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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Welsh National Opera’s Turandot – A Second Opinion

03/07/201104/06/2011 by Stan

Puccini, Turandot: (Revival) Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Wales Millennium Centre, 3.6.2011 (GPu)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Cardiff, Glyn Pursglove

Madrid’s Winning Revival of Le Nozze di Figaro

03/07/201103/06/2011 by Stan

Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Coro Intermezzo. Conductor: Víctor Pablo Pérez. Teatro Real de Madrid. 30.5.2011 (JMI)

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

La Coruña Mozart Festival’s Budget Rediscovered Opera

03/07/201101/06/2011 by Stan

La Coruña Mozart Festival – D. Terradellas, Sesostri, Re d’Egitto: Soloists, Orquesta Real Compañía de Ópera de Cámara de Barcelona. Conductor: Juan Bautista Otero. Teatro Colón de La Coruña 29. 5.2011 (JMI)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags JM Irurzun, La Coruna

Verdi’s La Battaglia di Legnano in Rome

03/07/201131/05/2011 by Stan

Verdi, La Battaglia di Legnano: Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro dell’Opera, Rome, 29.5.2011 (JB)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Jack Buckley, Rome

Scottish Opera’s Rigoletto in Edinburgh

03/07/201131/05/2011 by Stan

Verdi, Rigoletto : Soloists, Orchestra of Scottish Opera. Conductor: Tobias Ringborg. Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 28.5.2011 ( SRT )

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Edinburgh, Simon Thompson

Christopher Alden’s Turandot revived at WNO

03/07/201131/05/2011 by Stan

Puccini, Turandot: (Revival Premiere) Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Wales Millennium Centre, 28.5.2011 (LRK)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Cardiff, Lyn Kenny

Revival of Phyllida Lloyd’s Macbeth thrills audiences at Royal Opera House

27/03/201830/05/2011 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Verdi Macbeth: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Antonio Pappano 24.5.2011. (CC)

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

Best Ever Magic Flute in Budapest

03/07/201130/05/2011 by Stan

W.A. Mozart, The Magic Flute: Vígszínház (Comedy Theater), Budapest 14.5.11 (BM)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Bettina Mara, Budapest
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