Reviews vom Samstag 28.2.2015
Wien
Exciting singing rescues problematic Don Carlo at the Staatsoper
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-don-carlo-abbado-staatsoper-vienna-february-2015
London
The Indian Queen, ENO, review: ‘a success’
Director Peter Sellars’s unique take on Purcell’s ‘semi-opera’ features a moving story and music of gorgeous beauty
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The Indian Queen review – Lucy Crowe’s singing brings Purcell into focus
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The Indian Queen, Coliseum – opera review Californian director Peter Sellars’ production of Henry Purcell’s The Indian Queen presents an ever-resonant social commentary
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The Indian Queen, English National Opera
A colourful but eccentric production veers between beauty and incomprehensibility
http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/indian-queen-english-national-opera
Peter Sellars’ reconstruction of Purcell’s The Indian Queen at ENO
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Birmingham
CBSO/Nelsons review – every tangled strand of their instrumental writing was teased ou
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Edinburgh
Romeo and Juliet, Northern Ballet, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, review: ‘gorgeously original’
Modernist simplicity meets excitingly energetic dance in this new staging of Jean-Christophe Maillot’s acclaimed production, says Mark Brown
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New York
Review: Schubert’s “Winterreise’ With Christian Gerhaher
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“Ballet 422’: A young choreographer’s nervous rise at New York City Ballet
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Chicago
Lyric Unlimited scores with premiere of klezmer-flavored “Property”
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Los Angeles
Opera is here to stay, says ‘Dead Man Walking’ composer Jake Heggie
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Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking Performed by Opera Parallèle
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Reviews vom Freitag 27.2.2015
Amsterdam
Orchestral music sings in Nederlandse Reisopera’s Les pêcheurs de perles
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-pearl-fishers-nederlandse-reisopera-february-2015
Genua
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor / Teatro Carlo Felice of Genoa, 22nd February 2015
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London
As ‘The Indian Queen’ opens, can Peter Sellars save the ENO?
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Royal Ballet Draft Works, Linbury Studio, London — review
An evening of apprentice works suffered from a lack of direction and unhelpful staging
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a33ddd52-bcdd-11e4-9902-00144feab7de.html
Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía, Sadler’s Wells, review: ‘boundary pushing’
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Chicago Lyric Opera closes season with Weinberg’s moving, powerful “Passenger”
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Pittsburgh
Opera review: Second Stage Project meets challenge of “Sumeida’s Song’
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Detroit/ Vorschau
A Detroit Opera Celebrates Frida Kahlo’s Life And Cooking
http://news.mpbn.net/post/detroit-opera-celebrates-frida-kahlos-life-and-cooking
San Francisco
S.F. Ballet review: Dancers stellar in program that misses mark
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Perth
Madama Butterfly | West Australian Opera
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Feuilleton
Frank Peter Zimmermann loses his Stradivarius as prices soar
In a market driven by money and aesthetic one-upmanship, what chance do real musicians have of playing older instruments?
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Reviews vom Donnerstag 26.2.2015
Mailand
A Verdian feast from Peter Stein and Zubin Mehta in La Scala’s full fat Aida
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-aida-stein-mehta-la-scala-february-2015
Neapel
Tristan and Isolde: an extreme love to die for in Naples
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-tristan-isolde-urmana-mehta-naples-february-2015
London
Weitere “Zauberflöten”-Reviews
Die Zauberflöte review – fairytale cast have plenty of Mozart magic
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Die Zauberflöte @ Royal Opera House, London
http://www.musicomh.com/classical/reviews-classical/die-zauberflote-royal-opera-house-london-3
Die Zauberflöte, Royal Opera House, London — review
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/84314790-bc16-11e4-b6ec-00144feab7de.html
Ivo Pogorelich, Royal Festival Hall, review: ‘the piano seemed to have gone out of tune’
Should promoters really be selling tickets for such disturbing exhibitionism as this, asks John Allison
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A curious comeback: Ivo Pogorelich at Royal Festival Hall
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-ivo-pogorelich-london-february-2015
New York
Critic’s Notebook: New York City Ballet Wraps Up a Memorable Winter Season
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San Francisco
Opera Parallele Does Right By Dead Man Walking
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Hespèrion XXI: Splendor from Istanbul
Jordi Savall and his ensemble Hespèrion XXI are on tour through the Western United States and Canada
https://www.sfcv.org/reviews/Cal-Performances/Hesp-rion-XXI-Splendor-from-Istanbul
Novosibirsk
Opera director charged by Russian authorities with offending
Christians Timofei Kulyabin attacks “absurd’ charge over his production of Richard Wagner’s Tannhauser which is alleged to have “desecrated’ the image of Jesus Christ
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Feuilleton
How to become a librettist
A skilled librettist will know how to leave space for the music to flourish, and to edit themselves ruthlessly, writes Stephen Plaice
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Reviews vom Mittwoch 25.2.2015
London
Peter Sellars: ‘It’s the most overwhelming music I’ve ever put on stage’
The erudite, irreverent American opera director tells Rupert Christiansen about his remarkable new production of Purcell’s ‘The Indian Queen’ for English National Opera
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Die Zauberflöte (Royal Opera House) – ‘shimmering’
David McVicar’s ever-popular staging of The Magic Flute returns in fine fettle
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Strongly cast revival of McVicar’s Enlightenment production of Die Zauberflöte at Covent Garden
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Vivaldi : L’oracolo in Messenia / Barbican, 20th February 2015
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Philharmonia, Andris Nelsons, Royal Festival Hall, review: ‘truly magnificent’
