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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Luminous Orchestral Playing in WNO’s Striking Lulu

18/02/201311/02/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Berg, Lulu: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Lothar Koenigs (conductor), (premiere), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 8.2.2013 (GPu)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Cardiff, Glyn Pursglove

Thaïs in Helsinki: An 80 Year Wait

11/02/201311/02/2013 by Stan

FinlandFinland Massenet Thaïs Soloists, Finnish National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Mikko Franck (conductor). Finnish National Opera, Helsinki. 30.1.2013 (GF)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Göran Forsling, Helsinki

Fresh Life Breathed into Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.

17/02/201411/02/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Vivaldi: V4 The Seasons Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Kati Debretzeni (violin); Henri Oguike (choreographer) and his dance company. Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London 8.2.2013 (CC)

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Colin Clarke, London

Impressive Start to Belarus Opera’s UK Tour

12/04/201407/02/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Puccini, La Bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Grand Opera of Belarus, Victor Ploskina (conductor), Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 5.2.2013. (RJ)

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

Authentic Pretenses: Parsifal in Madrid

17/02/201407/02/2013 by Jens F. Laurson

GermanyGermany R. Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Balthasar Neumann Ensemble and Chorus, Thomas Hengelbrock (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 31.1.2013 (JMI)

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Categories International Opera, Previously Published Tags JM Irurzun, Madrid

Albert Herring has Nothing Toulouse

17/02/201406/02/2013 by Jens F. Laurson

SpainSpain B. Britten, Albert Herring: Soloists, Capitole Orchestra, David Syrus (conductor), Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse, 27.1.2012 (JMI)

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Categories International Opera, Previously Published Tags JM Irurzun, Toulouse

Stripped Down, Fast Paced Traviata at ENO

11/02/201305/02/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Verdi, La traviata (sung in English): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera/Michael Hofstetter. (conductor), London Coliseum, 2.2.12 (CC)

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

Barren and Bleak Rigoletto Fails to Overwhelm

11/02/201304/02/2013 by Stan

SwitzerlandSwitzerland  Verdi Rigoletto:  Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich, conductor: Fabio Luisi, Zurich Opera, Zurich. 3.2.12 (JR)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags John Rhodes, Zurich
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