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Scottish Opera’s Carmen Lacks Colour and Life

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bizet, Carmen: Soloists of Scottish Opera, Orchestra of Scottish Opera, The Chorus of Carmen, David Parry (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh 12.11.2015 (SRT)

Justina Gringyte as Carmen and Noah Stewart as Don José in Carmen. Scottish Opera 2015. Credit James Glossop
Justina Gringyte as Carmen and Noah Stewart as Don José in Carmen. Scottish Opera 2015. Credit James Glossop

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Wozzeck Returns to Chicago’s Lyric Opera in a Memorable New Production

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United StatesUnited States Berg, Wozzeck: Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra & Chorus, Chicago Children’s Choir. Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Michael Black (chorus master), Josephine Lee (children’s chorus master). Civic Opera House,  Chicago,  Illinois, 4.11.2015. (DP)

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Zachary Uzarraga, Tomasz Konieczny and Angela Denoke in Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Wozzeck
Photo: Cory Weaver

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Anne Sofie von Otter in Philadelphia: A Singer With All the Virtues

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United StatesUnited States Purcell, Dowland, Robert Johnson, Kapsberger, Dalza, Provenzale, Couperin, Michel Lambert, de Visée, M.-A. Charpentier, Rameau, Pärt, et al.: Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Dunford (theorbo), Jonathan Cohen (harpsichord and organ), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 11.11.2015. (BJ)

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