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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Conviction by a Sleight of Hand: Samson et Dalila

10/03/202313/04/2013 by Stan

ItalyItaly Saint-Saëns, Samson et Dalila: Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro dell’Opera, Rome. Conductor: Charles Dutoit. Rome, 9.4.2013. (JB)

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

Parsifal and the Tree of Life

22/04/201312/04/2013 by Jens F. Laurson

GermanyGermany R. Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Bavarian State Orchestra, Kent Nagano (conductor), Bavarian State Orchestra, 31.3.2012 (JFL)

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Categories Do Not Print in Recent Reviews, International Opera, Previously Published Tags Jens F. Laurson, Munich

Exuberance In Paris In Buenos Aires

27/01/201612/04/2013 by Stan

ArgentinaArgentina Offenbach, La vie parisienne: Compañia Lirica “G.Verdi”. Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Compañia Lirica “G.Verdi”, Conductor:Ramiro Soto Monllor. Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 6.4.2013. (JSJ)

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

Birthday Chunks of Wagner (Gatti, Boston Symphony Orchestra, DeYoung)

22/04/201309/04/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Wagner: Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Daniele Gatti (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York 5.4. 2013 (DA)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags David Allen, New York

Solemnity and Folksiness Collide in Stylish Flute

22/04/201309/04/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Mozart, The Magic Flute: Soloists, Stephen Goldstein (director), Isaac Selya (conductor), College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati, Corbett Auditorium. Cincinnati, Ohio. 7.4.13 (RDA)

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

Vienna’s Parsifal Runs Far Ahead of the Pack

22/04/201308/04/2013 by Stan

AustriaAustria Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Wiener Staatsoper / Adam Fischer (conductor), Vienna Staatsoper, 4.4.2013 (SRT)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Simon Thompson, Vienna

Duato’s Ballet Pays Tribute to Bach and His Music

08/04/201307/04/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bach: Multiplicity. Forms of Silence and Emptiness: Dancers and Orchestra of Mikhailovsky Ballet / Mikhail Tatarnikov (conductor), London Coliseum, London. 5.4.2013  (MMB)

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags London, Margarida Mota-Bull

Royal Ballet Conjures Up the Mysterious Orient

08/04/201306/04/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Minkus (orch. Lanchbery) , La Bayadère: Dancers and Orchestra of the Royal Ballet / Valeriy Ovsyanikov (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 5.4.2013. (JOD)

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags John O'Dwyer, London
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