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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Claus Guth’s Fast Moving Ulysses in Vienna

25/09/201220/09/2012 by Stan

AustriaAustria  Monteverdi: Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria: Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (conductor), Theater an der Wien, 9.9.2012 (JMI)

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

A Fine Moses und Aron Concert Performance in Madrid

25/09/201220/09/2012 by Stan

SpainSpain  Arnold Schönberg: Moses und Aron: SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden-Freiburg, EuropaChor Akademie, Sylvain Cambreling (conductor), Madrid Teatro Real. 7.9.2012 (JMI)

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

Moments of Delight in Martinů’s Julietta

25/09/201220/09/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Martinů, Julietta: Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of English National Opera/Edward Gardner (conductor),  London Coliseum, 17.9.2012 (CC)

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

Bayreuth Festival @ the Liceu: Tristan und Isolde

09/10/201219/09/2012 by Stan

SpainSpain  R. Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus, Peter Schneider (conductor), Barcelona’s Liceu, 6.9.2012 (JMI)

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

Bayreuth Festival @ the Liceu: Lohengrin

09/10/201218/09/2012 by Stan

SpainSpain R. Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus, Sebastian Weigle (conductor), Liceu, Barcelona, 5.9.2012 (JMI)

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

Bayreuth Festival @ the Liceu: Der Fliegende Holländer

09/10/201218/09/2012 by Stan

SpainSpain R. Wagner, Der Fliegende Holländer: Soloists, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus, Sebastian Weigle (conductor), Liceu, Barcelona, 4.9.2012 (JMI)

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

Volksoper Abduction: Men Preferred to Blondes

27/01/201417/09/2012 by Jens F. Laurson

AustriaAustria W.A.Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Soloists, Orchestra & Chorus Volksoper Wien, Gerrit Priessnitz (conductor), Vienna Volksoper, 13.9.2012 (JMI)

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Categories International Opera, Previously Published Tags JM Irurzun, Vienna

Brilliant Balanchine Divertimento from San Francisco Ballet

06/02/201417/09/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom San Francisco Ballet (Programme A): Dancers and Orchestra of the San Francisco Ballet / Martin West (conductor), Sadler’s Wells, London, 14.9.2012. (JPr)

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