Reviews vom 31.1.2016
London
Magdalena Kožená/Simon Rattle and Friends, Wigmore Hall, review: ‚a rare treat‘
the telegraph
Cardiff
Dutilleux Centenary, BBC NOW, Rophé, Cardiff
Well planned tribute to a great French composer who bucked the fashion
theartsdesk
New York
Review: In “The Astronaut’s Tale,’ a Farm Boy Dreams of Flying to Mars
This chamber opera by the composer Charles Fussell is based on Jack Larson’s American update of Stravinsky’s 1917 music theater piece, “The Soldier’s Tale.”
New York Times
Boston
Bard in Boston: Andris Nelsons talks music and Shakespeare
theclassicalreview
Fairies and Sprites in Symphony Hall
Marking the 400th anniversary of the bard’s death, last night the BSO offered music inspired by Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
http://www.classical-scene.com/2016/01/29/bso-shakespeare/
Edmonton
Edmonton Opera announces new season
edmontonjournal
Sidney
Weitere “Barbier”-Review
Review: The Barber of Seville (Opera Australia)
limelightmagazine
Feuilleton
Practice really DOES make perfect: Study shows how ballet dancer’s brains change as they learn a new routine
dailymail
Reviews vom 30.1.2016
London
Life, the universe and virtual reality: Southbank unveils classical season
The Guardian
New York
Sondra Radvanovsky, Opera Royalty, Takes On Donizetti’s Triple Crown
New York Times
Review: Bruckner Rises and Stalls in Hands of Two Conductors
New York Times
Weitere Review zu „Tosca“, performed by New York City Opera Renaissance:
Why, Tosca? Really. This Performance Made Us Question Everythin
observer
Washington
Review: American Ballet Theatre’s “The Sleeping Beauty’ at The Kennedy Center
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Old Beauties Restored: Ratmansky’s Sleeping Beauty premieres gracefully in DC.
bachtrack
Houston
HGO will present „It’s a Wonderful Life“ as opera next season
‚It’s a Wonderful Life‘ will have world premiere; ‚Nixon in China‘ makes its return
houstoncronicle
Sidney
The Barber of Seville review (Sydney Opera House, Joan Sutherland Theatre)
daylireview
Ausstellung
Review: In “Wagner’s “Ring”: Forging an Epic,’ Valkyries on Their First Flight
New York Times
Reviews vom 29.1.2016
Florenz
Fabio Luisi Named as Music Director Designate of Florence’s Opera di Firenze and Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
operanews
London
John Eliot Gardiner/Monteverdi Orchestra, Cadogan Hall, review: ‚mysterious and miraculous‘
the telegraph
New York
Review: “All Balanchine II’ by New York City Ballet
New York Times
Miami
Interview
Opera star Placido Domingo will return to Miami for the first time in a decade
miamiherald.com
St.Louis
BWW Review: COSI FAN TUTTE Shines at Winter Opera!
broadwayworld
Houston
BWW Interview: RUSALKA Light Director, Paule Constable, Talks Dvorák’s ‚Most Romantic Opera‘
broadwayworld
Toronto
Tafelmusik, Opera Atelier and RCM announce new seasons
theglobeandmail.com
Calgary
Vorschau
Calgary Opera stages Canadian premiere of Die Tote Stadt
calgaryherald
Reviews vom 28.1.2016
Amsterdam
Netherlands Radio Choir in sublimely contemplative German Requiem
bachtrack
Glasgow
Scottish Opera – The Devil Inside
Spellbinding adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson short story
https://www.list.co.uk/article/78090-scottish-opera-the-devil-inside/
New York
Alagna replaces ill Kaufmann in new role at Met Opera
read more
New York Philharmonic Taps Jaap van Zweden as Its Next Maestro
New York Times
What You Need to Know About the New York Philharmonic’s Next Music Director
New York Times
Robert Tuggle, Longtime Archivist of the Metropolitan Opera, Dies at 83
new york times
Philadelphia Orchestra joshes with Haydn, then scales the heights with Bruckner
newyorkclassicalreview
Boston
Gatti, Orchestra National de France bring fresh insights to familiar Music
classicalreview.com
Houston
Weitere „Figaro“-Review
Houston Grand Opera wastes a Figaro
bachtrack
San Francisco
Surreal whimsy: Magrittomania sets San Francisco Ballet’s season off to a promising start
bachtrack
Feuilleton
Facing the music: Håkan Hardenberger
Breakfast with the Bachs, rehearsals with Boulez; applauding is fine, but karaoke most definitely not. The Swedish trumpet virtuoso on his musical loves on and off the platform
the guardian
Reviews vom 27.1.2016
New York
Jonas Kaufmann Cancels Met Opera Production
New york times
A 50% success rate: McVicar’s take on Cav and Pag at the Met
bachtrack
“Tosca’ Review: Operatic Revival—or Exhumation?
