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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

How the Whale Became…

25/01/201412/12/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Philips, How the Whale Became (and other tales): Singers, Rafal Luc (accordion), George Barton (percussion), Dai Pritchard (tripling wind), Isla Mundell-Perkins (Cat/violin), Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 10.12.2013 (CC)

 

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HOW THE WHALE BECAME-C-ASHMORE

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

Charm, Style and Magic in Ravel Double Bill

17/12/201312/12/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ravel, L’Heure espagnole, and L’Enfant et les sortilèges: Soloists, Chorus, Royal College of Music Opera Orchestra / Michael Rosewell (conductor), Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, London, 7.12.2013

Pic credit Royal College of Music
Pic credit Royal College of Music

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

Lully Well Served, Molière Disserved

17/12/201311/12/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Lully and Molière, Le Bourgeois gentilhomme: Soloists, Cornish Opera Theater, Stephen Stubbs (music director), Makaela Pollock (stage director), Anna Mansbridge (choreographer), Cornish Playhouse, Seattle, 18.10.2013 (BJ)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Bernard Jacobson, Seattle Leave a comment

Amore on the Beach

23/01/201411/12/2013 by Stan

SpainSpain Donizetti: L’Elisir d’Amore, Orchestra and Chorus Teatro Real, Marc Piollet/Vicente Alberola (conductors), Teatro Real, Madrid, 6, 8 and 9.12.2013 (JMI).

 

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

Konnichiwa? Turin’s Un Ballo in Tokyo

17/12/201311/12/2013 by Stan

JapanJapan Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera, Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo, 7.12.2013 (RP)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Rick Perdian, Tokyo Leave a comment

A Jolly Opera Colourfully Staged and Well Sung

13/08/202010/12/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Donizetti, L’elisir d’amore (sung in Italian with surtitles in English): Soloists, RNCM Opera Orchestra and Chorus / Francesco Pasqualetti (conductor), RNCM Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 8.12.2013. (RJF)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Manchester, Robert J Farr 1 Comment

Lovely Virginia Magic Flute

17/12/201310/12/2013 by Jens F. Laurson

United StatesUnited States W.A. Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Virginia Opera, Mark Russell Smith (conductor), George Mason University Center for the Arts, Fairfax, VA 12.6.2013 (RRR)

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Categories International Opera, Previously Published Tags Robert R. Reilly, Washington DC Leave a comment

Innovative Fidelio May Not Be to All Tastes

13/08/202009/12/2013 by Stan

SwitzerlandSwitzerland   Beethoven: Fidelio  Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich, Conductor: Fabio Luisi, Zurich Opera, Zurich. 8.12.2013. (JR)

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