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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

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

Mikhailovsky Ballet Performs Important ‘Museum Piece’

08/04/201305/04/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Alexander Krein, Laurencia: Dancers and Orchestra of the Mikhailovsky Ballet / Valery Ovsyanikov (conductor), London Coliseum, London, 2.4.2013. (JPr)

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

Chorus Inject Colour into Covent Garden’s Monochrome Nabucco

08/01/202402/04/2013 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Verdi, Nabucco: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Nicola Luisotti (conductor). .Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 30.3.2013 (CC)

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

Fun, Frolics and Fireworks from Mikhailovsky Ballet

08/04/201301/04/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ludwig Minkus, Don Quixote: Dancers and Orchestra of The Mikhailovsky Ballet / Pavel Bubelnikov (conductor), London Coliseum, London, 30.3.2013. (JPr)

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