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Opera & Ballet

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Popular Unpopularity: Massenet’s Don Quichotte in Madrid

11/01/201230/12/2011 by Jens F. Laurson

SpainSpain Jules Massenet, Don Quichotte: Soloists, Madrid Symphony Orchestra, Intermezzo Choir, Marc Piollet (conductor), Teatro Real de Madrid, 19.12.2011 (JMI)

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

Sondra Radvanovsky: The Norma by Which Others will be Judged

10/03/202330/12/2011 by Jens F. Laurson

SpainSpain Bellini, Norma: Soloists, Orchestra Principado de Asturias, Coro Ópera de Oviedo, Robert Tolomelli (conductor). Teatro Campoamor de Oviedo, 14,12.2011. (JMI)

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Categories International Opera, Previously Published Tags JM Irurzun, Oviedo

High-Flying Swallow in Helsinki

11/01/201227/12/2011 by Stan

FinlandFinland  Puccini, La Rondine: Finnish National Opera, Helsinki, 20.12.2011 (GF)

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

Triply Disappointing, Manifold Delighting: Ariadne auf Valencia

11/01/201222/12/2011 by Jens F. Laurson

SpainSpain R. Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos: Soloists, Valencia Community Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Palau de les Arts, Valencia, 16.12.2011 (JMI)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, International Opera, Previously Published Tags JM Irurzun, Valencia

Fanciulla Roaring Success In Stockholm

11/01/201221/12/2011 by Stan

SwedenSweden Puccini, La Fanciulla del West Royal Swedish Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Pier Giorgio Morandi (conductor), Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm, 17.12.2011 (Premiere) (GF) 

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Göran Forsling, Stockholm

Pappano’s Meistersinger Compares Unfavourably With Past Productions At Covent Garden

11/01/201221/12/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 19.12.2011 (MB)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags London, Mark Berry

More “New” Clothes for the Emperor – Turandot in Munich

22/12/201119/12/2011 by Stan

GermanyGermany Puccini: Turandot, Bavarian State Opera, Munich, 17.12.2011 (BM)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Bettina Mara, Munich

Eva-Maria Westbroek of Mtsensk: Haenchen & Kušej Delight in Madrid

21/12/201115/12/2011 by Jens F. Laurson

SpainSpain Dmitri Shostakovich, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District: Soloists, Madrid Symphony Orchestra, Coro Intermezzo, Hartmut Haenchen (conductor), Teatro Real de Madrid, 9.12.2011 (JMI)

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Categories International Opera, Previously Published Tags JM Irurzun, Madrid
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