Under the baton of Andris Nelsons, the Philharmonia delivered potent renderings of pieces by Mahler and a rather more modern compatriot, says Ivan Hewett
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Chicago
Chicago Opera Theater’s Thérèse Raquin is pretty grim—simulated cunnilingus and all
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New York & Palm Beach
Reviews of “La Donna del Lago’ at the Met and “Enemies, A Love Story’ at Palm Beach Opera
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Palm Beach
Enemies, A Love Story, Palm Beach Opera — Review
A tale of Holocaust survivors in postwar New York City captures darkness beneath a breezy surface
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/de7419f6-bb50-11e4-b95c-00144feab7de.html
Sidney
Australian Ballet: Swan Lake review – savage and beautiful to watch
http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/feb/23/australian-ballet-swan-lake-review-sydney
Feuilleton
Opera Is Dead?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-fletcher/opera-is-dead_b_6132524.html
Reviews vom Dienstag 24.2.2015
München
Munich’s Rheingold: beautiful, but leaves many questions
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London
L’Oracolo in Messenia review – winning drama in Vivaldi’s lost opera
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Farinelli and the King @ Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London
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Farinelli and the King (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse)
Mark Rylance swaps Thomas Cromwell for Philippe V of Spain
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Bath
Bath Bachfest review – this baroque festival continues to bloom
http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/feb/22/bach-bathfest-review-baroque-festival-bloom
Edinburgh
Scottish Ensemble: Sax Serenade with Amy Dickson, The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, review: ‘illuminating’
Amy Dickson mesmerised throughout this provocative evening, says David Kettle
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New York
Review: American Symphony Orchestra Revives “Mona Lisa,’ Inspired by Leonardo’s Muse
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Music in Review: Flourishes From Denmark, Stockhausen’s “Stimmung’ and Marc-André Hamelin
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“Stimmung” works its austere, otherworldly magic via Theatre of Voices
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Review: “Harlequinade’ Returns to New York City Ballet
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Washington
Review: “Carmelites” is too cool, in every sense, in WNO debut
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Cleveland
Franz Welser-Möst and Cleveland Orchestra host Yefim Bronfman for a weekend of Brahms
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-brahms-bronfman-welser-most-cleveland-february-2015
Seattle
A ravishingly entertaining Semele alights in Seattle
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-semele-rae-blythe-shrader-seattle-opera-february-2015
San Francisco
‘Dead Man Walking’ review: Spare and moving new staging of opera
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Beverly Hills
Exploratory ‘First Take’ presents six operas in progress
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Reviews vom Montag 23.2.2015
Bukarest
Opera review: The new Falstaff in Bucharest
A British director’s modern reinterpretation of Verdi
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London
Jonas Kaufmann: classical music industry is run like an artistic ‘catastrophe’
The world-famous tenor says that he and his colleagues feel as though they are in ‘straight-jackets’
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Mahler’s Symphony No 2 and Purcell’s King Arthur: Opera reviews
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Leeds
The Marriage of Figaro (Opera North) – ‘scintillating production’
Musically and dramatically satisfying Mozart from a company on top form
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De Falla : La vida breve & Puccini : Gianni Schicchi / Opera North, 18th February 2015
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Cardiff
Hansel and Gretel, Welsh National Opera
Fairytale masterpiece revived as a brilliant foodie fantasy
http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/hansel-and-gretel-welsh-national-opera
Chicago
COT delivers effective staging of Picker’s compelling “Thérèse Raquin”
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Boston
Eötvös’s “Angels in America” receives ambitious staging at BU
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Philadelphia
BWW Reviews: OSCAR East Coast Premiere at Opera Philadelphia
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Kansas City
Lyric Opera’s “Silent Night’ a beautiful, horrific masterpiece
http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/performing-arts/article10918838.html
Berkeley
Opera Medium Rare (but well-done!) presents Rossini’s Zelmira in concert
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-zelmira-west-edge-opera-california-february-2015
Sidney
Noch eine „Faust”-Review
Faust | Opera Australia
http://www.australianstage.com.au/201502227158/reviews/sydney/faust-|-opera-australia.html
Feuilleton
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg: Wagner’s comedy is the greatest of all
Wagner was a great musical radical because, while he saw the necessity of change, he also wanted to retain the best of what had gone before, says Michael Henderson
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Reviews vom Sonntag 22.2.2015
London
A minimalist approach rejuvenates this opera classic: Verdi’s La Traviata at the ENO
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LSO, Valery Gergiev, Barbican, review: ‘full-blooded and engrossing’
The Russian conductor and the London Symphony Orchestra revelaed the richness and variety of turn-of-the-century Russian music, says Ivan Hewett
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A Russian heritage: Gergiev’s cataclysmic Rachmaninov with the LSO
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Barbican-review-full-blooded-and-engrossing.html Aimard/Nylund/Philharmonia/Salonen review –
a beautifully restrained and exceptionally played showcase
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Glasgow Live Review: Orfeo ed Euridice at Theatre Royal, Glasgow
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New York
Review: “Legends & Visionaries’ by New York Theater Ballet
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An Award to Honor Julius Rudel
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Chicago
Muti leads CSO in a grandly scaled and emotionally distant Mozart “Requiem”
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Minneapolis
Minnesota Opera Announces 2015-2016 Season – THE SHINING, TOSCA, and More!
