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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Christopher Theofanidis: Heart of a Soldier (world premiere),

27/09/201114/09/2011 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Christopher Theofanidis, Heart of a Soldier (world premiere): Soloists and orchestra, San Francisco Opera, Patrick Summers (conductor), War Memorial Opera House,San Francisco. 13.9.2011 (HS)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Harvey Steiman, San Francisco

Maestro Pappano displays perfect mastery in three Puccini miniatures

27/03/202214/09/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Puccini, Il trittico: Richard Jones’s new productions of Il tabarro and Suor Angelica and a revival of his Gianni Schicchi; soloists and chorus of Royal Opera, Conductor: Antonio Pappano, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 12.9.2011. (JPr)

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

Mostly Mozart: Less is More in Iván Fischer’s Production of Don Giovanni

19/09/201113/09/2011 by Stan

Mostly Mozart Festival: Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer (conductor), Rose Theater at Time Warner Center, New York, 6.8.2011 (BH)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Bruce Hodges, New York

Prom 73: Berlioz’ version of Der Freischütz doesn’t quite hit the bullseye

08/06/201611/09/2011 by Jim Pritchard

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Prom 73: Weber, Der Freischütz: Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 9.9.11. (JPr)

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

Good performances in enigmatic and thought-provoking production of Dido and Aeneas

13/09/201110/09/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom   Purcell: Dido and Aeneas. Joint opera production between Operamus and Birmingham Conservatoire with Annette Thompson (Director) and Daniele Rosina (Conductor), Recital Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire, 4. 9. 2011 (GR).

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Birmingham, Geoff Read

Leo Nucci Nails Rigoletto in The Groyne

20/09/201109/09/2011 by Jens F. Laurson

SpainSpain G. Verdi, Rigoletto: Soloists, Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, Coral Polifónica El Eco, Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez (conductor). Palacio de la Ópera de La Coruña 07.09.2011 (JMI)

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Categories International Opera, Previously Published Tags JM Irurzun, La Coruna

Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor in Buenos Aires

27/01/201602/09/2011 by Stan

ArgentinaArgentina    Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Juventus Lyrica. Conductor: Hernán Sánchez Arteaga, Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 26.8.2011. (JSJ)

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

Notes from the 2011 Salzburg Festival ( 17 ) – Věc Makropulos

21/07/202101/09/2011 by Jens F. Laurson

AustriaAustria L.Janáček, Věc Makropulous: Soloists, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor), Vienna Philharmonic, Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus, Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 18.8.2011 (JFL)

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Categories International Opera, Previously Published Tags Jens F. Laurson, Salzburg
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