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Previously Published

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All Mozart Concert With Imogen Cooper, Alexander Janiczek, Martin Burgess and the ASMF

06/12/201104/12/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart: Imogen Cooper (piano), Alexander Janiczek (violin/director), Martin Burgess (violin), Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Hall One, Kings Place, London. 3.12.2011 (MB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags London, Mark Berry

An Italian in Egypt: Rossini’s Rarely Heard Moïse et Pharaon

14/02/201403/12/2011 by Stan

United StatesUnited States G. Rossini, Moïse et Pharaon: The Collegiate Chorale,  American Symphony Orchestra,James Bagwell (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York City, 30.11.2011 (SSM)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags New York, Stan Metzger

Alexandre Tharaud in Recital: A Case of the Perpetual Puppies

09/01/201302/12/2011 by Jens F. Laurson

GermanyGermany Debussy, Scarlatti: Alexandre Tharaud (piano), Munich, 29.11.2011 (JFL)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Jens F. Laurson, Munich

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

Concert By Dworzynski and the RLPO is No Routine Affair

10/03/202302/12/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Borodin, Glazunov, Kodály, Mussorgsky orch. Ravel: Eugene Ugorski(violin), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Michał Dworzynski (conductor). Guild Hall, Preston, 29.11.2011. (MC)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Michael Cookson, Preston

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

Keep the Slipper: La Cenerentola in Valencia

10/03/202330/11/2011 by Jens F. Laurson

SpainSpain Rossini, La Cenerentola: Soloists, Valencian Community Orchestra, Valencia Regional Government Choir, Michele Mariotti (conductor), Valencia’s Palau de Les Arts, 25.11.2011 (JMI)

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Categories International Opera, Previously Published Tags JM Irurzun, Valencia

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
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