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Melbourne
Review: The Flying Dutchman (Victorian Opera)
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Exciting, innovative 3D Dutchman from Victorian Opera
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Feuilleton
The age-old art of musical page turning is under threat from the accursed iPad
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Reviews vom Samstag 21.2.2015
Wien
A different trip to the Barber: Paisiello conquers Vienna again at Theater an der Wien
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Zürich
Ambiguity with a capital “A”: Julietta on a rotating stage in Zurich
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London
The announcements that could herald an exciting period for UK classical music
The prospect of Sir Simon Rattle returning to the UK at a new world-class music centre, and news of £5 million of government money for the refurbishment of Colston Hall, should have classical music fans singing for joy
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‘Stop banging your head against a brick wall – politicians just don’t care about culture’
The Warwick commission report is another futile attempt to persuade government that the arts matters, says Rupert Christiansen read more
Always a bridesmaid: Charles Court Opera’s Ruddigore
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-ruddigore-charles-court-opera-islington-february-2015
Leeds
La Vida Breve/Gianni Schicchi review – disturbing, ingenious double bill
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La Vida Breve and Gianni Schicchi, Opera North, Leeds Grand Theatre, review: ‘always arresting, often irritating’
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Glasgow
Orfeo ed Euridice review – good-looking but musically bereft
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/20/orfeo-ed-eurydice-review
New York
Ronald Perelman, a Mogul With Muscle, Takes Over Carnegie Hall
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Review: In Britten’s “The Rape of Lucretia,’ a Savage Act With Resonance Today
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When worlds collide: Silk Road and the Philharmonic stay in two separate spheres
Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble performed with Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic
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Los Angeles
Zev Yaroslavsky joins Los Angeles Opera board of directors
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Sidney
Nachtrag zum “Faust” BWW Reviews: Opera Australia’s FAUST Is A Fantastic Dance with The Devil
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Reviews vom Freitag 20.2.2015
Turin
Le nozze di Figaro in Turin: a triumph of love and classicism
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-figaro-barbalich-sado-turin-february-2015
London
Eugene Onegin (Barbican Theatre) – ‘mordant, melancholy and beautiful’
Vakhtangov State Academic Theatre of Russia brings Pushkin’s novel to the stage for the first time
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Pulling the strings: why Britain’s orchestras say new tax measures don’t play fair
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Kožena, Royal, Berliner Philharmoniker, Rattle, RFH
Rattle’s London residency closes more or less on a high
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Liszt and Mahler, London Symphony Orchestra, Barbican, review: ‘barn-storming’
Conductor Gianandrea Noseda didn’t conduct the music, so much as flay it onwards mercilessly, says Ivan Hewett
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Leeds
La Vida Breve/Gianni Schicchi, Opera North
Exuberant comedy and mishandled tragedy in an uneven double bill
http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/la-vida-brevegianni-schicchi-opera-north
New York
Metropolitan Opera Unveils a Season of Big Stars and 6 New Productions
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Sondra Radvanovsky will star as all three heroines of Donizetti’s Tudor Queens trilogy
http://www.wsj.com/articles/2015-met-opera-season-to-feature-six-new-productions-1424289626
Review: Jamie Barton Shows That She’s a Powerhouse of a Mezzo-Soprano
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Philadelphia
Opera Philadelphia’s 2015-2016 Season
Features COLD MOUNTAIN and World Premiere of ANDY: A POPERA
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Chicago
Vorschau
After a long exile, Weinberg’s “Passenger” to arrive at Lyric Opera
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Joffrey Ballet on the hunt for millions of dollars to mount a new “Nutcracker”
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San Francisco
Colourful contrasts: Ravel and Prokofiev from Grimaud, Nézet-Séguin and the Rotterdam Philharmonic in San Francisco
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Donnerstag 19.2.2015
München
Sisters shine in Munich’s aesthetically intellectual but short-changed Così
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-cosi-fan-tutte-bayerisches-munich-february-2015
London
Sorry, Simon, London doesn’t need another concert hall
Ivan Hewett rejects Simon Rattle’s claim that London needs a new concert hall where orchestras can ‘flourish’
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Onegin, Royal Opera House, London — review
Natalia Osipova gave an unforgettable, truthful performance as Tatiana
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9e47bbe0-b690-11e4-95dc-00144feab7de.html
LSO/Noseda review – never indulgent, always taut
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/17/lso-noseda-review-barbican-london
New York
Weitere Reviews zu “La donna del lago”
Review: A “La Donna del Lago’ With Melting Tenderness at the Met
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La Donna del Lago, Met Opera, review: Colm Tóibín on a night of masterful singing
http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/colm-toibin/2015/02/la-donna-del-lago-met-opera-review-colm-to/
Sidney
Review: Faust (Opera Australia)
McVicar’s masterly Gounod pits devilish theatricals against Second Empire morals.
