Reviews vom 30.4.2015
London
Royal Opera House staff to vote on strike after pay talks break down
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Stephen Hough review
– vivid and distinctive Links between Debussy and Chopin were amplified by Hough’s gorgeous playing, which grew in drama. He sounds like no one else
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Leeds
A Garland of Song: Carolyn Sampson is stunning in Leeds Lieder
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-fleurs-sampson-middleton-leeds-lieder-april-2015
New York
Metropolitan Opera Review 2014-15- “Merry Widow:”
Susan Graham, Rod Gilfry, Stephen Costello, Andriana Chuchman Lead Stellar Cast in Entertaining Production
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Review: “The Merry Widow,’ Revisited at the Met
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Philadelphia
Review: An underdone ‘Don Carlo’
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An air of decay: Don Carlo opens at Opera Philadelphia
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St. Louis
BWW Reviews: THE IMPRESARIO Delights St. Louis at Gateway Opera
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Feuilleton
Rhodri Marsden’s Interesting Objects: The 1812 Overture cannon
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The Operatic Ibsen
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/operatic-ibsen/
Reviews vom 29.4.2015
Budapest
Outstanding singing from Ganci and Moşuc illuminates San Carlo’s Luisa Miller in Budapest
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-luisa-miller-ganci-mosuc-rustioni-san-carlo-budapest-april-2015
Oslo
A desert full of people: Tatyana Gürbaca’s La traviata in Oslo
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-traviata-gurbaca-florian-norwegian-national-opera-oslo-april-2015
London
International Opera Awards, Savoy Theatre: ‘razzmatazzz’
Rupert Christiansen reports on a buoyant night for the art form at the International Opera Awards
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Preview: Opera Holland Park 2015 Season
http://www.musicomh.com/classical/features-classical/preview-opera-holland-park-2015-season
The Proms’ problem isn’t the programming, it’s the lack of imagination
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Garrick Ohlsson: Skryabin Focus, Wigmore Hall, review: ‘alarming power’
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BBCSO/Nesterowicz/Osborne review – Rouse’s overture is lively but unmemorable
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New York
Review: Handel’s “Orlando,’ the Second Part of a Trilogy
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Chicago
Review: “Carousel,’ a Broadway Turn at Lyric Opera of Chicago
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Minneapolis
Minnesota Opera’s ‘Carmen’ is disappointing
http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/301458391.html
Fort Worth
Review: Gruesome “Dog Days’ an ear-splitting, profanity-laced opera
http://www.star-telegram.com/entertainment/arts-culture/article19726437.html
Dog Days Shocks and Awes at Fort Worth Opera Festival
http://frontrow.dmagazine.com/2015/04/dog-days-shocks-and-awes-at-fort-worth-opera-festival/
San Diego
History repeats itself…life goes on…
Mariachi opera El Pasado Nunca se Termina at San Diego
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-martinez-pasada-nunca-san-diego-opera-april-2015
Oakland
Oakland Ballet plans ambitious 50th-season celebration May 23-24
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Los Angeles
Monteverdi’s ‘L’Orfeo,’ the first modern opera, has lessons for digital age
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Reviews vom 28.4.2015
London
Watch: Antonio Pappano In Conversation
– “If you’re the musical boss of the house, you have to stick your nose into all corners of the repertory’
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A run-of-the mill Proms is just what we need Notwithstanding its disco night, there’s nothing to frighten the horses in this season’s programme
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Albanian tenor Saimir Pirgu: ‘Luciano Pavarotti changed my mentality
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Staatskapelle Berlin/Barenboim/Martha Argerich/Lisa Batiashvili review
– an exceptional musical moment
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Ahnen, Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Sadler’s Wells
Family lore and deep-seated fears explored with surprising humour, and a technical glitc
http://www.theartsdesk.com/dance/ahnen-tanztheater-wuppertal-pina-bausch-sadlers-wells
New York
Met’s second-cast “Merry Widow” by no means second best
http://newyorkclassicalreview.com/2015/04/mets-second-cast-merry-widow-by-no-means-second-best/
Boston
A magnificent Susanna Phillips leads an excellent cast in Boston Baroque’s “Agrippina”
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Dysfunctional Family Via Handel
http://www.classical-scene.com/2015/04/26/agrippina-boston-baroque/
Toronto
Orchestre Métropolitain’s Toronto show by no means so-so
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Ton- und Bildträger
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte CD review
– a fascinating snapshot of Covent Garden in the 1960s
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Feuilleton
Jessye Norman: a powerful voice joins America’s race debate
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/26/jessye-norman-opera-profile
Reviews vom 27.4.2015
London
Watch: Antonio Pappano In Conversation
– “If you’re the musical boss of the house, you have to stick your nose into all corners of the repertory’
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A run-of-the mill Proms is just what we need Notwithstanding its disco night, there’s nothing to frighten the horses in this season’s programme
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Albanian tenor Saimir Pirgu: ‘Luciano Pavarotti changed my mentality
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Staatskapelle Berlin/Barenboim/Martha Argerich/Lisa Batiashvili review
– an exceptional musical moment
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Ahnen, Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Sadler’s Wells
Family lore and deep-seated fears explored with surprising humour, and a technical glitc
http://www.theartsdesk.com/dance/ahnen-tanztheater-wuppertal-pina-bausch-sadlers-wells
New York
Met’s second-cast “Merry Widow” by no means second best
http://newyorkclassicalreview.com/2015/04/mets-second-cast-merry-widow-by-no-means-second-best/
Boston
A magnificent Susanna Phillips leads an excellent cast in Boston Baroque’s “Agrippina”
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Dysfunctional Family Via Handel
http://www.classical-scene.com/2015/04/26/agrippina-boston-baroque/
Toronto