New York City Opera’s historically accurate performance of “Tosca’ yearns for a time that is gone foreve
wsj.com
Minneapolis
Minnesota Opera’s “Rusalka’ enlivened by dance and design
twincities.com
Los Angeles
L.A. Opera to present ‚Macbeth,‘ ‚Akhnaten‘ and Leonard Bernstein tribute in 2016-17
latimes.com/entertainment
Long Beach
Review
‚Candide‘ is revisited in a playfully imaginative staging by Long Beach Opera
latimes.com
Toronto
Weitere „Siegfried“-Review
A human spin on Siegfried that soars: review
The voices of Stefan Vinke and Christine Goerke make for a breathtaking duo in Act III.
thestar.com
Reviews vom 26.1.2016
London
Is there any singer more dedicated to his art than Mark Padmore?
the telegraph
Glasgow
The Devil Inside: a deeply chilling opera receives its world première in Glasgow
bachtrack
New York
Weitere “Pagliacci/Cavalleria”-Reviews
Review: In Pairing of “Pagliacci’ and “Cavalleria Rusticana,’ One Rises Above the Other
New York Times
Cavalleria Rusticana/ Pagliacci, Metropolitan Opera, New York — “Fussy’
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Review: City Ballet Celebrates Balanchine and Heeds Mother Nature
New York Times
Miami
Singers spark high flames in FGO’s impassioned “Norma”
southflorida.classical
Chicago
Lyric Opera’s ‚Nabucco‘ delivers brilliance on all fronts
Chicagotribune
An electrifying Serjan ignites Lyric’s “Nabucco”
chicagoclassical.review
Verdi’s “Nabucco’ returns in force to the Lyric Opera stage
entertainmentsunday.com
Toronto
A stunning Siegfried at the COC
theglobeandmail
Reviews vom 25.1.2016
Prag
Opera: “La Cenerentola’ at the Estates Theater
Praguepost
London
Opera reviews: Verdi’s La Traviata and The Other Vespers from Monteverdi
Express.uk
Dance review: Le Corsaire by the English National Ballet
Express.uk
BBC SO / Davis @ Barbican Hall, London: Berlioz „Romeo and Juliet“
music-home
Glasgow
The Devil Inside review – spirited operatic update of a sinister tale
The guardian
Washington
Tanz
A study in jealousy: US première of Christopher Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale
bachtrack
Houston
Mit Adam Plachetka als Figaro:
HGO’s The Marriage of Figaro Loses Its Count, Has No Understudy, But the Show Goes On!
houstonpress
Sidney
Sydney Festival 2016 review: O Mensch! is a profound work on a tiny stage
smh.com.au
Feuilleton
Placido Domingo’s finest moments
The Telegraph
Reviews vom 24.1.2016
London
Is operetta staging a comeback?
