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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Barcelona’s Star-Studded Cendrillon and It’s Not Rossini’s

17/01/201407/01/2014 by Stan

SpainSpain Massenet: Cendrillon, Liceu’s Orchestra and Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Barcelona’s Liceu, 22 & 23.12.2013 (JMI)

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

Captivating Romeo and Juliet

17/01/201407/01/2014 by Stan

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Prokofiev:  Romeo und Julia, Zurich Ballet, Zurich Junior Ballet, Philharmonia Zurich, Michail Jurowski (conductor)    4.1.2014 (JR)

Ballett Zürich - Romeo und Julia - Wiederaufnahme - 2013/14

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags John Rhodes, Zurich

Superb Traviata—with Skeletons

17/01/201428/12/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Massimo Zanetti, (conductor),  Civic Opera House, Chicago. 20.12.2013 (JLZ)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Chicago, James L. Zychowicz 1 Comment

Covent Garden’s Carmen Has Spectacle but Little High Drama

15/01/201423/12/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bizet, Carmen: Soloists and Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Daniel Oren /(conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 21.12.2013 (JPr)

carmen christine rice

 

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

The Nutcracker Set in the Warm Glow of a Los Angeles Winter

13/08/202022/12/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Christensen and Neary, The Nutcracker: Los Angeles Ballet, Royce Hall, Los Angeles, 21.12.2013-22.12.2013 (JRo)

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

Technical Hitches Mar Parsifal Transmission.

30/12/202022/12/2013 by Stan
Categories Broadcasts and Film, Broadcasts, Musicals, & Others, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Colin Clarke, London Leave a comment

Andrew Davis Leads Compelling Parsifal

15/01/201421/12/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Sir Andrew Davis, (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago. 21.11.2013 (JLZ)

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

International Dimension to Quintet of Works by Dancer-Choreographers

13/05/201418/12/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various Composers, Rambert – Evening of New Choreography: Rambert, Sadler’s Wells (Lilian Baylis Studio), London, 17.12.2013 (J.O’D)

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