Orchestre Métropolitain’s Toronto show by no means so-so
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Ton- und Bildträger
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte CD review
– a fascinating snapshot of Covent Garden in the 1960s
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Feuilleton
Jessye Norman: a powerful voice joins America’s race debate
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/26/jessye-norman-opera-profile
Reviews vom 26.4.2015
Prag
A three-ring Hänsel und Gretel in Prague
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-hansel-gretel-forman-prague-april-2015
London
Kathleen Ferrier Awards 2015, Wigmore Hall, review: ‘enjoyable’
This year’s final of the prestigious singing competition was one of the best, says Rupert Christiansen
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Music from Poland, BBC Singers, St Giles Cripplegate, review: ‘inspirational’
The Proms may be dumbing down, but this programming showed that musical intelligence lives on in some quarters at the BBC, says John Allison
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New York
Review: James Levine Conducts a Noirish Verdi at the Metropolitan Opera
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Met Opera: Verdi’s ‘Ballo In Maschera’ Beautifully Sung And Played
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Un Ballo in Maschera review – passion and Piotr Beczala make Verdi’s epic sing
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Review: Le Jardin des Voix’s Sweet Italian Menu
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Peter Eotvos Prepares the Opera “Senza Sangue’
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Chicago
Bychkov, CSO deliver strong and sturdy Bruckner
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Houston
Houston’s “Die Walkure” splendidly sung, played, fussily staged
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Reviews vom 25.4.2015
London
International Opera Awards 2015: preview
The ceremony celebrating excellence in the opera world will return for its third consecutive year this weekend
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ATTHIS, Linbury Studio Theatre
A gorgeous play of music and emotion based on the erotic love poetry of Sappho
http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/atthis-linbury-studio-theatre
Roméo et Juliette, Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, Coliseum, review: ‘thoughtful, stylish and accessible’
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La Fille mal gardée, Royal Opera House, review: Natalia Osipova leads a springtime delight
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Eötvös channels Boulez in a solemn rituel and a primal rite with the LSO
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-boulez-eotvos-london-symphony-barbican-april-2015
Bristol
CPO/Belohlávek review – whoops and cheers for Czech authenticity
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/23/czech-philharmonic-orchestra-belohlavek-review
New York
Review: Renée Fleming Makes Broadway Debut as Vain Diva in ‘Living on Love’
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/review-renee-fleming-living-love/
Review: Dorothea Röschmann and Mitsuko Uchida in Recital
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Röschmann and Uchida make simpatico partners in heartfelt night of lieder
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Fort Worth
Dog Days Are Not Over
Composer David T. Little and librettist Royce Vavrek talk about their apocalyptic opera Dog Days, which opens the 2015 Fort Worth Opera Festival on Friday.
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Hamburg
Kir Royal mit Fisch – das neue Hamburg-Musical
Ein schwuler HSV-Spieler, Touristen aus Bayern, Lindenberg singende Obdachlose: Das neue Musical des St. Pauli Theaters birgt noch mehr Überraschungen.
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Reviews vom 24.4.2015
Amsterdam
Sad and mad: Anna Prohaska becomes Ophelia in Amsterdam
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-ophelia-anna-prohaska-amsterdam-april-2015
Madrid
A lacklustre La traviata from David McVicar at Teatro Real
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-traviata-mcvicar-teatro-real-madrid-april-2015
London
English National Opera head vows to protect full-time musicians
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ENO shrinks its season but the orchestra will play on
English National Opera cuts number of productions in face of reduced funding but says keeping its permanent orchestra and chorus is non-negotiable
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London
Noch eine “Turco”-review
Il turco in Italia, Royal Opera House, reviewed: bring sunglasses
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Vorschau: Karol Szymanowski’s ‘Król Roger’: A forgotten classic set to rule again
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The BBC Proms go clubbing: 2015 lineup includes Ibiza dance night
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BBC Proms 2015: It’s a season with practically everything
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Proms 2015: 10 things not to miss As the Proms unveils its 2015 season, Ivan Hewett offers his highlights
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La Fille mal gardee at the Royal Opera House reviewed: light, lithe and tender
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New York New York Philharmonic’s Challenges Go Beyond the Music
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How The Met Opera’s Chorus Master Gets 150 To Sound Like One
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Philadelphia
With ‘Don Carlo,’ a world of opera difference
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Ottawa
Review: Lyon Opera Ballet at the National Arts Centre
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Reviews vom 23.4.2015
Turin
A sombre mis-en-scene for Bellini’s I puritani in Turin
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-puritani-peretyatko-teatro-regio-turin-april-2015
Palermo
Adam : Le Toréador / Mascagni : Cavalleria rusticana / Teatro Massimo Palermo, 18th April 2015
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London
2015/16 Season at ENO announced
http://www.eno.org/news/2015/16-season-at-eno-announced
English National Opera has betrayed British talent
Our top-flight singers have been shunted aside in ENO’s new season. It is a disgrace, says Rupert Christiansen
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ENO announce cloth-cutting season for 2015/16
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/22/eno-announce-cloth-cutting-2015-16-season
REVIEW: Il Turco in Italia at the Royal Opera House
http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/theatre/571980/REVIEW-Il-Turco-in-Italia-Royal-Opera-House