the telegraph
New York
A great night for tenors in Met’s uneven “Cav and Pag”
newyorkclassicalreview
Salonen Makes Clear He Won’t Lead New York Philharmonic
new york times
Early-Music Ensembles: Praised as Pure, but Seeking More
new york times
Salt Lake City
Utah Opera announces a whale of a 2016-17 season
Entertainment
Toronto
Canada Opera Company’s take on Siegfried’s features unusual dance of the dragon
thestar.com
San Francisco
S.F. Ballet 2016 gala offers classics, couples
http://www.sfexaminer.com/s-f-ballet-2016-gala-offers-classics-couples/
Sidney
BWW Review: Bizet’s THE PEARLFISHERS Is Given A New Interpretation for Opera Australia’s 2016 Summer Season
broadwayworld
Reviews vom 23.1.2016
Glasgow
Vorschau
„The Devil Inside“: We talked diseases for days‘: the making of a modern opera
The Guardian
New York
Review: “Tosca,’ From NYCO Renaissance, Puts a Grand Ambition to the Test
New York Times
City Opera, With an Originalist Tosca, Rises From Its Deathbed
culture.com
Chicago
Lyric Opera of Chicago Launches 61st Season With ROMEO AND JULIET, 2/22
broadwayworld
Minneapolis
Minnesota Opera’s 2016-17 season: ‚Dinner at Eight‘ world premiere, ‚La Boheme‘
twincities.com
Dallas
2016-17 for Dallas Opera
For its 60th season, the Dallas Opera opens with Eugene Onegin, brings back Moby-Dick, and has company premieres of Turn of the Screw and Norma. Plus Butterfly.
theaterjones.com
Sidney
Opera Australia’s The Rabbits: Terracini responds to his critics
bachtrack
Opera in the Domain: Soprano Lorina Gore on the hazards of singing outdoors
smh.com
Melbourne
Melbourne Opera turns Mozart’s 1870s opera The Abduction from the Seraglio into a 1970s glamfest
smh.com
Reviews vom 22.1.2016
Wien
A shark with shiny teeth: Dreigroschenoper at Theater an der Wien
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Warschau
No mercy for Ivo Van Hove’s La clemenza di Tito in Warsaw
bachtrack
London
Weitere “Traviata”-Review
Review: La Traviata at the Royal Opera House
express.co.uk
The Royal Ballet’s Rhapsody, Royal Opera House, theatre review: Virtuoso display marks return of Natalia Osipova
independent.co.uk
Saffron Walden
Delighting the mind’s eye: Saffron Opera Group’s Das Rheingold
bachtrack
Leeds
Weitere “Andrea Chenier”-Review
Opera North: Andrea Chénier review – great singing and impeccably judged conducting
the guardian
Opera North’s Andrea Chénier full of modern relevance
bachtrack
Glasgow
Mozart : Così fan tutte / Royal Conservatoire of Scotland,
operabritannia.uk
New York
Dmitri Hvorostovsky Returning to Carnegie Hall, 2/17
broadwayworld.com
Review: New York City Ballet’s Winter Season Blends Movement and Music
nytimes.com
Chicago
Vorschau
New Philharmonic presents Mozart opera ‚Cosi fan tutte‘
chicagotribune
Sidney
Turandot: How to build a dragon, Opera Australia-style
read more
Feuilleton
Plácido Domingo: An Appreciation of a Man of Many Parts
read more
Reviews vom 21.1.2016
Oslo
The party’s over: Monteverdi’s Ritorno d’Ulisse in Oslo
bachtrack
London
Alder, Hulett, Classical Opera, Page, Wigmore Hall
Second year of ‚Mozart 250‘ places the boy wonder among the grown-ups of 1766
theartsdesk.com
Syrian orchestra reassembles with Damon Albarn for London concert
theguardian.com.music
Leeds
Andrea Chénier, Opera North, review: ‚a thrilling evening‘
telegraph.com/uk
Glasgow
Intriguing First World War Così fan tutte at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
bachtrack
New York
Barbara Hannigan and Cleveland Orchestra stop time with Abrahamsen premiere
newyorkclassical.review
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Opera to produce world premiere of “Bhutto’
Pittsburgh post gazette
Seattle
“The Marriage of Figaro’: An Imperfect, but Impressive, Union of Comedy and Commentary
seattleweekly.com
Tiflis
Tbilisi Opera House to Officially Reopen at the End of January
read more
Melbourne
Dancing with Dalí: Compagnia Finzi Pasca’s La Verità
limelightmagazin
Reviews vom 20.1.2016
Zürich
Kurzak a deliciously devious Norina in Zurich’s Don Pasquale
bachtrack
Amsterdam
Amsterdam Ariodante convinces as village Psychodrama
bachtrack
London
La traviata @ Royal Opera House, London
music.hom.com
New York
Reviving City Opera with a nod to the past
seattle time
