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At Covent Garden a Competent Figaro Lacks Tension and Sparkle

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Members of the Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House/Ivor Bolton (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 15.9.2015 (CC)

The Royal Opera Le Nozze Di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ?Conductor Ivor Bolton Director David McVicar
Anita Hartig as Susanna, Kate Lindsey as Cherubino and Ellie Dehn as Countess Almaviva – Le nozze di Figaro
Photo by Mark Douet

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Imaginative and Perfectly Executed Orphée et Eurydice at Covent Garden

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gluck, Orphée et Eurydice: Soloists; Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists/ John Eliot Gardiner (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 14.9.2015 (CC)

Orphee et Eurydice_ Stage Rehearsal_ROH; Director; John Fulljames, Choreography; Hofesh Shechter, Performers, Conductor; John Eliot Gardiner, Orphee; Juan Diego Florez, Eurydice; Lucy Crowe, Amour; Amanda Forsythe, Dancers; Hofesh Shechter Company, Chorus; Monteverdi Choir, Orchestra; English Baroque Soloists,
Orphee et Eurydice – Director: John Fulljames, Choreography: Hofesh Shechter
Performers include the Hofesh Shechter Company Dancers (c) Bill Cooper

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Salieri’s Entertaining La Grotta di Trofonio Materialises in London after 240 Years

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Bampton Classical Opera Salieri's Trofonio's Cave, Matthew Stiff
Salieri’s Trofonio’s Cave Matthew Stiff as Trofonio
(c) Bampton Classical Opera

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Antonio Salieri, Trofonio’s Cave (La Grotta di Trofonio): Soloists and chorus of Bampton Classical Opera and CHROMA conducted by Paul Wingfield. St John’s Smith Square, London, 15.9.2015 (JPr)

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