http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/live-reviews/review-faust-opera-australia
Faust review (Sydney Opera House)
http://dailyreview.crikey.com.au/faust-review-sydney-opera-house/19503
Faust review: Michael Fabiano leads a devilishly good ensemble
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The spiritual and the hedonistic: McVicar’s take on Faust triumphs in Sydney
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Wiederentdeckte Oper: Vicente Martín y Solers “L’arbore di Diana”
Lange galt Vicente Martín y Solers Oper “L’arbore di Diana” als vergessen, obwohl die Uraufführung 1787 großen Erfolg hatte. Nun inszeniert die Bayerische Theaterakademie mit dem Münchner Rundfunkorchester das Stück neu.
http://www.br.de/radio/br-klassik/arbore-di-diana-100.html
Reviews vom Mittwoch 18.2.2015
München
A tartan Falstaff in Munich
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-falstaff-maestri-bavarian-state-opera-february-2015
Mailand
Wilson’s stunning L’incoronazione di Poppea at La Scala
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-poppea-persson-cortellazzi-la-scala-february-2015
London
Berliner Philharmoniker/Rattle review – mesmerising Lachenmann, compelling Mahler
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Mahler to remember closes the Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle’s London residency
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-mahler-rattle-berlin-philharmonic-london-february-2015
Review: Berlin Philharmonic Goes to London in Simon Rattle Homecoming
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Cambridge
Soldered Schumann/Silvered Schubert review – idiomatic and radical reworkings
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Cardiff
The Magic Flute review – surrealism and slapstick
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/16/magic-flute-review-millennium-centre-cardiff
New York
Met Opera: DiDonato Soars in Rossini’s “La Donna del Lago”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/wilborn-hampton/la-donna-del-lago-review_b_6699314.html
DiDonato triumphs over dismal staging in Met’s “Donna del Lago”
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La donna del lago, Metropolitan Opera, New York — review
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/df2b66a2-b690-11e4-95dc-00144feab7de.html
Iolanta/Bluebeard’s Castle/Met in HD Live, review: ‘deeply rewarding’
This double bill showed the Met at its most artistically ambitious, says Rupert Christiansen
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Review: Jessye Norman’s Salute to the Love Song at Carnegie Hall
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Boston’s Blue Heron warms a chilly night with early music
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San Diego
Framing “Don Giovanni’ At The San Diego Opera The production gives Mozart’s classic a new look
http://www.kpbs.org/news/2015/feb/16/framing-don-giovanni/
Reviews vom Dienstag 17.2.2015
Amsterdam
Bourgeois and Seraphim: stingless Strauss but iridescent Mahler from the Royal Concertgebouw
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London
Simon Rattle: will the maestro return home?
He’s here wowing British audiences, but if we want to tempt the giant of classical music back for good from Germany, we might need to give him a world-class concert hall
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Have we become too posh for the Gods?
Rupert Christiansen laments the declining popularity of the cheap seats at the opera
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Philharmonia/Salonen review – virtuoso skills and immaculately wrought vocals
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City of Light: Paris 1900-1950 Philharmonia Orchestra / Royal Festival Hall, 12th February 2015
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Cardiff
Lobsters, bowler hats and The Financial Times: The Magic Flute given Magritte makeover by Welsh National Oper
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New York
Review: Original Leads Return in City Ballet’s “Romeo + Juliet’
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Alan Gilbert’s Exit From the New York Philharmonic Sends Uncertain Signals
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Marvin David Levy, Opera Composer Who Became a Felon, Is Dead at 82
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Seattle
Vorschau
Seattle Opera’s “Semele’: “Leave all your expectations at home’
http://seattletimes.com/html/thearts/2025673827_semeleseattleoperaxml.html
Feuilleton
The 10 best Scandinavian symphonists (who aren’t Sibelius or Nielsen)
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Reviews vom Montag 16.2.2015
London
Brett Dean’s The Last Days of Socrates, BBC Symphony Orchestra/Barbican, review:
‘a sound-world of haunting strangeness’
Sir John Tomlinson joined the BBC Symphony Orchestra for the UK premiere of Brett Dean’s excellent The Last Day of Socrates
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Berlin Philharmonic/Rattle; The Mastersingers of Nuremberg – review
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Blistering Shostakovich from Vasily Petrenko and the London Philharmonic
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The whole company of dancers reeks of quality: Swan Lake at the Royal Opera House Review
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New York
Collaborative “Sisyphus” opera makes clever and admirable ascent
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Baltimore
At Baltimore Symphony, a Cello and a Violin Make More Than Music
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Miami
“Lord Nelson” mass soars in Seraphic Fire’s Haydn program
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Melbourne
Victorian Opera enters a new dimension
Wagner: Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman) four stars
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Hong Kong
A balletic take on Turandot in Hong Kong
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Feuilleton
Interview
EXCLUSIVE: Tenor Rolando Villazon on Directing ‘La Rondine,’ Writing Second Novel & Latin Americans in Opera World
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Reviews vom Sonntag 15.2.2015
Verbier
Verbier Festival announces world-class 2015 program
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London
Wagner isn’t for everyone. Not at these prices, anyway
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King Arthur review – Curnyn balances the erotic and the political in Purcell’s smash hit http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/12/king-arthur-purcell-wigmore-review
Berliner Philharmoniker/Rattle/Kavakos review – eloquent exploration of Sibelius
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Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic, Sibelius Symphonies, Barbican, review ‘intoxicating’
Sibelius’s symphonies sounded thrillingly new in the hands of Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonics
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Royal Ballet School’s future stars could be made in Dagenham
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New York
Sibelius / Nielsen Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Cristian Mãcelaru (Conductor) Anne-Sophie Mutter (Violin) http://www.concertonet.com/scripts/review.php?ID_review=10443
Boston
Review: Boston Symphony Gives Harrison Birtwistle’s “Responses’ an American Premiere
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Chicago
Lyric Opera of Chicago president and CEO dies
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-lyric-opera-ceo-dies-met-20150213-story.html
Omaha Review: Opera Omaha’s ‘Flowering Tree’ an assault on the emotions
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Maskat/Oman
Gastspiel der Prager Philharmoniker Royal Opera House Muscat celebrates cellos and Czech composers
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Feuilleton
Opera: The economic stimulus that lasts for centuries
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Reviews vom Samstag 14.2.2015
Livorno
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia / Teatro Goldoni of Livorno, 6 and 7 February 2015
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London
Zur Diskussion um die ENO: English National Opera told to put its house in order
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ENO under John Berry: six hits and six misses
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‘ENO needs to get real’ The ENO can turn around its financial crisis by making business sense as important as artistic vision,
says Rupert Christiansen
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Peter Jonas: ENO must live.
