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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Hynd’s Venerable Coppélia Continues to Entrance All Ages

11/12/201926/07/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Delibes, Coppélia: Dancers and Orchestra of English National Ballet / Gavin Sutherland (conductor), London Coliseum, London, 24.7.2014. (JPr)

Coppelia Alban Lendorf Franz and Tamara Rojo Swanilda- c ASH
Coppelia Alban Lendorf Franz and Tamara Rojo Swanilda- c ASH

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

Crusades to Circus: Handel’s Rinaldo in a Surprising Setting

29/07/201425/07/2014 by RJones

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Handel, Rinaldo: Longborough Festival Opera / Jeremy Silver (conductor), Longborough, 24.7.2014  (RJ)

Rinaldo - Handel - Longborough Festival  Photo: Robert Workman
Rinaldo – Handel – Longborough Festival
Photo: Robert Workman

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Longborough, Roger Jones Leave a comment

Stark Medea From Juventus Lyrica

27/01/201625/07/2014 by Jonathan Spencer Jones

ArgentinaArgentina Cherubini, Medea: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Juventus Lyrica, Hernán Schvartzman (conductor), Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 18.7.2014. (JSJ)

Sabrina Cirera as Medea for Juventus Lyrica. Photo Liliana Morsia.
Sabrina Cirera as Medea for Juventus Lyrica. Photo Liliana Morsia.

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Jonathan Spencer Jones Leave a comment

Circus Falstaff Comes to Läckö

29/07/201424/07/2014 by Stan

SwedenSweden Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff  Soloists, chorus, Läckö Slottsorkester, Simon Phipps (conductor), Läckö Castle, Sweden, 19.07.2014 (NS)

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Foreground, left to right: Pistola (Jens Malmkvist), Falstaff (Lars Arvidson) and Bardolfus (Fredrik af Klint). Photo: Martin Hellström

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Läckö Castle, Niklas Smith 2 Comments

Gender Confusion and Hasty Mating Encounters

29/07/201423/07/2014 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Francesco Cavalli, La Calisto: Soloists, Thomas C. Hase (conductor), Cincinnati Opera, Corbett Theater, School for the Creative and Performing Arts, Cincinnati, Ohio. 17.7.2014 (RDA)

La Calista Photo credit - Philip Groshong
La Calisto
Photo credit – Philip Groshong

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Cincinnati, Rafael de Acha Leave a comment

Anja Harteros Saves Tosca from Last Minute Replacement

29/07/201423/07/2014 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Puccini: Tosca, Orchestra and Chorus of the Bayerische Staatsoper, Carlo Montanaro (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 18.7.2014 (JMI)

Tosca Photo Nation
Tosca Photo Nation

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags JM Irurzun, Munich 3 Comments

Opera Stars of Tomorrow Make Strong Impression

29/07/201423/07/2014 by Stan
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Gomes As Fernand, Karyazina As Léonor (C) Barda

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Donizetti, Mozart, Opening Acts – Jette Parker Young Artists Summer Performance: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 20.7.2014 (MMB)

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Swedish Opera Given Second Chance and Proves Its Worth

22/07/201421/07/2014 by Glyn Pursglove

SwedenSweden Unander-Scharin, Tokfursten (The Mad Prince) Soloists, Vattnäs Operakapell. Mattias Böhm (conductor). The Concert Barn, Vattnäs, Dalecarlia, Sweden. 10.7.2014 (premiere) (GF)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Dalecarlia, Göran Forsling Leave a comment
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