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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

High Musical Values in Scottish Opera’s Don Pasquale

03/02/201402/02/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Donizetti: Don Pasquale: Scottish Opera Soloists, Orchestra of Scottish Opera,  Chorus of Don Pasquale / Francesco Corti (conductor), Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 01.02.2014 (SRT)

Scottish Opera - Don Pasquale
Don Pasquale pics. Credit KK Dundas

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Glasgow, Simon Thompson

Geneva Presents a Traditional Siegfried Free of Modern Gimmicks

21/02/201402/02/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom    Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ingo Metzmacher (conductor),  Grand Théâtre de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland, 30.1.2014. (JPr)

Siegfried Act III John Daszak and Petra Lang c GTG & CaroleParodi
Siegfried Act III John Daszak and Petra Lang c GTG & CaroleParodi

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet Tags Geneva, Jim Pritchard

A Poignant and Haunting Giselle from Royal New Zealand Ballet

03/02/201402/02/2014 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Kobborg and Stiefel after Petipa, Giselle: Royal New Zealand Ballet, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 31.1.14- 2.2.14 (JRo)

RNZB Giselle - Myrtha (Abigail Boyle) and Hilarion (Jacob Chown) CREDIT
RNZB Giselle – Myrtha (Abigail Boyle) and Hilarion (Jacob Chown) CREDIT

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Jane Rosenberg, Los Angeles

Intriguing Portrait of a Flamenco Dancer

13/05/201431/01/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sanchez, What’s Become of You? (questcequetudeviens?): Compagnie 111 – Aurélian Bory, Barbican Theatre, London, 30.01.2014 (JO’D)

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

ENO’s Peter Grimes is a Must-See Production

22/09/202330/01/2014 by Mark Berry

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Britten, Peter Grimes: Soloists, Orchestra, Chorus, and additional chorus of the English National Opera  / Edward Gardner (conductor). London Coliseum, 29.1.2014. (MB)

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

Charmatz Integrates Children with Adults in his Choreography

13/05/201430/01/2014 by Stan

 

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Boris Charmatz/Musée de la danse, Enfant: Sadler’s Wells, London, 29.01.2014 (JO’D)

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

Convincing Performance from Osipova as Giselle

28/12/202230/01/2014 by Jim Pritchard

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Adolphe Adam, Giselle: Royal Ballet’s Soloists, Corps de ballet and Royal Opera House Orchestra / Boris Gruzin (conductor). Broadcast to the Odeon Cinema, Chelmsford, Essex. 27.1.2014. (JPr)

GISELLE, The Royal Ballet; Giselle Photo (c) Bill Cooper
The Royal Ballet’s Giselle (c) Bill Cooper

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Broadcasts and Film, Broadcasts, Musicals, & Others, Opera & Ballet Tags Jim Pritchard, London Leave a comment

Joyce Story Interpreted in Dance and Photography

13/05/201429/01/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom.  Città di Ebla, The Dead: Città di Ebla, Romaeuropa Festival 2012, Comune di Forlì, Barbican Centre (The Pit), London, 28.01.2014 (JO’D)

Città di Ebla, The Dead  Valentina Bravetti. Photo credit Luca di Filippo
Città di Ebla, The Dead Valentina Bravetti. Photo credit Luca di Filippo

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