The Arts Council should die Sir Peter Jonas, a former artistic chief of English National Opera, has been alarmed at the crisis at his former company. In an essay for Slipped Disc, he springs passionately to support the embattled John Berry and argues that the state funding organisation has “outlived its usefulness’.
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ENO told to improve or face funding cuts
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31437883
Opern-Marketing English National Opera launches ‘plug and play’ Screens
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Hannigan, Uchida, Philharmonia, Salonen, Royal Festival Hall A magical, delightful Ravel opera in an imaginative semi-staging
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The Berliner Philharmoniker enthralls with Sibelius’ last symphonies
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New York /Review
Cinematic techniques at the Met mingle light and dark operas Horror-movie techniques pair operas ‘Iolanta’ and ‘Bluebeard’s Castle’ at the Met — with mixed results
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Review: Stéphane Denève Leads the Philharmonic in What Feels Like an Audition
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Mutter delivers unforgettable Sibelius with Danish National Orchestra
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Review: Martha Graham Dance Revisits a Classic in Gala
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Tulsa Review: Tulsa Opera’s ‘Romeo & Juliet’ a performance of Passion
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Melbourne /Vorschau
Flying Dutchman sets sail in 3D for Victorian Opera’s epic Wagner production
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Feuilleton
Opera co-productions It’s good to share
http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2015/02/opera-co-productions-0
Reviews vom Freitag 13.2.2015
London
English National Opera placed in ‘special measures’
ENO will have Arts Council funding withdrawn unless it gets its house in order and provides monthly reports on how money is
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Noch eine “Traviata”-Review
La Traviata review – sharp, refined Revival
Pared down to its essence, Konwitschny’s modern-day Verdi is detailed and sensitive; Ben Johnson is impeccable
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John Tomlinson: ‘It’s hard to be a good advocate for opera’
The passionate bass, great Wagnerian and radical knight tells Ben Lawrence why he’s now taking on Socrates
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Commitment to contrast: Rattle and the Berlin Philharmoniker continue their Sibelius cycle
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New York
Review: In “Iphigénie en Aulide,’ a Daughter’s Ultimate Sacrifice
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Philharmonic’s Contact! program offers an array of worthy music from Israel
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Where Drama and Movement Meet: NDT2 at the Joyce
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Boston
Fleming’s recital shows star power and gleaming artistry
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San Jose
Weitere Review zu Mark Lanz
Weiser’s “Where Angels Fear to Tread”
Where Angels Fear to Tread Loses Its Way
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Ton- und Bildträger
Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos CD Review
– an insightful but uneven Frankfurt Opera recording
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/11/strauss-ariadne-auf-naxos-review
Reviews vom Donnerstag 12.2.2015
Zürich
Bellini’s Norma in Zurich: “The heart you betrayed and lost
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-norma-agresta-luisi-zurich-february-2015
London
Weitere Review zur Wiederaufnahme der Konwitschny-”Traviata”
La Traviata, Coliseum – opera review
Peter Konwitschny’s 2013 revival of La Traviata is a ‘fiercely intelligent, gripping show’
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Weitere “Meistersinger”-Review
Review: “Meistersinger,’ Wagner’s Playful Paean to Culture, in London
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Berliner Philharmoniker/Rattle review – demonstrating what a gloriously responsive orchestra they can be
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Powerhouse Sibelius launches Berlin residency at The Barbican
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Philharmonia/Nelsons/Lewis review – Bruckner’s fractured Third flows in the right Hands
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Swan Lake, Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, review: ‘Eat your heart out, Fifty Shades’
Never mind the production – Mark Monahan finds Marianela Nuñez and Carlos Acosta sparking off each other in spectacularly sexy fashion
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New York
Review: Thomas Hampson’s Conflict Resolutions
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Hampson muses, brilliantly, on war and death
http://newyorkclassicalreview.com/2015/02/hampson-muses-brilliantly-on-war-and-death/
Philadelphia
Opera Philadelphia’s Oscar disappoints despite strong Performances
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Chicago
Tannhäuser mit Johan Botha und Gerald Finley
Magnificent singing triumphs over drab, postmodern staging in Lyric’s “Tannhäuser”
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Photo Flash: First Look at Lyric Opera of Chicago’s TANNHAUSER, Starring Johan Botha
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San Diego
Interview
“Don Giovanni’ big lure for Italian singer Spent 20 years thinking about how to portray Don Juan in Mozart’s opera
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Opera breathes new life into John Corigliano’s “The Ghosts of Versailles’
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Ghosts of Versailles Back From the Dead
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Reviews vom Mittwoch 11.2.2015
Oslo
Opera and ballet set new record
More than 300,000 people attended a performance of the Norwegian Opera & Ballet last year and never have so many watched a ballet.
