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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Lucia di Lammermoor: Viewed and Reviewed Again

07/08/201207/08/2012 by Stan

Sweden. Donizetti Lucia di Lammermoor. Opera på Skäret, Kopparberg. Marcello Mottadelli (conductor). 2.8.2012 (Premiere II)(GF)

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

English National Ballet Impresses with Swan Lake

07/08/201205/08/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake: Dancers and Orchestra of the English National Ballet, conducted by Gavin Sutherland, Coliseum, London, 3.8.2012. (JPr)

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

Werther in Delirium at Teatro Argentino

07/08/201204/08/2012 by Stan

ArgentinaArgentina Massenet, Werther: Soloists, Orchestra and Children’s Chorus of Teatro Argentino. Conductor:Benjamin Pionnier, Teatro Argentino, La Plata. 27.7.2012. (JSJ)

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

Bringing the King of the Huns to Life: Attila at Caracalla

07/08/201204/08/2012 by Stan

ItalyItaly Verdi, Attila: Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro dell’Opera Rome with pupils of the Opera’s Ballet School. Baths of Caracalla, Rome 31.07.2012. (JB)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Jack Buckley, Rome

A Thunderous Performance of Lucia di Lammermoor

07/08/201202/08/2012 by Stan

SwedenSweden  Donizetti Lucia di Lammermoor. Opera på Skäret, Kopparberg. Marcello Mottadelli (conductor). 28.7.2012 (Premiere I)(GF)

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

Naglestad’s Tosca from Munich

10/03/202301/08/2012 by Jens F. Laurson

GermanyGermany Verdi, Tosca: Soloists, Bavarian State Orchestra & Chorus, Marco Armiliato (conductor), National Theater, Munich, 24.7.2012. (JMI)

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Categories International Opera, Previously Published Tags JM Irurzun, Munich

Matlock brings Tudor England to Life at Buxton International G&S Festival

07/08/201201/08/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom German, Merrie England: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Matlock Gilbert and Sullivan Society / Melanie Gilbert (conductor), The Pavilion Theatre, Buxton, Derbyshire, 28.7.2012 (RJW)

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

A Colourful Combination – Erwartung and Hagith at Teatro Colón

07/08/201231/07/2012 by Stan

ArgentinaArgentina Schoenerg, Erwartung and Szymanowski, Hagith: Soloists,Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Colón. Conductor:Baldur Brönnimann, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 24.7.2012. (JSJ)

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