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Cenerentola in Chicago: Exquisite Vocal Work in Rossini’s Classic Fairy Tale

18/10/201514/10/2015 by James Zychowicz

United StatesUnited States Rossini, Cenerentola: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago. 10.10.2015 (JLZ)

10/1/154:10:43 PM Chicago, IL Lyric Opera of Chicago Sir Anthony Davis, Conductor Cinderella Dress Rehearsal  Isabel Leonard, Cinderella  Lawrence Brownlee,  Prince Ramiro, Alessandro Corbelli,  Don Magnifico,  Vito Priante (debut)  Dandini,   © Todd Rosenberg Photography 2015
Cenerentola Isabel Leonard (Cinderella) & Lawrence Brownlee (Prince Ramiro)
(c) Lyric Opera of Chicago

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A Remarkably Energising Ariadne auf Naxos at Covent Garden

18/10/201513/10/2015 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Richard Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos: Soloists; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Lothar Koenigs (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London 10.10.2015 (CC)

2662ashm_0798 copy ARCHIBALD AS ZERBINETTA, MATTILA AS ARIADNE (C) ASHMORE
Karita Mattila (Prima Donna/Ariadne) & Jane Archibald (Zerbinetta)
(c) Catherine Ashmore/ROH

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Colin Clarke, London

UK Premiere of an Intriguing Major Score by Philippe Manour at Wigmore Hall

18/10/201513/10/2015 by Mark Berry

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bach-Kurtág, Busoni, Manoury: Andreas Grau, Götz Schumacher (pianos), Experimental Studio des SWR (José Miguel Fernandez (sound direction), Dominik Kleinknecht (technician)). Wigmore Hall, London, 12.10.2015 (MB)

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Lovely Singing Rescues Strangely Unexciting Lucia

18/10/201513/10/2015 by Harvey Steiman
Lucia
San Francisco Opera’s Lucia di Lammermoor (c) Cory Weaver

United StatesUnited States Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera, Nicola Luisotti (conductor), War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 10.10.2015 (HS)   

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In Berlin an Impressive Production of a Rarely Heard Meyerbeer Opera

18/12/201713/10/2015 by José Irurzun
Vasco
Deutsche Oper’s Vasco da Gama (c) Bettina Stöss

GermanyGermany Meyerbeer, Vasco da Gama: Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra and Chorus / Enrique Mazzola (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 11.10.2015. (JMI)   

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‘Notorious’ World Premiere in Göteborg: Gefors meets Hitchcock

18/10/201513/10/2015 by Jim Pritchard
Notorious_Photo_Nina_Stemme_John_Lundgren
Nina Stemme & John Lundgren in Notorious
(c) GöteborgsOperan

SwedenSweden Hans Gefors, Notorious: GöteborgOperans Orkester & Kör, Patrik Ringborg (Conductor), GöteborgsOperan, Gothenburg, 19.09.2015 (ASB)    

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ETO Recreates the Age of Silent Films in Tales of Hoffmann

14/10/201512/10/2015 by Robert Beattie

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Offenbach, Tales of Hoffmann: English Touring Opera and Orchestra /Philip Sunderland (conductor), Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, London, 10.10.15 (RB)

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Bach, Bach’s Cousin and Telemann Mourn

14/10/201512/10/2015 by NewAdmin

United StatesUnited States Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Christoph Bach, Georg P. Telemann: New York Baroque Incorporated, Monica Huggett (violin, viola), Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 9.9.2015 (SSM)

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