“Spirit of delight”: Staggering Elgar from Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-elgar-barenboim-batiashvili-staatskapelle-berlin-london-april-2015
Baritone wins Handel Singing Competition 2015
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-handel-singing-competition-final-london-april-2015
New York
Calixto Bieito Coming to Met Opera with a New “Forza”
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Copland and Stravinsky prove amiable companions in Chamber Music Society program
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Chicago
Osorio’s Ravel provides the highlight with Chicago Philharmonic
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San Jose
Droll Magic Flute Casts Spell at Opera San Jose
https://www.sfcv.org/reviews/Opera-San-Jos-/Droll-Magic-Flute-Casts-Spell-at-Opera-San-Jose
Reviews vom 22.4.2015
London
My first night at the opera – aged 36 and a half
Opera novice Erin Baker makes her debut in the audience of Madame Butterfly at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
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Berlin
Staatskapelle Berlin/Barenboim/Argerich review – the stuff of heroes
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Lang Lang review – a finely disciplined performance
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/21/lang-lang-review
Lang Lang at Royal Albert Hall
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-lang-lang-royal-albert-hall-london-april-2015
“Sound and fury”: a terrific Manfred from Ashkenazy and the Philharmonia
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-manfred-ashkenazy-silberger-philharmonia-april-2015
New York
New York Philharmonic, Barbican, review: ‘fantasy worlds are a serious business’
Mixed playing and irksome postmodern humour meant that these distinguished visitors undersold themselves, says Ivan Hewett
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Leeds
Dove : Swanhunter / Opera North, 16th April 2015
https://operabritanniauk.wordpress.com/2015/04/20/dove-swanhunter-opera-north-16th-april-2015/
Glasgow
New music director for Scottish Opera
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/new-music-director-for-scottish-opera.123786199
Chicago
Kissin’s distinctive mastery brings illumination on a rainy afternoon
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Toronto
The Barber of Seville: COC takes a fun and madcap approach to Rossini classic
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Opera review: The Barber of Seville works up a lather
http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/on-stage/opera-review-the-barber-of-seville-works-up-a-lather
Brisbane
Review: Dido and Aeneas (Brisbane Baroque)
http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/review-dido-and-aeneas-brisbane-baroque
Reviews vom 21.4.2015
St. Petersburg
A Winning Combination: The Bolshoi Ballet’s The Taming of the Shre
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London
Jonas Kaufmann, Aleksandra Kurzak and Richard Jones honoured at the Opera Awards 2015
Two of the biggest stars in the opera world – tenor Jonas Kaufmann and soprano Aleksandra Kurzak – have been named the winners of the Readers’ Award at this year’s annual Opera Awards.
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Smaller is beautiful: ENO’s new season offers invention and Ambition
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Birmingham
Bělohlávek resurrects Mahler at Birmingham’s Symphony Hal
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Manchester
BBC Philharmonic/Gourlay review – Rachmaninov and Ravel’s grand face-off
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Cardiff
Die Walküre Act 3, WNO, Koenigs, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Wagner in concert finely paced, with only minor visual distractions
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Bryn Terfel proves a hit as Wagner’s Wotan in concert Performance
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New York
Review: I Fagiolini, Richard Goode and the Juilliard Opera in Concert
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Doctors to Divas, Stagehands and Opera Lovers at the Met
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Chicago
A radiant von Stade can’t raise COT’s “Coffin in Egypt”
http://chicagoclassicalreview.com/2015/04/a-radiant-von-stade-cant-raise-cots-coffin-in-egypt/
Fort Worth
Review: Fort Worth Opera’s “La traviata’ an on-again, off-again affair
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Review: Fort Worth Opera’s grand “La Traviata’ at Bass Hal
http://www.star-telegram.com/entertainment/arts-culture/article19637139.html
Feuilleton
Facing the Music: Carolyn Sampson
From George Michael and Wagner to … Wham! Soprano Carolyn Sampson on the music that inspires her
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/27/facing-the-music-soprano-carolyn-sampson
Reviews vom 20.4.2015
London
Mike Leigh’s first opera goes to rescue of struggling ENO
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/19/eno-pirates-covent-garden
Carmen Disruption review – compelling deconstruction of Bizet opera
http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/apr/19/carmen-disruption-simon-stephens-almeida-london-review
Between Worlds; Des Knaben Wunderhorn – review
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/19/between-worlds-review-des-knaben-wunderhorn-tansy-davies
Fantasy and nostalgia from the New York Philharmonic at the Barbican
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-gilbert-didonato-new-york-philharmonic-barbican-april-2015
Glasgow
Jenůfa, Scottish Opera
A powerful account of Janáček’s disquieting drama
http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/jenufa-scottish-opera
Dublin
Seductive Shéhérazade: DiDonato charms with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-didonato-gilbert-new-york-philharmonic-dublin-april-2015
New York
Mahler and Nelsons Survey the Divine
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A Minor
http://www.concertonet.com/scripts/review.php?ID_review=10583
Boston
Calleja provides a grand night of singing in Celebrity Series recital
http://bostonclassicalreview.com/2015/04/calleja-provides-a-grand-night-of-singing-in-celebrity-series-recital/
Syracuse
Syracuse Opera announces 2015-2016 that includes new and classic operas
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Kansas City
Emotional performances and orchestral energy in Lyric Opera’s “Tosca’
http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/performing-arts/article18912702.html
Feuilleton
Stress caused by bitter rivalry led to premature deaths of leading 19th century composers, study suggests
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Reviews vom 19.4.2015
London
Crisis at the NT and a clash of cultures
