igor Shavruk (conductor)), Richmond Theatre, London, 1.3.2014 (J.O’D)

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

McVicar’s Traditional Traviata Continues to Illuminate

03/03/201402/03/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Verdi, La traviata (revival premiere): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Simon Phillippo, conductor, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 11.2.2014 (GPu)

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

Winning Production of Britten Ballet

03/03/201402/03/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Britten: Prince of the Pagodas: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Koen Kessels (conductor), Birmingham Hippodrome, 26.2.2014

THE PRINCE OF THE PAGODA
THE PRINCE OF THE PAGODA
Photo: Bill Cooper

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Birmingham, Roderic Dunnett

Multi-Cultural Britain Comes Under the Spotlight in Dance Piece

13/05/201402/03/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Pink, Border Tales: Luca Silvestrini’s Protein, The Place, London, 28.02.2014 (J.O’D)

Protein's 'Border Tales' photo by Chris-Nash
Protein’s ‘Border Tales’ photo by Chris-Nash

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

Francesca Zambello’s Bohème Extravaganza a Brilliant Success

03/03/201401/03/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Soloist, Chorus, Capital Arts Children’s Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Oliver Gooch (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London 27.2.2014 (JPr)

La Boheme at the Royal Albert Hall. Photo by Paul Sanders
La Boheme at the Royal Albert Hall. Photo by Paul Sanders

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

Taiwanese Dancers Enact Chinese Agricultural Year

13/05/201401/03/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various composers, Rice: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan/Sadler’s Wells, Sadler’s Wells, London, 27.2.2014 (JO’D)

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

Triumphant Threepenny Opera Focuses on Urban Destitution

03/03/201428/02/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Kurt Weill, The Threepenny Opera: Graeae Theatre Co, Nottingham Playhouse, 25.2.2014 (RD)

 Up for grabs - Macheath (MiltonLopes) torn between Lucy (Natasha Lewis) and Polly (CiCi Howells) Photo - Patrick Baldwin

Up for grabs – Macheath (MiltonLopes) torn between Lucy (Natasha Lewis) and Polly (CiCi Howells) Photo – Patrick Baldwin

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Nottingham, Roderic Dunnett
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