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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

A revelatory Porgy and Bess in Seattle

22/08/201119/08/2011 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Gershwin, Porgy and Bess : Seattle Opera, soloists. Conductor: John DeMain, McCaw Hall, Seattle. 12.8.2011. (BJ)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Bernard Jacobson, Seattle

Buxton Gilbert and Sullivan Festival 2011 (4) – Handbells and Hippies turn The Sorcerer on its head

21/07/202118/08/2011 by Raymond Walker

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sullivan, The Sorcerer: Opera della Luna Opera Company, Opera House, Buxton. 16.8.2011 (RJW)

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

Buxton Gilbert and Sullivan Festival 2011 (3) – Arcadian setting for Cambridge University’s Iolanthe

21/07/202118/08/2011 by Raymond Walker

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sullivan,  Iolanthe: Soloists and Chorus of Cambridge University Gilbert & Sullivan Society, Buxton Opera, 9.8.2011 (RJW)

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

Buxton Gilbert and Sullivan Festival Fringe:Australians deliver an impressive Edwardian musical

22/08/201117/08/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan Festival Fringe, Lionel Monkton, The Arcadians: Soloists and Chorus of Victorian Opera (Australia), Paxton Theatre, The Pavilion, Buxton. 13.8.2011 (RJW)

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

Quincena Musical San Sebastián 2011 – An imaginative Barbiere that doesn’t quite work

22/07/202117/08/2011 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain G. Rossini, Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Soloists, Euskadi Symphony Orchestra, Easo Choir. Andrés Orozco- Estrada (Conductor). San Sebastian’s Auditorio Kursaal. 8.8.2011. (JMI)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags JM Irurzun, San Sebastian

Aspen Music Festival 2011 (10) – Shakespeare Songs, Scarlatti and Appalachian Spring

22/08/201113/08/2011 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Aspen Music Festival (10): Shakespeare songs, pianist Inon Barnatan plays Scarlatti, David Robertson conducts Appalachian Spring. 11.8.2011 (HS)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, International Opera, Previously Published Tags Aspen, Harvey Steiman

Buxton Gilbert and Sullivan Festival 2011 (2) – New Production of Pirates is Outstanding

22/07/202111/08/2011 by Raymond Walker

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sullivan, The Pirates of Penzance: Soloists and Chorus of the Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company 7.8.2011 (RJW)

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

Buxton Gilbert & Sullivan Youth Festival 2011 – Young Singers Excel in HMS Pinafore

22/07/202110/08/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Sullivan, HMS Pinafore:  Soloists and Chorus of Buxton Festival Youth Production, Buxton, Derbyshire 6.8.2011 (RJW)

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