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UK Opera

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True Love Triumphs in a Potent L’Elisir D’Amore at Deutsche Oper Berlin 

01/06/201428/04/2014 by Stan

GermanyGermany Donizetti: L’Elisir d’Amore,Soloists, chorus and orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Roberto Rizzi Brignoli (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 25.4.2014 (SH)

 

L'elisir d'amore (c) Monika Rittershaus
L’elisir d’amore
(c) Monika Rittershaus

 

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Berlin, Sarah Hucal Leave a comment

Post-Modernist Zauberflöte Dispenses with Dialogue

01/06/201425/04/2014 by Stan

GermanyGermany Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Komische Oper, Berlin, Kristiina Poska (conductor). Komische Oper, Berlin, 13.4.2014 (MB)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Berlin, Mark Berry Leave a comment

Frederica von Stade in the Chamber Opera, A Coffin in Egypt

01/06/201425/04/2014 by Stan

United StatesUnited States  Gordon, A Coffin in Egypt: Kathleen Kelly (conductor), Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, 23.4.14-27.4.14 (JRo)

Frederica von Stade Photo by Lynn Lane.
Frederica von Stade
Photo by Lynn Lane.

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Jane Rosenberg, Los Angeles Leave a comment

Vintage La traviata production good but not memorable

15/01/202621/04/2014 by Jim Pritchard

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra / Dan Ettinger (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 19.4.2014. (JPr)

Diana Damrau (Violetta Valery) and Francesco Demuro (Alfredo) © Catherine Ashmore

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

Metcalf’s Under Milk Wood a Triumph in Dylan Thomas Centenary Year

15/04/201412/04/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Metcalf, Under Milk Wood: Production by Taliesin Arts Centre (Wales) with Le Chien Qui Chante (Quebec) and Companion Star (New York) in association with Welsh National Opera / Wyn Davies (music director), Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. 11.4.2014 (PCG)  

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Cardiff, Paul Corfield Godfrey 1 Comment

Shoestring Macbeth Provides Impressive Performances

15/04/201412/04/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Verdi, Macbeth: Soloists and Orchestra of Scottish Opera / Derek Clark (conductor), King’s Theatre, Edinburgh, 8.4.2014 (SRT)

 David Stephenson as Macbeth & Elisabeth Meister as Lady Macbeth. Scottish Opera 2014. Credit Tommy Ga-Ken Wan.
David Stephenson as Macbeth & Elisabeth Meister as Lady Macbeth. Scottish Opera 2014. Credit Tommy Ga-Ken Wan.

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Edinburgh, Simon Thompson Leave a comment

Hardly a Good Night for Puccini or WNO’s Reputation

08/04/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Giacomo Puccini (1858-1925),  Manon Lescaut (1893): (Sung in Italian with subtitles in English and Welsh.) Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Lothar Koenigs (conductor), Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno. 2.4.2014.

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Categories Concert Reviews, Opera & Ballet, UK Opera Tags Llandudno, Robert J Farr Leave a comment

American Hero and Trojan King Tour Britain Together

09/04/201407/04/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Britten, Paul Bunyan; Tippett, King Priam: English Touring Opera /Philip Sunderland, Michael Rosewell (conductors), Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 1/2.4.2014 (RJ)

king priam
Pic credit (King Priam) Robert Workman

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