At Covent Garden a Competent Figaro Lacks Tension and Sparkle

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Members of the Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House/Ivor Bolton (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 15.9.2015 (CC)

The Royal Opera  Le Nozze Di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ?Conductor Ivor Bolton Director David McVicar
Anita Hartig as Susanna, Kate Lindsey as Cherubino and Ellie Dehn as Countess Almaviva – Le nozze di Figaro
Photo by Mark Douet

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Imaginative and Perfectly Executed Orphée et Eurydice at Covent Garden

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gluck, Orphée et Eurydice: Soloists; Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists/ John Eliot Gardiner (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 14.9.2015 (CC)

Orphee et Eurydice_ Stage Rehearsal_ROH; Director; John Fulljames, Choreography; Hofesh Shechter, Performers, Conductor; John Eliot Gardiner, Orphee; Juan Diego Florez, Eurydice; Lucy Crowe, Amour; Amanda Forsythe, Dancers; Hofesh Shechter Company, Chorus; Monteverdi Choir, Orchestra; English Baroque Soloists,
Orphee et Eurydice – Director: John Fulljames, Choreography: Hofesh Shechter
Performers include the Hofesh Shechter Company Dancers (c) Bill Cooper

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Shostakovich’s Orango Scores a Huge Hit at the Proms

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 53, Bartók, Mozart, Shostakovich: David Fray (piano); soloists; Philharmonia Voices; Philharmonia Orchestra/Esa-Pekka Salonen. Royal Albert Hall, London. 24.8.2015 (CC)

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The cast of Shostakovich’s Orango at the BBC Proms with the Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen
c BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Bring Magnificent Mahler to the Proms

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 49 – Dean, Mahler: Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet). Boston Symphony Orchestra/Andris Nelsons (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 22.8.2015. (CC)

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Håkan Hardenberger performs Brett Dean’s Dramatis personae at the BBC Proms 2015
with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andris Nelsons
c Chris Christodoulou

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The BBC Philharmonic and Juanjo Mena: Worthwhile Foulds but Messiaen Deserves More

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 38. Foulds, Messiaen Steven Osborne (piano): Valérie Hartmann-Claverie (ondes martinet): Upper Voices of the London Symphony Chorus; BBC Philharmonic/Juanjo Mena. Royal Albert Hall, London, 13.8.2015 (CC)

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