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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Good Staging and Choreography in Buxton’s Pirates

14/08/201301/08/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, The Pirates of Penzance: G & S Opera Company/Andrew Nicklin (conductor), John Savournin (director & choreographer), Buxton Gilbert & Sullivan Festival, Opera House, Buxton, 28.7.2013 (RJW)

G&S Pirates 29.7.13
G&S Pirates. Photo Credit Charles Smith

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Buxton, Raymond Walker

From the Salzburg Festival II (How to Explain Opera to a Dead Hare)

13/08/202031/07/2013 by Jens F. Laurson

AustriaAustria H. Birtwistle, Gawain: Soloists, ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra, Salzburg Bach Chorus, Ingo Metzmacher (conductor), Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 29.7.2013. (JFL)

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Categories International Opera, Previously Published Tags Jens F. Laurson, Salzburg

Thunderous celebrations at Opera på Skäret

14/08/201331/07/2013 by Stan

SwedenSweden Tenth Anniversary Concert. Soloists, Opera på Skäret Orchestra & Chorus, Marcello Mottadelli (conductor). Opera på Skäret, Kopparberg, Sweden. 27.7.2013 (GF)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, International Opera, Previously Published Tags Göran Forsling, Kopparberg

Madama Butterfly in Barcelona: Second Cast First

23/01/201430/07/2013 by Stan

SpainSpain G. Puccini: Madama Butterfly, Liceu’s Orchestra and Chorus, Daniele Callegari (conductor), Barcelona’s Liceu, 26 & 27.07.2013 (JMI).

 

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

PROM 20: Barenboim’s Ring Reaches its Climactic Conclusion

30/07/201329/07/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 20, Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus, Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London 28.7.2013. (JPr)

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Categories Do Not Print in Recent Reviews, International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Jim Pritchard, London

PROM 19: Fine Singing and Orchestral Playing in Wagner’s Tristan

29/07/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 19.Wagner,Tristan and Isolde: Soloists, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 27.7.13 (RB)

Prom 19:Photo Chris Christodoulou
Prom 19:Photo Chris Christodoulou

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Categories Do Not Print in Recent Reviews, Opera & Ballet, UK Opera Tags London, Robert Beattie

PROM 18: The Third Thrilling Instalment of The Ring at The Proms

11/03/202328/07/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC PROM 18 – Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Berlin Staatskapelle, Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 26.7.2013. (CC)

Prom 18 Photo Credit: BBC/ Chris Christodoulou_1
Prom 18 (c) BBC/ Chris Christodoulou

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Categories Do Not Print in Recent Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Colin Clarke, London

Dutchman Causes a Stir in Rural Dorset

11/03/202328/07/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wagner, Der Fliegende Holländer: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Dorset Opera / Jeremy Carnall (conductor). Coade Theatre, Bryanston School, Blandford Forum, 25.7.2013. (RJ)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Dorset, Roger Jones
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