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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Bayreuth Festival 2014 (3): Siegfried, Brünnhilde and Crocodiles on the Alexanderplatz

06/08/201431/07/2014 by Stan

GermanyGermany  Bayreuth Festival 2014 (3) – Wagner, Siegfried: soloists, chorus and orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival conducted by Kirill Petrenko. Bayreuth, Germany. 30.7.2014. (JPr)

Siegfried.  Photo (c) Enrico Harwath/Bayreuth Opera
Siegfried. Photo (c) Enrico Harwath/Bayreuth Opera

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Categories Bayreuth-2014, International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Bayreuth, Jim Pritchard Leave a comment

Monteverdi in Munich in New Production

06/08/201429/07/2014 by Stan

Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, Monteverdi Continuo Ensemble, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Ivor Bolton (conductor), Prinzregententheater, Munich, 27.7.2014 (JMI)

L'Orfeo Photo (c) © Bayerische Staatsoper
L’Orfeo Photo (c) © Bayerische Staatsoper

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

Young Singers Impress in Garsington’s Hänsel und Gretel

06/08/201429/07/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Humperdinck, Hänsel und Gretel – Opera in three acts: Soloists, Garsington Opera Orchestra / John Andrews  (conductor) , Garsington Opera Young Artists Programme at West Green House, 26.7.2014 (CR)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Curtis Rogers, Garsington Leave a comment

Otello Reaches Harbour in Glory

06/08/201429/07/2014 by Stan

SwedenSweden Verdi Otello at Opera på Skäret. Soloists, Opera på Skäret’s Chorus and Orchestra, Marcello Mottadelli,  (conductor). Kopparberg, 26.7.2014 (Premiere I) (GF)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Göran Forsling, Kopparberg 1 Comment

Bayreuth Festival 2014 (2): Rustic, Russian and Revolutionary Settings for Walküre

29/07/201429/07/2014 by Stan

GermanyGermany Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Kirill Petrenko  (conductor),  Bayreuth, 28.4.2014.

End of Act I Anja Kampe and Johan Botha c Enrico Nawrath
End of Act I Anja Kampe and Johan Botha c Enrico Nawrath

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Categories Bayreuth-2014, Festival 2014, International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Bayreuth, Jim Pritchard

Fine Singing from Yvonne Howard in Title Role of Daring Norma

29/07/201428/07/2014 by Robert Beattie

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bellini, Norma: Opera Holland Park, City of London Sinfonia, Opera Holland Park Chorus / Peter Robinson (conductor), London, 25.7.2014 (RB)

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Bayreuth Festival 2014 (1) Castorf’s Texan Rheingold Sounds Excellent

28/07/201428/07/2014 by Stan

GermanyGermany Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Bayreuth, Germany. 27.7.2014.

Das Rheingold Photo  credit Enrico Nawrath/ Bayreuth Festival
Das Rheingold
Photo credit Enrico Nawrath/ Bayreuth Festival

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Categories Bayreuth-2014, Opera & Ballet, UK Opera Tags Bayreuth, Jim Pritchard

Carefully Crafted Production Helps to Rehabilitate Lecouvreur  

29/07/201426/07/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cilea, Adriana Lecouvreur: Soloists, Chorus of Opera Holland Park, City of London Sinfonia/Manlio Benzi,  Holland Park, London, 24.7.2014 (CC)

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