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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Live From New York: Il Trovatore‘s HD Transmission at the Barbican.

22/04/201802/05/2011 by Jim Pritchard

Met Opera Live: Verdi, Il trovatore. Metropolitan Opera’s HD transmission live to the Barbican Cinema, London. 30.4.11 (JPr)

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

Devilishly Good: Nicola Luisotti Soars Through Mefistofele in Valencia

03/07/201129/04/2011 by Stan

A. Boito, Mefistofele: Soloists, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana, Escolanía de la Mare de Deu dels Desamparats. Conductor: Nicola Luisotti. Auditóri Palau de Les Arts de Valencia. 27.4.2011 (JMI)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags JM Irurzun, Valencia

The Intentional Scandal: Szymanowski’s Krol Roger in Madrid

03/07/201129/04/2011 by Stan

K. Szymanowski, Krol Roger: Soloists, Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Coro Intermezzo. Conductor: Paul Daniel. Teatro Real de Madrid. 25.4.2011 (JMI)

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

Oberon in Toulouse: Weber via Daniele Abbado and Klaus Florian Vogt

03/07/201129/04/2011 by Stan

C. M. von Weber, Oberon: Soloists, Orchestre National du Capitole, Choeur du Capitole. Conductor: Rani Calderon. Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse. 24.4.2011 (JMI)

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

Leipzig Opera’s Parsifal on Good Friday

03/07/201128/04/2011 by Stan

Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Chorus, Children’s Chorus, and Supplementary Chorus of the Leipzig Opera, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Ulf Schirmer (conductor). Leipzig Opera House, 22.4.2011 (MB)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Leipzig, Mark Berry

Met Opera Live’s HD Capriccio in London

03/07/201126/04/2011 by Stan

Met Opera Live – Strauss, Capriccio: Metropolitan Opera’s HD transmission live to the Barbican Cinema, London. 23.4.2011 (MMB)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags London, Margarida Mota-Bull

Il Trovatore at Juventus Lyrica, Buenos Aires

27/01/201626/04/2011 by Stan

Verdi, Il Trovatore: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Juventus Lyrica. Conductor: Antonio Maria Russo, Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 8.4.2011. (JSJ)

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

Barenboim’s Die Walküre in Berlin

03/07/201122/04/2011 by Stan

Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Schillertheater, Berlin, 17.4.2011 (MB)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Berlin, Mark Berry
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