BWW Review: PROTOTYPE vs. CITY OPERA – The King is Not Dead. Long Live a Different King, Anyway
broadwayworld
Review: Europa Galante Tells the Story of a Musical Orphan in “Chiara’s Diary’
nytimes
The Conductor Andrew Litton, Finding a Different Tempo
nytimes
Fairy tale ballet
See the Stunning Costumes for This New Ballet
nymag
Philadelphia
Opera ‚Cold Mountain‘ makes East Coast premiere
phillyvoice.com
Reviews vom 19.1.2016
London
Rhapsody/The Two Pigeons review at Royal Opera House, London – “rapturous’
the stage
How the Simón Bolívar Orchestra has come of age, Royal Festival Hall, review
The Telegraph
Daniel Barenboim/Gustavo Dudamel/Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra review – part sprawling, part magical
The guardian
Bristol
Gardiner acts as guide through Mozart’s last three symphonies
backtrack
New York
Weitere “Perlenfischer”-Reviews
What a tawdry piece it is: Met Opera Live’s Les pêcheurs de perles reviewed
spectacor.uk
Pearls fished
http://likelyimpossibilities.blogspot.co.at/2016/01/pearls-fished.html
Seattle
Madcap Mozart at its best: opening weekend of “Figaro’ at Seattle Opera
seattletimes
Sidney
Weitere Review zu den “Perlenfsichern”
The Pearlfishers review (Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House)
dailyreview
Reviews vom 18.1.2016
London
La traviata review – blind date adds spice to Verdi’s social whirl
the guardian
La traviata (Royal Opera House)
The latest revival of The Royal Opera’s crowd-puller is wonderfully cast
whatsonstage.com
A Traviata to blow away the cobwebs at The Royal Opera
bachtrack
Review: Royal Ballet On Top Form In Varied Double Bill Rhapsody / The Two Pigeons, Royal Opera House
londonist.com
New York
Old worlds collide and make the strongest impact with Gilbert, Philharmonic
newyorkclassical.review
Chicago
“Bel Canto” singers relish showing a lighter side at the Harris Theater
chikagoclassical.review
Boston
Soprano shines brightly in Boston Opera Collaborative’s slenderized “Faust”
bostonclassical.review
Sidney
The Pearlfishers review:
Michael Gow’s fresh take adds genuine drama to Bizet classic Pavol Breslik (Nadir) and Ekaterina Siurina (Leila) in Opera Australia’s new production of The Pearlfishers
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Sydney Festival 2016 review: Desire only glimpsed in Sydney Chamber Opera’s Passion
read more
Orpheus descending
australien.com
Reviews vom 17.1.2016
London
The dramatic rise of Dutch soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek
limelightmagazin
Istanbul
Brecht’s “The Threepenny Opera‘ on Istanbul stage
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New York
Review: Philadelphia Orchestra Plays Music From Vienna
read more
Boston
Fleming gives radiant life to Dutilleux cycle with BSO
bostonclassical
Naples
Review: “Opera Naples “Pasquale’ makes comic leap to “70s
naplesnews
Toronto
How a Quebec conductor is bringing fresh blood to TSO’s Mozart Festival
read more
Sidney
Dispassionate Passion: Dusapin at Sydney Chamber Opera
bachtrack
Review: Passion (Sydney Chamber Opera, Sydney Festival)
limeligthmagazin
Feuilleton
Dates of key Mozart symphonies are wrong, claims music schola
The guardian
Reviews vom 16.1.2016
London
Weitere „Corsaire“-Reviews
English National Ballet: Le Corsaire Review
Cesar Corrales ignites the fun
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Le Corsaire, ENB, London Coliseum, review: ‚genuinely special‘
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Akram Khan’s Until the Lions at The Roundhouse
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Bolívar Orchestra/Dudamel review – primal power brings the house down
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Quatuor Renaud Capuçon review – homage has quality but lacks common purpose
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Edinburgh
Scottish Ballet’s 2016/17 line-up to include works by Crystal Pite and David Dawson
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New York
Review: In “Turandot’ and “La Bohème,’ a New Depth of Emotion
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Chicago
Lyric Opera’s 2016-17 season to range from new “Ring Cycle’ to “Charlie Parker’s Yardbird’
read more
Seattle
Chinese opera star Shenyang sings “Figaro’
