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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Keep the Slipper: La Cenerentola in Valencia

10/03/202330/11/2011 by Jens F. Laurson

SpainSpain Rossini, La Cenerentola: Soloists, Valencian Community Orchestra, Valencia Regional Government Choir, Michele Mariotti (conductor), Valencia’s Palau de Les Arts, 25.11.2011 (JMI)

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Categories International Opera, Previously Published Tags JM Irurzun, Valencia

English National Opera Revives A Tosca Full Of Love And Music

06/12/201130/11/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera. Conductor: Stephen Lord,London Coliseum, London, 26.11.11. (JPr)

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

Matthew Bourne’s anarchic Nutcracker is strong on detail

09/01/202530/11/2011 by Simon Thompson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker: New Adventures, Matthew Bourne (director/choreographer). Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 29.11.2011. (SRT)

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Edinburgh, Simon Thompson

398 and Little Sign of Ageing

06/12/201830/11/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Koen Kessels (conductor), Birmingham Hippodrome, 25.11.2011. (GR)

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Birmingham, Geoff Read

Warmhearted, Sympathetic Béatrice et Bénédict at Royal Academy of Music

29/11/201126/11/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Berlioz, Béatrice et Bénédict: Soloists, Royal Academy Opera Chorus, Royal Academy Sinfonia, Sir Colin Davis (conductor), Sir Jack Lyons Theatre, Royal Academy of Music, London, 23.11.2011 (MB)

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

Opera North’s New ‘The Queen Of Spades’ Lacks What Is Most Important: Heart.

29/11/201126/11/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades:  Soloists, Opera North Chorus and Orchestra, Richard Farnes conductor), Barbican Theatre, London, 22.11.2011 (JPr)

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

Macabre, Absurd: La Fura dels Baus & Ligeti

25/01/201426/11/2011 by Jens F. Laurson

SpainSpain György Ligeti, Le Grand Macabre: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus Gran teatre del Liceu, Michael Boder (conductor), Barcelona’s Liceu, 22.11.2011 (JMI)

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Categories International Opera, Previously Published Tags Barcelona, JM Irurzun

Verdi’s Original Don Carlos In La Plata

29/11/201125/11/2011 by Stan

ArgentinaArgentina  Verdi, Don Carlos: Soloists and Orchestra of Teatro Argentino,  Alejo Pérez(conductor), Teatro Argentino, La Plata, Argentina, 18.11.2011. (JSJ)

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