This week’s upheaval at the National Theatre, following chief executive Tessa Ross’s decision to stand down after just six months, highlights a growing tension at the top of Britain’s major arts institutions, says Rupert Christiansen
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The Pirates of Penzance (Tour)
The Union Theatre’s all-male Gilbert & Sullivan marches on with catlike tread
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Giants Are Small: how we brought Petrushka to life
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On the Mountain a Cry Was Barely Heard: Pina Bausch at Sadlers Wells
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Philharmonia/Valcuha review – a tricky programme brought passionately to life
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New York
Christopher Wheeldon’s “An American in Paris’ Brings Ballet Values to Broadway
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Review: Jordi Savall, Plunged in the Emotion of Performance and Life
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Bostridge’s artistry haunts the memory in songs of war
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Chicago
Bychkov, Trifonov and CSO serve up a Russian night to remember
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Omaha
Review: Opera “Fidelio’ overflows with emotion and striking artistry
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Reviews vom 18.4.2015
London
La Fille mal gardée, Royal Ballet, Covent Garden: “effervesces with life, love and laughter’
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La Fille Mal Gardee review
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2015/la-fille-mal-gardee-4/
Morera and Muntagirov flood La Fille mal gardée with spring sunshine at The Royal Ballet read more
Adriano in Siria review – an assured account of JC Bach’s forgotten work
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A worthy revival of J.C. Bach’s Adriano in Siria by Classical Opera
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Joyce DiDonato, Milton Court, Barbican, review
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BBCSO/Vedernikov/Henschel review – Mahler ambitiously reinvented
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San Francisco
‘Marriage Contract’ review: Young genius’ blissful comic opera
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Los Angeles
Drought-laden LA filled with Hélène Grimaud’s aqueous coloring
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-helene-grimaud-los-angeles-april-2015
Feuilleton 10 Questions for Mezzo-Soprano Alice Coote
The singer speaks about opera, loneliness, time machines and her special Brighton Festival event
http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/10-questions-mezzo-soprano-alice-coote
Reviews vom 17.April 2015
Amsterdam
Giulio Cesare in Amsterdam: Lawrence Zazzo came, sang and conquered
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Paris
Paris Opera’s star ballet dancer Aurélie Dupont to take her final bow
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London
Weitere “Turco”-Review Il turco in Italia, Covent Garden, review:
‘clever’ This production of Rossini’s early masterpiece is a masterclass in operatic comedy, says John Allison http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/opera/11535016/Opera.html
Bryn Terfel, Sarah Kane and the chance to prom: the Royal Opera House’s 2015-16 season
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Alan Gilbert: Orchestras in the 21st Century – a new paradigm
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New York
Weitere Reviews zu “Cav/Pag
” Review: At Met Opera, “Pagliacci’ Goes Vaudeville as “Cavalleria’ Turns
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Met Opera: A Stunning New “Cav/Pag” With Alvarez Shining in Both
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Opera Review: The Met’s Semi-Dynamic Duo of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci
http://www.vulture.com/2015/04/opera-review-pagliacci.html
Met’s new verismo double bill offers a static “Cav” and memorable “Pag”
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Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci Review: Drunk and Deadly
A pair of shows at the Metropolitan Opera mix jealousy with inebriated men for murderous results.
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Chicago
Carousel Lyric Opera of Chicago Review
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Brisbane Review: Max Emanuel Cenčić (Brisbane Baroque)
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Reviews vom 16.April 2015
Wien
Comedy in the madhouse: A risky twist on Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro at Theater an der Wien
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-figaro-breisach-minkowski-esposito-barath-vienna-april-2015
London
Royal Opera House 2015/16 Season announced
http://www.roh.org.uk/news/royal-opera-house-201516-season-announced
Day of reckoning for the Royal Opera
The latest season of productions at the Royal Opera House could be make or break for director Kasper Holten, says Rupert Christiansen
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Royal Opera’s Pappano says “mathematician conductors” fail music
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Review: “Between Worlds,’ With English National Opera, Addresses 9/11
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Adriano in Siria, Britten Theatre, review: The “London’ Bach opera was last performed 250 years ago
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King Size review – an evening of song to make anyone smile
Linbury Studio, London Alban Berg, the Kinks, Münchener Freiheit and a granny eating spaghetti from a handbag – Theater Basel’s show has something for everyone
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/15/king-size-christoph-marthaler-linbury-studio-review
DiDonato/Heggie/Brentano Quartet review – beautiful but too close to pastiche
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/15/didonato-heggie-brentano-quartet-milton-court-review
New York
Darkly intense Cavalleria rusticana and cluttered Pagliacci at the Met
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Review: Sarah Connolly and Karen Cargill in Separate Performances of Mahler’s “Rückert Lieder’
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Dallas
Opera Review: “Iolanta’
http://www.dallasvoice.com/opera-review-iolanta-10193774.html
Seattle
Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Swan Lake retains the old classic in modern times
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Reviews vom 15.April 2015
London
Opera Holland Park 2015: Backpackers and opera singers can make ideal bedfellows
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Tansy Davies : Between Worlds / ENO, 11th April 2015
https://operabritanniauk.wordpress.com/2015/04/13/tansy-davies-between-worlds-eno-11th-april-2015/
Philharmonia/Järvi review – Järvi tames Nielsen’s wild masterpiece