read more
Feuilleton
Taking a Stand on Music Stands
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/taking-stand-music-stands/
Reviews vom 15.1.2016
Wien
Verdi’s version of the Opera Ball: Un ballo in maschera in Vienna
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London
Le Corsaire, English National Ballet, theatre review: Shimmering dancing and packed to the gills with pirates
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English National Ballet’s Le Corsaire, dance review: Ridiculous but winnin
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Photo Coverage: First Look at English National Ballet’s LE CORSAIRE at London Coliseum
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LSO/Rattle review – immaculate and rapturously lyrical
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Daniel Barenboim, 60 years in London – in pictures
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New York
Weitere “Perlfischer”-Review
Metropolitan Opera 2015-16 Review – Les Pecheurs de Perles (The Pearl Fishers)
Damrau, Co-Stars & Terrific Production Proves Why Opera Is Vital to Repertoire
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Review: Lisette Oropesa Scales Down Her Voice but Not Her Presence
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Toronto
Louis Riel revival the star of Canadian Opera Company’s new season
Canadian Opera Company’s 2016/17 will include a new production of Louis Riel to celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary
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Canadian Opera Company’s new season bolstered by world’s top talents
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Ton- und Bildträger
Schmidt: Das Buch mit Sieben Siegeln review – time to reassess Austria’s tainted composer?
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Reviews vom 14.1.2016
London
Weitere “Tosca”-Review
Opera Review: Tosca at the Royal Opera House
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BBCSO/Bychkov review – Glanert’s tightly packed Brahms tribute, and then the real thing
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New York
Sopranos, orchestra bring fresh gleam to Met’s “Turandot”
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Turandot, Metropolitan Opera, New York — “A monstrous extravaganza’
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Review: Prototype Festival Operas Challenge with Minimalism and Intensity
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New York City Opera Will Return, and Soon, Under Reorganization Plan
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American Ballet Theatre Names New Executive Director
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Chicago
Grant Park Music Festival to offer a deftly balanced summer season
read more
Feuilleton
The Indian Subcontinent in European Opera
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/indian-subcontinent-european-opera/
Kunst
The best art exhibitions of 2016
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Reviews vom 13.1.2016
London
Weitere “Tosca”-Reviews
Firing blanks: a disappointing Tosca at Covent Garden
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Puccini : Tosca / Royal Opera, 9th January 2016
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Weitere “Pelleas”-Review
Pelléas et Mélisande, Barbican, London — “The darkest end of the spectrum’
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New York
Riveting “Anna Bolena’ revival closes at Metropolitan Opera, a huge success
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A Month to Embrace Unpredictability in Dance
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Chicago
Lyric Opera announces non-opera initiative; CSO composer in residence blows deadline for first work
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San Francisco
S.F. Opera’s 94th season reaches out to new opera-goers
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Sidney
Review: Winterreise (Matthias Goerne, Sydney Festival)
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Feuilleton
Jos van Immerseel: The shock of the old
The Belgian ‚early music‘ pioneer explains why period style matters, no matter what period.