http://www.newsinenglish.no/2015/02/09/opera-and-ballet-set-new-record/
Nancy
Aleko/Francesca da Rimini, Opéra national de Lorraine, Nancy, France — Review
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/78cc7590-b055-11e4-92b6-00144feab7de.html
London
Simon Rattle at 60: almost ready to join the greats As
Britain’s greatest living conductor comes back to London, Michael Henderson assesses the career of the former wunderkind from Liverpool
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La traviata: Lightning fails to strike twice in ENO revival of Konwitschny’s production
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-traviata-konwitschny-zharoff-eno-february-2015
New York
Metropolitan Opera Review 2015 – Iolanta / Bluebeard’s Castle:
A Solid Double Bill With Terrific Turns from Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczala & Nadja Michael Among Others
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Review: Anna Netrebko Saves the Day for the Met Orchestra
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Levine, MET Orchestra bring weight and precision to Carter and Beethoven
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Interview: Metropolitan Opera Debutante Ailyn Perez Talks Her Debut, Music and Her Future
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Chicago
Lyric Opera 2015-16 lineup announced
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Indianapolis
Sidelined Indianapolis Opera hires new leader
http://www.ibj.com/articles/51713-sidelined-indianapolis-opera-hires-new-leader
Dallas
Dallas Opera starting new institute for women conductors
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Into thin air: La Wally and Everest at Dallas Opera
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-everest-wally-dallas-opera-february-2015
San Jose
SJ Opera: Where Angels Fear to Tread
http://sanjose.metblogs.com/2015/02/09/sj-opera-where-angels-fear-to-tread/
Opera review: ‘Angels’ is a lush, neo-Romantic charmer
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Los Angeles
The Ghosts of Versailles a triumph at LA Opera
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Reviews vom Dienstag 10.2.2015
Berlin
Monastyrska and Domingo sizzle in Berlin’s Macbeth
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London
Noch eine “Holländer”-Review
Der fliegende Holländer, Royal Opera House, London — review
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/884666ae-adf1-11e4-8188-00144feab7de.html
Belfast
Salome review – white-knuckle ride that never lets up
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New York
Alan Gilbert is to leave the New York Philharmonic: who will replace him?
Gilbert’s announcement means another key conducting job falls vacant.
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Saucy Temptress Keeps the Temperature Cool Elina Garanca Reprises Her Role in “Carmen’
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Time for All Kinds of Fancy Before the Clock Strikes 12 “Cinderella,’ Streamlined, by New York Theater Ballet
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Sarasota
Opera review: ‘Tosca’ tragedy never fails to surprise
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San Jose
Review: Opera San Jose premieres lyric ‘Angels’
http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_27486447/review-opera-san-jose-premieres-lyric-angels
Houston
Opera in the Heights Wins with the Rare LA CLEMENZA DI TITO
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Feuilleton
Facing the music: Magdalena Kožená
Ella Fitzgerald, Krystian Zimerman and, strictly in private, Cuban jazz – the singer tells us about her musical tastes on and off the concert platform
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/09/facing-the-music-magdalena-kozena
Reviews vom Montag 9.2.2015
London
Mastersingers of Nuremberg, English National Opera/London Coliseum, review: ‘a total triumph’
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The Mastersingers of Nuremberg review – sharp focus, humour and inspiration
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The Mastersingers of Nuremberg @ Coliseum, London
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Wagner : Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg / ENO, 7th February 2015
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Iain Paterson and Edward Gardner lead a top quality rendering of Wagner’s Meistersinger for ENO
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Perfect Production Builds On Brilliant Opera At The Coliseum
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The Mastersingers of Nuremberg (London Coliseum)
Richard Jones revisits his 2010 WNO triumph in a majestic restaging for English National Opera
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Noch ein “Holländer”-Nachtrag
Opera review: Wagner’s Flying Dutchman at the Royal Opera House
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New York
Her Art, Her Passion, Her Torment
Joyce DiDonato Celebrates Camille Claudel at Zankel Hall
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Pittsburgh
‘Rake’s Progress’ among highlights of new Pittsburgh opera season
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Houston
Backstage at opera: ‘Wonderful grand chaos’
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Seattle
Frederica von Stade on Met Opera auditions: “I didn’t know to be terrified’
An interview with the great mezzo-soprano, who’s coming to Seattle to co-host the Metropolitan Opera National Council Northwest Regional Auditions Weekend
http://seattletimes.com/html/thearts/2025619563_fredericavonstadeseattlexml.html
Reviews vom Sonntag 8.2.2015
London
Noch eine Review zum „Holländer“ mit Terfel:
Drab Dutchman at Covent Garden only partially redeemed by singers
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LSO/Elder review –
Tchaikovsky without histrionics and steely Berlioz Barbican, London
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Belfast
Salome, Northern Ireland Opera/Grand Opera House, Belfast: review
North Ireland Opera’s new production of Salome shows panache
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Salome Grand Opera House, Belfast: A century on, Oscar Wilde’s play still retains an overwhelming power
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New York
A Rogue by Any Other Name “Don Giovanni’ at the Met Opera and in Two Other Stagings
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Passion in short supply the second time around with Met’s low-voltage “Carmen”
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New Combinations at New York City Ballet
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/phil-chan/new_york_city_ballet-_b_6630334.html
Alan Gilbert to Leave New York Philharmonic in 2017
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Palm Beach
Ildar Abdrazakov dazzles Palm Beach Opera Gala
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Reviews vom Samstag 7.2.2015
Monte Carlo
William Tell at Monte-Carlo Opera: the universal appeal of Rossini’s masterpiece
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Gstaad
Full-bodied Brahms and Schubert from Arcadi Volodos
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Russian Romantics from harpist Alexander Boldachev in Gstaad
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London
Der Fliegende Holländer, Covent Garden, review: ‘darkly impressive’