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/14/philharmonia-jarvi-review-nielsen-royal-festival-hall
The National Youth Dance Company: an inspiring opportunity for young dancers
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New York
Review: Purcell’s Elaborate Scores, Elegantly Executed at Carnegie Hall
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Washington
Review: Misty Copeland in the Washington Ballet’s “Swan Lake’
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Chicago
Steven Pasquale leads Lyric Opera’s stirring production of ‘Carousel’
http://www.examiner.com/review/steven-pasquale-leads-lyric-opera-s-stirring-production-of-carousel
Haitink and the CSO thrill in Mahler’s Seventh
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-mahler-haitink-chicago-symphony-april-2015
Hahn and Smythe shine in Bach and Auerbach
http://chicagoclassicalreview.com/2015/04/hahn-and-smythe-shine-in-bach-and-auerbach/
Dallas
The Dallas Opera Sheds Beautiful Light on the Rarely Performed Iolanta
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San Francisco
San Francisco Ballet’s Program 7 : Caprice,The Four Temperaments and Swimmer
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Feuilleton
Handel was a Genius
On the anniversary of the composer’s death, we look at the man that Britons took to their hearts.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalmusic/11534379/Handel-was-a-genius.html
Reviews vom 14.April 2015
Berlin
Highway to Hell: La Damnation de Faust with the Berliner Philharmoniker
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London
Il Turco in Italia review – rarely grabs the attention
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Il turco in Italia (Royal Opera House)
Rossini’s romantic farce boasts an experienced cast for its third run at Covent Garden
http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/reviews/il-turco-in-italia-royal-opera-house_37560.html
Il turco in Italia @ Royal Opera House, London
http://www.musicomh.com/classical/reviews-classical/il-turco-in-italia-royal-opera-house-london
Kurzak and Pidò inspire a rumbustious Turco in Italia in Caurier and Leiser’s Dolce Vita production
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-turco-italia-kurzak-pido-royal-opera-april-2015
Between Worlds, Barbican Theatre, review: An operatic debut into the horrors of 9/11
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Between Worlds review
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2015/worlds/
New York
Vaudeville Authenticity at the Metropolitan Opera
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In “Living on Love,’ Renée Fleming Takes a Humorous Broadway Turn
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Washington
Past and Present on Parade: New York City Ballet at Washington’s Kennedy Center
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carla-escoda/past-and-present-on-parad_b_7054862.html
New Orleans
Another Opera Another Season
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Berkeley
Donizetti’s Poliuto Stands Tall in West Edge Performance
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Sidney
Nicholas Carter on mentors, music and matching expectations
In a wide ranging interview Australia’s newest arts chief explains the debt he owes to Richard Gill and Simone Young.
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Linz/Musiktheater
“L’amour de loin”: Gibt es ein Leben nach der Liebe?
Kaija Saariahos Oper am Landestheater Linz
http://derstandard.at/2000014201390/Lamour-de-loin-Gibt-es-ein-Leben-nach-der-Liebe
Reviews vom 13.April 2015
London
Rossini : Il turco in Italia / Royal Opera, 11th April 2015
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Between Worlds review – nothing like as affecting as it ought to be
The best moments in Tansy Davies’s new 9/11-set opera are the simplest, but there’s no real sense that this is about what librettist Nick Drake calls the “most important event of our time’
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Between Worlds, ENO, Barbican, review: ‘tears at the heart’
Tansy Davies’s new production is a moving, personal response to 9/11, says Ivan Hewett
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Between Worlds, ENO, Barbican Tansy Davies’s 9/11 opera is deeply moving, yet needs to bridge more than worlds
http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/between-worlds-eno-barbican-1
BBCSO/Oramo review – totally assured conducting, immaculate playing
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New York
Mezzo Cargill shows impressive artistry in lieder recital
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Bach Meets The Dynamic Duo Lisa Batiashvili (Violin), François Leleux (Oboe)
New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Alan Gilbert (Musical Director/Conductor)
http://www.concertonet.com/scripts/review.php?ID_review=10568
Boston
Nelsons wraps his first BSO season with a program of mixed dreams
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New Orleans
N.O. Opera closes season with appealing “Marriage of Figaro’
http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/news/12053387-123/no-opera-closes-season-with
Beirut
Al Bustan – the classical music festival in Beirut that survives war and assassinations http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/11/al-bustan-classical-music-festival-beirut
Ton- und Bildträger
Steffani: Niobe, Regina di Tebe, review: ‘rumbustious’
This live Covent Garden recording of Agostino Steffani’s opera is perky and spirited, says Rupert Christiansen
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Feuilleton
El Sistema 40th anniversary: Conductor Gustavo Dudamel says Venezuela project is “the most important thing apart from my family”
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Reviews vom 12.April 2015
Paris
Nemanja Radulović takes Paris’ Philharmonie by storm
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-radulovic-gabel-ile-de-france-paris-april-2015
London
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain/Volkov review – a musical bomb showering its listeners with shrapnel
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Birmingham
Why American football players make perfect opera singers
The unusual story of an American football star turned opera singer proves that there is a deep affinity between music and sport, says Ivan Hewett
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Chicago
Ka-ching!?: Lyric Opera of Chicago debuts its new ‘Carousel’ with plenty of New York talent
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New York
With a stale third cast and conductor , Met’s “Aida” buried, not quite alive “
The Met orchestra, one of the finest and most responsive ensembles in the world, had all the grace of an oil tanker with Plácido Domingo at the helm.”
