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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Simon Boccanegra: Getting the Attention It Deserves

23/07/201314/07/2013 by Stan

GermanyGermany Verdi: Simon Boccanegra, Bayerische Staatsoper’s Orchestra and Chorus, Bertrand de Billy (conductor), Munich’s Nationaltheater, 12.7.2013 (JMI).

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

Tristan in Munich: Pape, Sieffert and Nagano Excel

11/03/202314/07/2013 by Stan

GermanyGermany Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Bayerische Staatsoper’s Orchestra and Chorus / Kent Nagano (conductor). Munich’s Nationaltheater 11.7.2013. (JMI)

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

No One Day Giorno Di Regno

23/07/201314/07/2013 by Stan

ArgentinaArgentina Verdi, Un giorno di regno: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Ensamble Lírico OrquestalDante Ranieri (conductor), Auditorio de Belgrano, Buenos Aires. 7.7.2013. (JSJ)

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

From Balanchine to Ratmansky: Three Ballets Presented by American Ballet Theatre

23/07/201313/07/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States George Balanchine, Alexei Ratmansky, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 11.7.2013 (JRo)

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Jane Rosenberg, Los Angeles

Roland Petit’s Production of Coppélia

10/03/202313/07/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Roland Petit’s Production of Coppélia: Dancers of the Moscow Stanislavsky Ballet, English National Ballet Orchestra / Anton Grishanin (conductor), London Coliseum, London, 11.7.2013. (JPr)

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

Munich Opera Festival 2013 Highlights Verdi and Wagner

10/03/202312/07/2013 by Stan

GermanyGermany  Verdi: La Traviata, Bayerische Staatsoper’s Orchestra and Chorus / Dan Ettinger (conductor). Munich Nationaltheater, 9.7.2013 (JMI)

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

Highlight of Il Trovatore: Jonas Kaufmann Honored in Munich

23/07/201311/07/2013 by Stan

GermanyGermany Verdi, Il Trovatore, Bayerische Staatsoper’s Orchestra and Chorus, Paolo Carignani (conductor), Munich’s Nationaltheater 8.7.2013 (JMI)

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

Mozart’s Pretend Gardener Becomes a Soap Opera

10/07/201309/07/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, La finta giardiniera, Buxton Festival Opera, Northern Chamber Orchestra / Nicholas Kraemer (conductor) Opera House, Buxton, 6.7. 2013. (RJF)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Buxton, Robert J Farr
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