Bryn Terfel and Andris Nelsons team up for a rewarding revival of Wagner’s masterpiece, says Rupert Christiansen
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Der fliegende Holländer, Royal Opera
This Dutchman finally comes in to port
http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/der-fliegende-holl%C3%A4nder-royal-opera-0
On angel’s wings: heavenly Berlioz from Susan Graham
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Ennio Morricone review – film score maestro presents his life’s work
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New York
A supreme Mattei leads an inspired cast in Met’s “Don Giovanni”
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In a Setting Well Suited to Humility
Matthew Polenzani of the Met Opera in a Solo Recital at Alice Tully
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Netrebko to Replace Garanca at Carnegie
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‘Ballet 422′ Is A Dance Documentary Long On Art, Not Drama
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Sarasota
‘Aida’ to help bring an end to Sarasota Opera’s Verdi Cycle
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San Francisco
Lamplighters glitter in Bernstein’s Candide
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-candide-lamplighters-february-2015
Feuilleton
New concert halls – the good, the bad, and the rumours
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Reviews vom 6.2.2015
London
Bryn Terfel interview: Britain’s best-loved baritone looks back on his ‘wonderful journey’ through the world’s greatest operas
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‘I hope our artistic leaders will heed Sachs’s advice. The survival of ENO may depend on it’
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Tricks and tactics to bag cheap tickets for West End theatres and other Shows
Want to see Les Misérables for £15? There are ways to get hold of cheap tickets for West End shows – and for performances outside the capital too
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L’Ormindo review – a ravishing candlelit Revival
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Carnival delights: L’Ormindo at Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
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Mozart Piano Concertos, Academy of Ancient Music, Barbican Hall, Review
Mozart concert is dedicated to the memory of the late Christopher Hogwood
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New York
“Tristan’ to Open Met Season in 2016
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BWW Reviews: Netrebko and Beczala A Potent Duo in IOLANTA Debut at the Met
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Houston
Houston Grand Opera Names Finalists for 2015 Concert of Arias
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San Jose
Interview
Opera San Jose’s new risk-taking director
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Ankara
Turkey’s state opera illegally monitored by deputy general director: Reports
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Reviews vom 5.2.2015
Paris
Maria Yakovleva: “Russen tanzen mit der Seele”
Die russische Ballerina über Richard Strauss’ Ballett “Verklungene Feste”, das am Mittwoch in der Staatsoper Premiere feiert.
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Paris
Paris Opera offers cut-price tickets to young fans for new season
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New Leaders at Paris Opera Unveil an Ambitious Future
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London
L’Ormindo, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse – opera review
‘Venice liked its opera mildly saucy, and Francesco Cavalli was happy to provide,’ says Nick Kimberley
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L’Ormindo (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse)
A swift return for Cavalli’s opera in the Royal Opera’s second awayday of the new year
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New BBC Radio 3 Controller promises more airtime to female Composers
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Edinburgh
Lang Lang and Angela Hewitt join Edinburgh international festival lineup
Classical programme to include a Beethoven sonata series by pianist Rudolf Buchbinder and choral works celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Edinburgh Festival Chorus
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Belfast
Nude scene in Bible-based opera Salome whips up storm in Belfast The case for and against decision to include nudity
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Dallas
Weitere “Everest”-Review
Tragedy Makes for the Peak of Drama
“Everest’ tells the true story of three climbers trapped on that mountain in a blizzard in May 1996.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Opera’s 2015-16 Season to Include LA BOHEME, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE & More
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Reviews vom 4.2.2015
Frankfurt
L’Orontea, Frankfurt Opera — Review
Slapstick, myth and contemporary mayhem meet in a challenging 17th-century comedy
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/02eebf08-aacf-11e4-81bc-00144feab7de.html
Paris
Baroque’n’roll: Sunday morning with Jean Rondeau and the Nevermind Baroque Ensemble
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-jean-rondeau-nevermind-paris-february-2015
London
ETO general director: ‘there is no traditional way of doing opera’
English Touring Opera’s James Conway on reviews, the rise of digital screenings and why a good artistic director knows how to balance the books
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New York
Muti, Chicago Symphony open Carnegie stand with playing of brilliant detachment
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Bronfman’s Brahms provides the highlight in mixed night for Muti,
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Muti, Chicago Symphony remake Russian showpieces in their own Image
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Boston
BSO, Fisch dig out with mixed program of Dorman, Prokofiev, Schumann
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Washington
A Spirited Journey Backward, From Modernism to Classical
Mariinsky Ballet Performs at the Kennedy Center Opera House
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Dallas
Weitere Review zur Uraufführung von “Everest”
With Everest, The Dallas Opera Looks Forward
http://frontrow.dmagazine.com/2015/02/with-everest-the-dallas-opera-looks-forward/
Toronto
Back in Command
Christine Goerke as Brünnhilde in Wagner’s “Die Walküre
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Masada
Fifth Masada opera festival announced
Israeli Opera plans June performances of “Tosca’ and “Carmina Burana’
http://www.timesofisrael.com/fifth-masada-festival-announced/
Melbourne
Weitere “Freischütz”-Review
Der Freischütz review (Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne)
http://dailyreview.crikey.com.au/der-freischutz-review-athenaeum-theatre-melbourne/18257
Feuilleton
Interview
Vittorio Grigòlo: The full-throttle opera star
http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20150202-vittorio-griglo-an-opera-star-accelerates
Reviews vom 3.2.2015
München
Stunningly sung implausibilities: Il trovatore in Munich
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Mannhein/ Tanz
Kreuzritter und Dirndl
Kevin O’Days „2 Gents” ist am Nationaltheater Mannheim eine etwas matte Shakespeare-Choreographie.
