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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Heritage Opera Gives Very Satisfying Account of Rigoletto

17/04/201216/04/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Verdi: Rigoletto: Heritage Opera, Jonathan Ellis (pianist/musical director), Preston Minster,  13.4.2012 (MC)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags lancashire, Michael Cookson

Breth and Barenboim’s Lulu a Travesty of Berg’s Opera

15/02/201412/04/2012 by Stan

GermanyGermany  Berg, Lulu: Soloists, Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Schiller Theater, Berlin, 9.4.2012 (MB)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Berlin, Mark Berry

Good Orchestral Playing in a Colourless Production of Manon

17/04/201211/04/2012 by Stan

United StatesUnited States  Massenet , Manon: Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York/Fabio Luisi (conductor), 7.4.2012 (CC)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Colin Clarke, New York

Auber’s Bronze Horse Fails to Justify Wagner’s Esteem

17/04/201211/04/2012 by Stan

GermanyGermany  Auber, Le Cheval de bronze: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Komische Oper, Berlin, Maurizio Barbacini (conductor). Komische Oper, Berlin, 7.4.2012 (MB)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Berlin, Mark Berry

Rehabilitating Katerina: Graham Vick’s Lady Macbeth in Gothenburg

15/02/201410/04/2012 by Stan

SwedenSweden Shostakovich, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District: Gothenburg Opera, Finn Rosengren (conductor),Gothenburg, 24.3.2012 (NS)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Gothenburg, Niklas Smith

Further Thoughts on the Mariinsky Opera’s Parsifal

11/04/201208/04/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Opera, Ex Cathedra, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 6.4.2012. (RJ)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Birmingham, Roger Jones

Touring Barber of Seville Uplifts Despite Budget Restraints

11/04/201205/04/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Rossini, The Barber of Seville: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of English Touring Opera, Timothy Carey (conductor), Theatre Royal, York, 3.4.2012 (JL)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags John Leeman, York

Thirteen Years On Gergiev Returns with a Masterful Parsifal

11/04/201205/04/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Opera, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 3.4.2012. (JPr)

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