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Vorschau: A New “Cav/Pag’ at the Met Is Opera Heavy on the Red Sauce
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Review: L’Arpeggiata Opens Before Bach Festival at Carnegie Hall
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Review: Dance Theater of Harlem at City Center
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Toronto
Opera Atelier’s powerful, beautiful Orpheus
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Reviews vom 11.April 2015
Florenz
La traviata / Teatro dell’Opera di Firenze, 7th April 2015
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London
Interview Ildebrando D’Arcangelo – ‘An opera singer is like a priest’
The Italian is back at Covent Garden in the title role of Il turco in Italia. Just don’t call him a bass-baritone…
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The London Bach finally gets his London revival
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LSO/Noseda/Kavakos review – thrilling precision, formidable playing
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Glasgow
Scottish Opera’s Jenůfa: powerful and haunting
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-jenufa-scottish-opera-glasgow-april-2015
Janáček : Jenůfa / Scottish Opera, 7th April 2015
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Anchorage
Mythical remix: Anchorage Opera’s new production of Mozart’s ‘Magic Flute’ shifts action to Mount Olympus
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Toronto
Banned pianist’s plan for free concert nixed by venue
— and her replacement’s now out, too Valentina Lisitsa, who says TSO misunderstood her views on Ukraine’s troubles, won’t play free concert. Neither will the man asked to fill in, who says he was “bullied into declining.”
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Ukraine-born pianist’s Toronto concert cancelled over pro-Russia remarks
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Feuilleton
Words Without Music by Philip Glass, review: ‘polite and jokeless’
The composer Philip Glass’s lack of self-doubt makes for a strangely anodyne memoir
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Reviews vom 10.April 2015
Wien
Review: In Staatsoper’s “Elektra,’ an Ax-Wielder With Royal Bearing
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München
Darkness and dramatic irony in Bayerische Staatsoper’s Roberto Devereux
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Moskau
European Opera Houses Weigh In on Russian Theater Scandal
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London
English National Opera hopes foyer cafe will help finances match artistic success
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Creating opera from real events is almost as old as the art form itself
English National Opera’s Between Worlds, about 9/11 – and so-called newsreel opera – has to tread a very difficult line. Andrew Clements looks at other works that have taken real-life events as their starting points
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Andreas Scholl, Wigmore Hall, review
Andreas Scholl displays a beguiling purity of tone at the Wigmore Hall
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An Italian feast from Andreas Scholl at Wigmore Hall
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-scholl-avital-wigmore-hall-april-2015
Birmingham
Birmingham Opera Company’s The Ice Break reviewed: Tippett’s triumphant failure
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Glasgow
Jenůfa, Scottish Opera, review: ‘elements of excellence’
This production’s strong cast made the force of Jenůfa’s tragedy hit home, says Rupert Christiansen
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New York
Brooklyn Academy of Music Chooses New President
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Batiashvili and Leleux strike sparks in uneven Philharmonic concert
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New York
City Ballet sparkles and blurs in opening program
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San Francisco
SF Ballet’ ‘Shostakovich Trilogy’ a dance for the ages
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Sidney
Australian Ballet’s Giselle review (Sydney Opera House)
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Reviews vom 9.April 2015
Amsterdam
Highly Charged Shostakovich from Incomparable Kavakos with Gergiev and the RCO
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London
Swanhunter, Linbury Theatre, review: Jonathan Dove produces another winning children’s opera
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Glasgow
Jenůfa review – Scottish Opera’s co-production is intelligent and sensitive
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New York
Metropolitan Opera Review: “Lucia di Lammermoor”
Great Singing All-Around from Albina Shagimuratova, Luca Salsi, Salvatore Cordella & Alistair Miles
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Birmingham, Alabama
Opera Birmingham’s 2015-16 season: Redefining opera in the 21st century
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San Diego
BWW Interview: New SD Opera General Director Cannot Curb His Enthusiasm
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Calgary
Calgary Opera announces a 2015-16 season that includes The Magic Flute
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Teheran
Tehran’s reborn symphony orchestra: an ovation before playing a note
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Feuilleton
Video game soundtracks hit classical music Charts
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Why are artists so difficult to work with?