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Donetsk
Donetsk opera house: tanks on the street but the show must go on
The city’s opera house remains open despite the dangers posed by the conflict between local separatists and Ukrainian forces
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London
The crisis at the Coliseum is just part of our national opera’s malaise
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Tutuguri review – Rihm’s percussion epic proves unwieldy but unforgettable Barbican, London
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/01/tutuguri-rihm-total-immersion-review
Foraging for sounds with John Cage: Listen to the Silence
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New York
Iolanta/Bluebeard’s Castle, Metropolitan Opera, New York — review
A successful, engrossingly moody pairing of operas by Tchaikovsky and Bartók
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/62ccd50c-a86f-11e4-ad01-00144feab7de.html
A Bach Interpretation Springs to Life
Jennifer Koh’s Bach and Beyond Part III for Violin
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Dallas
Mountain High
At The Dallas Opera, the world premiere of Joby Talbot’s Everest soars, while Act IV of Catalani’s La Wally proves why it’s an all but forgotten opera.
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Toronto
The riches of Die Walkure are boundless: Review
Director Atom Egoyan steers this Canadian Opera Company production well, showcasing the strength of his female Valkyries, including Christine Goerke.
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Calgary
Review: Marriage of Figaro is opera at its best
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Reviews vom 2.2.2015
London
Boesch/Vignoles review – Austrian baritone works wonders with rarely heard Krenek
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/01/boesch-vignoles-wigmore-review
New York
Politics Is Personal, and Professional
Lisa Batiashvili on Violins, Ukraine and Valery Gergiev
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Philadelphia
Yannick Nézet-Séguin Extends Philadelphia Orchestra Contract
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/30/yannick-nezet-seguin-extends/?ref=music
Dallas
Opera: Trouble on the operatic mountains
Urauführung der Oper “Everest” von Joby Talbot
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Review: Dallas Opera hits a double
http://www.star-telegram.com/entertainment/performing-arts/article8874977.html
Tuscon
Review: Arizona Opera ‘Eugene Onegin’
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Toronto
A Wondrous Walkure at the COC
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In Tcherniakov’s Don Giovanni, an 18th-century tale mirrors today
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Melbourne
Der Freischütz review: Melbourne Opera’s Expressionism production falls short of mark
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Reviews vom 1.2.2015
Berlin
Where next for Simon Rattle?
In 2018, he steps down as conductor of the world’s greatest orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic. What then? Ahead of Rattle’s London residency, his biographer Nicholas Kenyon asks if he will soon come home for good
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/31/where-next-for-simon-rattle
London
Birthday offering: Ibragimova and Tiberghien serve up less than vintage Mozart
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Cardiff
Composer portrait: Thierry Escaich review – atmospheric and immediate Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
Conductor Franck Ollu brought intensity and briskness to an evening of the French composer’s works
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Glasgow
SCO/Ticciati, City Halls Glasgow, review: ‘terrific’
Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s twinning of a great work each by Haydn and Mahler was a triumph, says Ivan Hewett
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New York
A Stage Awash in Tears and Blood “Bluebeard’s Castle’ and “Iolanta’ Open at the Met
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Review: Double bill at Met Opera, cinematic but misjudged
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Met Opera: Love and Obsession in ‘Iolanta’ and ‘Bluebeard’s Castle’
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Bartok’s darkness overpowers Tchaikovsky’s light in Met’s double bill
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Soaring voices and sour protest at premiere of ‘Iolanta’ and ‘Bluebeard’s Castle’ at Metropolitan Opera
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Protests Take Center Stage
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Incursion Wasn’t a First for a Protester
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Toronto
Beethoven’s Fifth raised a level through Kent Nagano’s conducting
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New York
Review: A Strange Night at the Metropolitan Opera’s Bluebeard and Iolanta
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