This Week’s Review

A New Music Group Reacts to Its Country’s Fractured Identity

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Halka, Escuer, Contreras, Dzubay, Ortiz, Luna: Ónix Ensamble (Alejandro Escuer [flute], Fernando Domínguez [clarinet], Abel Romero [violin], Edgardo Espinosa [cello] & Edith Ruiz [piano]), National Sawdust, Brooklyn, New York. 9.9.2016. (BH)

Ónix Ensamble at National Sawdust (Photo: Roey Yohai for Americas Society)
Ónix Ensamble at National Sawdust (Photo: Roey Yohai for Americas Society)

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Musically Strong and Intelligently Staged Don Giovanni at ENO

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Chorus (chorus master: James Henshaw) and Orchestra of the English National Opera, Mark Wigglesworth (conductor). Coliseum, London, 30.9.2016. (MB)

ENO Don Giovanni Clive Bayley and Christopher Purves. Photo credit: Robert Workman.
ENO’s Don Giovanni – Clive Bayley (Leporello) and Christopher Purves (Don Giovanni)
Photo credit: Robert Workman

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Missy Mazzoli’s New Opera: Luminous Beauty and Moving Human Insight

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United StatesUnited States Mazzoli, Breaking the Waves: Soloists, Chorus, and Orchestra of Opera Philadelphia/Steven Osgood (conductor), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia. 24.9.2016. (BJ)

Kiera Duffy and the cast of 'Breaking the Waves' (Photo: Nicholas Korkos)
Kiera Duffy and the cast of ‘Breaking the Waves’ (Photo: Nicholas Korkos)

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