A new film about Argentinian-born pianist Martha Argerich reminds us that men do not have a monopoly on egoism, says Ivan Hewett
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Reviews vom 8.April 2015
Salzburg
Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci, Salzburg Easter Festival, review: ‘thrilling’
Jonas Kaufmann was on stellar form – twice – in this ‘Cav & Pag’ double bill, says John Allison
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Amsterdam
Macbeth, De Nationale Opera, Amsterdam — review
A dark and occasionally striking production of Verdi’s masterpiece that inadvertently falls back on cliché
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9b8d9e16-d94e-11e4-a8f1-00144feab7de.html#axzz3Wdsv696c
Utrecht
An Invigorating Performance of Elgar’s The Kingdom by Edward Gardner in Holland
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-elgar-the-kingdom-vredenburg-april-2015
London
Ballet star Tamara Rojo says modern children lack discipline
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-32195063
New York
Opera Singer Michael Fabiano Sang on Stage Despite Head Wound
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BWW Reviews: Without Gypsies or Mistaken Identities, Soprano Meade Wins Four-Sided Tug of War in ERNANI at the Met
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Luca Salsi replaces ailing Domingo in the Met’s “Ernani”
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-ernani-metropolitan-opera-april-2015
Review: LoftOpera’s “Lucrezia Borgia,’ With Flying Bottles of Beer and Poison
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Atlanta
Review: Lively “Marriage of Figaro” is the Atlanta Opera’s best outing of the season
http://www.artsatl.com/2015/04/review-marriage-figaro-atlanta-opera/
Reviews vom 7.April 2015
Berlin
Daniel Barenboim’s Festtage Performance Makes Case for Inheriting Berlin Philharmonic
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London
St Luke Passion/MacMillan review – impressive, but not always moving
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New York
Baritone Luca Salsi Pulls a Leading-Role Double
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/04/05/baritone-luca-salsi-pulls-a-leading-role-double/
Boston
At the Boston Symphony, Andris Nelsons Embraces Tradition but Looks Ahead
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Miami
Significant (and belated) U.S. premieres highlight Eötvös program with New World Symphony
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Falmouth, Maine BWW Reviews: Maine State Ballet Mounts Swashbuckling LE CORSAIRE
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Bogota
A Viennese whirl through Mozart masterpieces in Bogotá
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-mozart-vladar-vienna-chamber-orchestra-bogota-apri-2015
Reviews vom 6.April 2015
Nelly Melbas Nachlass ist verscherbelt worden
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London
Swanhunter (Royal Opera House and tour)
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Swanhunter at Linbury Studio Theatre
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Tales from the Finnish woods: Jonathan Dove’s Swanhunter by Opera North
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-dove-swanhunter-opera-north-april-2016
A monotonous trudge: Royal Ballet Triple Bill review
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Royal Ballet triple bill review – falling in step with Nigel Farage
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Birmingham
The Ice Break review – race riots and pill-popping
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/05/the-ice-break-review
Sidney
Review: Giselle (Australian Ballet)
http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/live-reviews/review-giselle-australian-ballet
Giselle review: Australian Ballet bids Madeleine Eastoe farewell at her peak in triumphantGielgud production
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Nowosibirsk
Amid Opera Scandal, Protesters Demand Russian Culture Minister Medinsky’s Resignation
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Feuilleton
The 10 best: operas for children
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It’s official: adult ballet classes make me high
A keen dancer as a child, one writer has gone back to the barre and is surprised to discover that striving for perfection is a great way to relax
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Reviews vom 5.April 2015
Zürich
“Every Valley Shall Be Exalted”: Handel’s Messiah at the Tonhalle
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-handel-messiah-tonhalle-april-2015
Berlin
Review: A Writhing, Emotional Revival of Wagner’s “Tannhäuser’
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London
St Matthew Passion/OAE – superb musicianship
Royal Festival Hall London Singers and musicians navigate Bach’s St Matthew Passion with great balance and communication – and no conductor
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Birmingham
The Ice Break, Birmingham Opera Company, review: ‘lush’
Michael Tippett’s fourth opera deserves to have been withdrawn from cold storage, says Rupert Christiansen
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New York
Review: Murray Perahia at Carnegie Hall
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Melbourne
Review: La damnation de Faust (MSO) Bryn Terfel brings his diabolically good Baritone down under.
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Feuilleton
Interview Andrew Lloyd Webber: ‘I can’t afford pre-Raphaelite art any more
Now I’m buying vinyl instead’ Four years after a brush with cancer, Lord Lloyd-Webber is back on form, fiercely campaigning to preserve the Green Belt and our cathedral cities, juggling new stage productions around the world – and starting a new and surprising collection
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Reviews vom 4.April 2015
News Breaking: Andris Nelsons signs with DG
http://slippedisc.com/2015/04/breaking-andris-nelsons-signs-with-dg/
Stockholm
Is Stockholm Ready for a New Opera House?
