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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Vienna Staatsoper Aida Disappoints

16/10/201314/10/2013 by Stan

AustriaAustriaVerdi: Aida, Wiener Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus, Dan Ettinger (conductor), Vienna Staatsoper, 12.10.2013 (JMI).

AIDA-Vienna
Olga Borodina
Courtesy Wiener Staatsoper

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags JM Irurzun, Vienna

Gilbert & Sullivan: Rend With Songs the Air Above

16/10/201313/10/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, Rend With Songs the Air Above:  A Celebrity recital by John Savournin, accompanied by David Eaton on the piano, Manchester Gilbert & Sullivan Society, Cross Street Chapel, Manchester, 13.10.2013. (RW)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Manchester, Raymond Walker

Cedar Lake’s Dance Trilogy Impresses Scotland

15/10/201313/10/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various Composers: Indigo Rose, Ten Duets on a Theme of Rescue, Necessity, Again: Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, 12.10.2013 (SRT)

NECESSITY, AGAIN, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Baden Baden, Germany.
NECESSITY, AGAIN, Cedar Lake Contemporary Photo (c) Jane Hobson

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Edinburgh, Simon Thompson

Deep Probing Rigoletto in Tallinn

15/10/201313/10/2013 by Stan

EstoniaEstonia Verdi Rigoletto. Soloists, Estonian National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Jüri Alperten (conductor). Estonian National Opera, Tallinn 26.9.2013

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

Rihm’s Die Eroberung von Mexico: Attractive Performance But Not for Everyone

15/10/201313/10/2013 by Stan

SpainSpain W. Rihm: Die Eroberung von Mexico, Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Alejo Pérez (conductor),  Madrid Teatro Real 9.10.2013 (JMI)

Conquest of Mexico (C): Javier del Real/Teatro Real
Conquest of Mexico
(C): Javier del Real/Teatro Real

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

Estonian National Opera Celebrates Verdi

15/10/201313/10/2013 by Stan

EstoniaEstoniaVana Tallinn Gala. Soloists, Estonian National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Vello Pähn (conductor). Estonian National Opera, Tallinn 25.9.2013

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

Of Bathing Caps and Spaceships: Einstein on the Beach for the Twenty-First Century

15/10/201313/10/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Philip Glass, Einstein on the Beach, Philip Glass Ensemble (LA Opera Season), Michael Riesman (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 11.10.2013-13.10.2013 (JRo)

 

Einstein at the Beach Photo (c) Lesley Leslie-Spinks
Einstein on the Beach Photo (c) Lesley Leslie-Spinks

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Jane Rosenberg, Los Angeles

Transylvanian Dance Encounters in Jack the Ripper’s Haunts

15/10/201312/10/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various Composers, Dracula: Mark Bruce Company, Wilton’s Music Hall, London, 11.10.2013. (JO’D)

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