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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Superb Rigoletto Set in 1960s Las Vegas

04/03/201318/02/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Verdi, Rigoletto, Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Michele Mariotti (conductor), Michael Mayer (producer) transmitted live from the Met, 16.2.13 (RB)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags New York, Robert Beattie

Pantomime Season in Full Swing at Birmingham Royal Ballet

26/02/201318/02/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Davis, Aladdin: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Paul Murphy (conductor). Birmingham Hippodrome, 15.2.2013 (GR).

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Birmingham, Geoff Read

Knockout Turandot in Stockholm

18/02/201318/02/2013 by Stan

SwedenSweden Puccini Turandot. Soloists, Royal Swedish Opera Chorus and Orchestra. Thomas Søndergård (conductor). Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm, 16.2.2013. Premiere. (GF)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Göran Forsling, Stockholm

Sensual and Brilliant Alice Coote in Donizetti’s La Favorite

18/02/201318/02/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Donizetti, La Favorite: Soloists, Orchestre National de France, Choeur de Radio France, Choeur du Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paolo Arrivabeni (conductor), Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris,12.2.2013 (SRT)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Paris, Simon Thompson

Spectacular Performance of Khovanshchina in Paris

18/02/201318/02/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mussorgsky, Khovanshchina: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Opéra National de Paris, Michail Jurowski (conductor), Opéra Bastille, Paris, 9.2.2013 (SRT)

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

Copley’s Boheme Continues to Satisfy 40 Years On

04/03/201317/02/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus (chorus master: Renato Balsadonna), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Alexander Joel (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 16.2.2013 (MB)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Mark Berry

Great Singing in ENO’s Monstrously Camp Médée

18/02/201317/02/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Charpentier, Médée: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the English National Opera, Christian Curnyn (conductor). The Coliseum, London, 15.3.2013 (MB)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags London, Mark Berry

Fulham Opera’s Siegfried Surpasses Expectations

28/02/201414/02/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists of Fulham Opera, Benjamin Woodward (piano accompanist), St John’s Church, Fulham, London, 12.2.2013. (JPr)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Jim Pritchard, London
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