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/stockholm-ready-new-opera-house/
London
Swanhunter, Linbury Studio Theatre, review: ‘pleasant but prosaic’
This children’s opera from Jonathan Dove plays it too safe, says Rupert Christiansen
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Birmingham /Vorschau
Tippett’s The Ice Break – time to take it out of cold storage
Unloved and unstaged in the UK since its 1977 premiere, a new production by Birmingham Opera Company is just what Tippett’s The Ice Break needs to rehabilitate a work of quality and resonance
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Glasgow
BBCSSO/Litton review – exhilarating, until it became exhausting
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New York
„Lucia“: Fabiano sprang für Calleja ein Michael Fabiano’s 7 Hours From Call to Stage at the Metropolitan Opera read more
“Experiments in Opera” offers inspired moments amid the misfires
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San Francisco
Feddeck and SFS Phenomenal in Bruckner’s Eighth
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Bogota
A Viennese whirl through Mozart masterpieces in Bogotá
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Ton- und Bildträger
Andreas Ottensamer: Brahms, The Hungarian Collection – spirited folk
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Reviews vom 3.April 2015
Neapel
A Turandot without a happy ending
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-puccini-turandot-teatro-di-san-carlo-march-2015
Moskau
Maestro veto: Jurowski refuses Siberia
http://slippedisc.com/2015/04/maestro-veto-jurowski-refuses-siberia/
London
How Tansy Davies turned 9/11 into her opera ‘Between Worlds’
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A Streetcar Named Desire review – erotic and tragic ballet
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A Streetcar Named Desire, Scottish Ballet, review: ‘tugs at the heart-strings, shreds the nerves’
Scottish Ballet’s version of A Streetcar Named Desire does Tennessee Williams’s steamy, pitch-black masterpiece full justice, says Mark Monahan
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Khatia Buniatishvili review – rash, immature playing
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Jonathan Biss, Queen Elizabeth Hall, review: ‘an excitingly virtuosic performance’
John Allison sees Biss give expert renditions of works by composers ranging from Berg to Beethoven in this Vienna-themed recital
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New York
Tanz
Review: Liz Gerring’s “Glacier’ Has Its New York Premiere
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Los Angeles
L.A. Opera Finishes “Figaro’ with Fireworks The company concludes its trilogy with a masterful performance of one of Mozart’s most popular works
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Hong Kong
A Glorious Balanchine Experience from the Bolshoi Ballet at the Hong Kong Arts Festival.
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Ton- und Bildträger
Pierre Boulez: 60 Years on Record – cd review
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/26/pierre-boulez-60-years-on-record-cd-review
Feuilleton
How to restore antique opera glasses
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Reviews vom 2.April 2015
Paris
After a century’s absence, Massenet’s Le Cid returns to its birthplace
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-massenet-le-cid-opera-national-de-paris-march-2015
Mailand
Low voltage Carmen in Emma Dante’s return to La Scala
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-carmen-teatro-alla-scala-march-2015
London
Sweeney Todd, English National Opera, review: ‘a whacking great banquet’
ENO’s excellent new production of Sondheim’s musical saw great performances from its stars Bryn Terfel and Emma Thompson, says Rupert Christiansen
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Sondheim joins Thompson and Terfel at Sweeney Todd
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Sweeney Todd review – Bryn Terfel and Emma Thompson in razor-sharp thriller
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Sweeney Todd musical review: Emma Thompson revels in the black humour at the Coliseum
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New York
Review: “Don Carlo’ Gets a Gripping Revival at the Met Opera
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First Nighter: “Don Carlo” at the Met
Is Grand Opera, “Soldier X” Marches Well at HERE
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Verdi’s Don Carlo at the Met
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-don-carlo-metropolitan-opera-march-2015
Review: Paul Lewis and Lisa Batiashvili, Recital Partners at Alice Tully Hall
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Fort Worth
Fort Worth Opera works feature “outsiders’ looking for acceptance
http://www.star-telegram.com/living/indulge/indulge-in-focus/article17090546.html
Feuilleton
BWW Interview: Bryan Hymel Talks French Opera, Physiology, and Stamina
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“Fantaisie”: David Frays Shades of Schubert
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CD-Tipps
Totenklage und Auferstehungsgesang: CD-Tipps zur Karwoche mit Palestrina, Keiser, Caldara und Isaac
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Reviews vom 1.April 2015
Nowosibirsk
Jesus und die Liebesgöttin
Das Skandalpotential erschließt sich nicht unmittelbar: “Tannhäuser” in Nowosibirsk. Foto: dpa
Nach der Absetzung des „Tannhäuser” in Nowosibirsk: Zensur schwebt über Russlands Kulturschaffenden, sie protestieren vermutlich vergeblich.
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Wien
A Lenten lament: St Matthew Passion at the Konzerthaus
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-st-matthew-passion-wiener-symphoniker-march-2015
Luzern
One way to heaven: the SWR shines at the Lucerne Easter Festival
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Moskau
Russia fires director of Wagner’s Tannhauser opera after modern interpretation offends nation’s Orthodox Christians
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Paris
Orchestral colours aplenty: Debussy, Dusapin and Stravinsky at the Philharmonie de Paris
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London
Concert Versions Take Opera to a More Personal Level
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Why the arts funding system doesn’t work
The experience of Mid Wales Opera demonstrates the drawbacks of arts funding in Britain, says Rupert Christiansen
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Alice Sara Ott: meet the hottest new talent in classical music
Alice Sara Ott gets a lot of attention for her looks and her quirks – but it is her unique musical personality that will keep her at the top
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New York
Met’s “Don Carlo” impressive individually, a work in progress collectively
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Review: The Cellist Leonard Elschenbroich Played at the Frick
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Boston
Odyssey Opera plans a festival of British rarities
http://bostonclassicalreview.com/2015/03/odyssey-opera-plans-a-festival-of-british-rarities/
Milkauweek
Florentine Opera’s 2015-16 Season
“The next season of opera by the Florentine and a romantic concert revue comprise 2015-2016–This is the story behind the 82nd Season!”
http://urbanmilwaukeedial.com/pressrelease/florentine-operas-2015-16-season/
Los Angeles
L.A. Ballet delivers a classically pure ‘Sleeping Beauty’
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-la-ballet-sleeping-beauty-20150331-story.html
San Francisco
S.F. Conservatory singers serve up “Elixir of Love’
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