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Pappano’s Meistersinger Compares Unfavourably With Past Productions At Covent Garden

11/01/201221/12/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 19.12.2011 (MB)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags London, Mark Berry

Holy Mackerel: RNCM Triumphs with Albert Herring

21/12/201113/12/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Britten. Albert Herring (1947): Orchestra, Chorus and Soloists of the Royal Northern College of Music, Clark Rundell (conductor), Director Stefan Janski. Stage, Set and Costume designer, Lara Booth, RNCM Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 12.12.2011 (RJF)

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

Oliver Rudland New Children’s Opera a Celebration Of Community Involvement

20/03/201402/12/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Oliver Rudland, The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark: Great St Mary’s Church, Cambridge, 26.11.2011 (KA)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Cambridge

The Royal College Of Music International Opera School Cooks Up an Entertaining Rare Bizet Double Bill

04/02/201402/12/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bizet , Djamileh and Le docteur Miracle: Soloists and chorus of the Royal International Opera School and Royal College of Music Opera Orchestra, Michael Rosewell(conductor), Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, London, 28.11.11. (JPr)

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

English National Opera Revives A Tosca Full Of Love And Music

06/12/201130/11/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera. Conductor: Stephen Lord,London Coliseum, London, 26.11.11. (JPr)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Jim Pritchard, London

Warmhearted, Sympathetic Béatrice et Bénédict at Royal Academy of Music

29/11/201126/11/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Berlioz, Béatrice et Bénédict: Soloists, Royal Academy Opera Chorus, Royal Academy Sinfonia, Sir Colin Davis (conductor), Sir Jack Lyons Theatre, Royal Academy of Music, London, 23.11.2011 (MB)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags London, Mark Berry

Opera North’s New ‘The Queen Of Spades’ Lacks What Is Most Important: Heart.

29/11/201126/11/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades:  Soloists, Opera North Chorus and Orchestra, Richard Farnes conductor), Barbican Theatre, London, 22.11.2011 (JPr)

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

Opera North’s Autumn 2011 Tour Attracts Good Audiences

29/11/201122/11/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sullivan, Puccini, Tchaikovsky: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North, The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays. 15-19.11.2011.(RJF)

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