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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Tchaikovsky’s Vintage Charodeyka Ravishes

06/10/201428/09/2014 by Seb Smallshaw

Tchaikovsky, Charodeyka: Soloists, ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien and Arnold Schoenberg Chor conducted by Mikhail Tatarnikov. Theater an der Wien, Vienna. 23.9.2014 (SS)

Asmik Gregorian (Kuma), Vladislav Sulimsky (Prince Kurlyatev). Photo © Monika Rittershaus
Asmik Gregorian (Kuma), Vladislav Sulimsky (Prince Kurlyatev). Photo © Monika Rittershaus

 

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Seb Smallshaw, Vienna 1 Comment

Berlin Experiences Best of All Worlds in Bernstein Operetta

06/10/201427/09/2014 by Stan

GermanyGermany Leonard Bernstein, Candide (comic operetta in 2 acts): Staatsopernchor, Staatskapelle Berlin/Wayne Marshall (conductor), Schiller Theater, Berlin, Sunday 21st September 2014 (MC)

Candide, Staatsoper Berlin © Clärchen und Matthias Baus (1)
Candide, Staatsoper Berlin © Clärchen und Matthias Baus

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Categories Berlin Musikfest 2014, International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Berlin, Michael Cookson

Martin Lawrance’s Dance Premiere Inspired by Liszt

06/10/201427/09/2014 by Simon Thompson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Britten, Riley, Liszt: Richard Alston Dance Company, Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, 26.9.2014 (SRT)

Rejoice in the Lamb Nicholas Bodych and full company. Image by Chris Nash
Rejoice in the Lamb Nicholas Bodych and full company. Image by Chris Nash

 

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Rossini’s L’Inganno Felice Returns to City in which it was Premiered

06/10/201426/09/2014 by José Irurzun

ItalyItaly Rossini: L’Inganno Felice, La Fenice Orchestra, Stefano Montanari (conductor), Teatro La Fenice, Venice, 21.9.2014 (JMI)

 

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Intriguing Choreography in Mats Ek’s Juliet & Romeo  

06/10/201425/09/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tchaikovsky et al,  Juliet & Romeo: Soloists and corps de ballet of the Royal Swedish Ballet, Royal Swedish Ballet Orchestra / Alexander Polianichko – conductor (recorded),  Sadler’s Wells, London, 24.9.2014. (JPr)

Picture Ceedit Marco Borggreve
Picture Ceedit Marco Borggreve

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Jim Pritchard, London

Magri and Daza Rescue Berlin’s Bewildering La Traviata

06/10/201425/09/2014 by Stan

Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Staatsopernchor, Staatskapelle Berlin/Domingo Hindoyan (conductor), Schiller Theatre, Berlin, 20.9.2014 (MC)

La Traviata Staatsoper Berlin © Ruth-Walz.jpg
La Traviata Staatsoper Berlin © Ruth-Walz.jpg

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Categories Berlin Musikfest 2014, International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Berlin, Michael Cookson

Gregory Kunde Retains His Power in Il Trovatore

06/10/201425/09/2014 by Stan

Verdi: Il Trovatore, La Fenice Orchestra and Chorus, Daniele Rustioni (conductor), Teatro La Fenice, Venice, 20.9.2014 (JMI)

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Teatro La Fenice, Venice

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Elements Fail to Coalesce in INALA Despite Interaction

06/10/201425/09/2014 by John O'Dwyer

United KingdomUnited Kingdom    Shabalala, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Spira, INALA (a Zulu Ballet):  Sisters Grimm, Sadler’s Wells, London, 18.9.2014 (J.O’D)

INALA August 2014 Photos by Giulietta Verdon Roe (3)
INALA August 2014 Photos by Giulietta Verdon Roe (3)

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