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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Debussy’s Pélleas et Mélisande at London’s Barbican

03/07/201121/04/2011 by Stan

Debussy,  Pélleas et Mélisande: (ConcertPerformance)  Orchestre de Paris, Louis Langrée (conductor), Barbican Hall, London 19.4.2011 (CG)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Christopher Gunning, London

Mozart’s Die Entführung in Rome

23/03/201420/04/2011 by Stan

Mozart, Die Entführung aus dem Serail: (The Abduction from the Seraglio): Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Rome 17.4.2011 (DG)

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

Tristan und Isolde at Frankfurt Opera

03/07/201120/04/2011 by Stan

Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists,Frankfurter Opern und Museumorchester, Male Chorus of Franfurt Oper. Conductor: Sebastian Weigle. Oper Frankfurt 17.4.2011 (JMI)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Frankfurt, JM Irurzun

Don Giovanni with Seattle Opera’s Young Artists

03/07/201119/04/2011 by Stan

Mozart, Don Giovanni: Seattle Opera Young Artists Program, soloists, members of the Auburn Symphony, Brian Garman (conductor), Peter Kazaras (director); Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue, WA, 1.4.2011 (BJ)

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

Die Entführung in Frankfurt

03/07/201119/04/2011 by Stan

Mozart, Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Soloists, Frankfurter Museumsorchester, Frankfurt Opera Chorus. Conductor: Michael Güttler. Frankfurt Opera 16. 4.2011 (JMI)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Frankfurt, JM Irurzun

Frankfurt Opera’s Tales of Hoffmann

03/07/201119/04/2011 by Stan

Offenbach , Les contes d’Hoffmann: Soloists, Frankfurter Museumsorchester, Frankfurt Opera Chorus. Conductor: Hartmut Keil. Oper Frankfurt 15. 4.2011 (JMI)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Frankfurt, JM Irurzun

Cav and Pag at Barcelona’s Liceu

03/07/201119/04/2011 by Stan

P. Mascagni, Cavalleria Rusticana and R.Leoncavallo, I Pagliacci: Soloists, Orquestra Simfònica y Cor del Gran Teatre del Liceu. Conductor: Daniele Callegari. Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona. 11,12 and 13. 4.2011. (JMI)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Barcelona, JM Irurzun

Gianandrea Noseda Bows Out with Verdi’s Otello

03/07/201119/04/2011 by Stan

Verdi, Otello : (Concert Performance). BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus conducted by Gianandrea Noseda, The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 16.4.2011 (RJF)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Manchester, Robert J Farr
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