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Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Prokofiev’s Cinderella at The Royal Ballet

11/04/202309/04/2011 by Jim Pritchard

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prokofiev’s Cinderella: Dancers of The Royal Ballet and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Pavel Sorokin (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 7.4.2011. (JPr)

Cinderella Act I © Tristram Kenton

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Jim Pritchard, London

La Clemenza di Tito at English Touring Opera

21/11/201908/04/2011 by Stan

Mozart, La Clemenza di Tito: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English Touring Opera/Richard Lewis (conductor), Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 6.4.2011. (RJ)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Cheltenham, Roger Jones

Günter Krämer’s Siegfried At Opéra Bastille

03/07/201106/04/2011 by Stan

Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris, Philippe Jordan (conductor). Opéra Bastille, Paris, 30.3.2011 (MB)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet Tags Mark Berry, Paris

Bruno Mantovani’s Akhmatova in Paris

03/07/201106/04/2011 by Stan

Bruno Mantovani, Akhmatova: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra National de Paris (chorus master: Patrick Marie Aubert), Pascal Rophé (conductor). Opéra Bastille, Paris, 31.3.2011 (MB)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet Tags Mark Berry, Paris

Katya Kabanova in Paris

03/07/201106/04/2011 by Stan

Janáček, Katya Kabanova: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra national de Paris (chorus master: Patrick Marie Aubert), Tomáš Netopil (conductor). Palais Garnier, Paris, 1.4.2011 (MB)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet Tags Mark Berry, Paris
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