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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Warmed Up Again: Mefistofele in San Francisco

23/09/201319/09/2013 by Jens F. Laurson

United StatesUnited States A. Boito, Mefistofele: Soloists, San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Nicola Luisotti (conductor), War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 11.9.2013 (RRR)

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Categories International Opera, Previously Published Tags Robert R. Reilly, San Francisco

Combination of Real and Fantastic in Doomed Relationship

23/09/201318/09/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various Composers: Justitia, Jasmin Vardimon Company, Sadler’s Wells (Peacock Theatre), London 17.09.2013 (JO’D)

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

WNO’s Maria Stuarda Fails to Communicate Spirit of Tudor England

23/09/201318/09/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Donizetti, Maria Stuarda (Production Premiere) Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Operas, Graeme Jenkins (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 13.9.2013 (GPu)

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

Classic Figaro production with cosmopolitan cast

11/09/202417/09/2013 by Jim Pritchard

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Royal Opera / Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 16.9.2013. (JPr)

Le nozze di Figaro c ROH/Mark Douet
Le nozze di Figaro © ROH/Mark Douet

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

Spanish Opera Season Opens with Lucia di Lammermoor

23/09/201317/09/2013 by Stan

SpainSpain Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor, Galicia Symphony Orchestra, Gaos Choir, Ramón Tébar (conductor), Corũna’s Palacio de la Opera, 13.09.2013 (JMI)

Lucia di Lammermoor Photo (c)  Amigos dela Opera de A Coruña
Lucia di Lammermoor
Photo (c) Amigos dela Opera de A Coruña

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

Verdi Emerges from Wagnerian Shadows in Memorable Concert

23/09/201316/09/2013 by Stan

Verdi, Rigoletto (concert performance): Soloists, London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra /  Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 15.9.2013. (JPr)

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

Contemporary Dancers Surprise and Give Offence

23/09/201313/09/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Berger, Sperlich, The Old Testament According to The Loose Collective: The Loose Collective, The Place: Robin Howard Theatre, London, 12.9.2013. (JO’D)

The Loose Collective (c) The Loose Collective
The Loose Collective
(c) The Loose Collective

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

Ever Popular La Bohème From Juventus Lyrica

27/01/201612/09/2013 by Stan

ArgentinaArgentina Puccini, La Bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Juventus Lyrica, Antonio Maria Russo (conductor), Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 6.9.2013. (JSJ)

la boheme 2
Juventus Lyrica’s La Bohème – The Bohemians look on to Musetta’s Waltz.                 Photo Liliana Morsia.

 

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Jonathan Spencer Jones
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