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Reviews vom 12.1.2016
Wien
A routine Fidelio in Vienna saved by some impressive debuts
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London
How I would save ENO from ruin
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Weitere „Tosca“-Reviews
Tosca review at the Royal Opera House – “Gheorghiu does not disappoint’
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Tosca review – an exceptionally intelligent evening
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Weitere „Pelleas“-Reviews
Pelléas et Mélisande, opera review: Rattle draws shimmering beauty from the forest
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Pelléas et Mélisande @ Barbican Hall, London
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Rattle and Sellars revisit Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande
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Elizabeth review – Will Tuckett rules with Tudor queen’s tightrope Dance
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Elizabeth, Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, review:
Combines so many things it has little room to breathe Despite good moments, the stop-start format takes the story away from the dancers
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Elizabeth, Linbury Studio, Covent Garden, review: ‚an entertaining final bow‘
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Elizabeth review at the Royal Opera House’s Linbury Studio, London – “beautiful’
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New York
Review: In “Dog Days,’ a Family Clawing for Survival
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Opera Review: Dog Days Is “Intolerable and Superb
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Opera Review: “The Pearl Fishers’
Rarely performed piece returns to the Met in style
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Chicago
Domingo and Martinez soar in festive Lyric Opera concert
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Seattle
BWW Interview: Aidan Lang and Seattle Opera Form a Perfect ‚Marriage
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Feuilleton
Facing the music: Felicity Lott
From Tony Bennett to Bernstein, and the Beach Boys to Bax, soprano Felicity Lott shares her musical passions on and off the stage
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Reviews vom 11.1.2016
London
Tosca @ Royal Opera House, London
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Pelléas et Mélisande, Barbican Hall, review: ‚irresistible‘
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Pelléas et Mélisande, LSO, Rattle, Barbican
A stripped-back staging marks a starry return for Rattle and Sellars
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Pelléas et Mélisande review – Rattle’s moving statement of intent
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Schubert: The Complete Songs
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Bristol
Mark Padmore/Paul Lewis review – passion and intoxication let rip
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New York
Death doesn’t become “The Last Hotel” at PROTOTYPE Festival
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The Last Hotel review: uneven opera but the actors are engaging
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From “Lulu’ to “Madama Butterfly,’ Tragedy Transcended by a Visceral Truth
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Review: New York Philharmonic Honors Boulez, Though With Composers He Snubbed
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Washington
Review: “Better Gods’ at The Washington National Opera
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Reviews vom 10.1.2016
London
Guys and Dolls @ Savoy Theatre, London
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Mozart at 250: how to explain a 10-year-old talent for all time
Conductor Ian Page has embarked on a 27-year project to play Mozart’s music, in order, 250 years after it was written. He has reached 1766, when Mozart was 10 and his music was already breaking new ground
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New York
Owens shows godly authority as Wotan with Gilbert, Philharmonic
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Salt Lake City
“Merry Widow’ waltzes back onto Utah Opera’s Capitol Theatre stage
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Virginia Opera announces 2016-2017 season
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Feuilleton
Pierre Boulez changed how we listen to the music of our time
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Kunst
How Claude Monet’s passion for plants became his crowning achievement
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Reviews vom 9.1.2016
New York
A First Look at New Operas
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Louis Langrée, Mr. Mostly Mozart, Brings His Cincinnati, and Tchaikovsky, to New York
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Review: “Big Dance: Short Form’ Delivers Traditional Repertory With a Party Midway
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Is Daniil Simkin the next Sergei Diaghilev?
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Chicago
Lyric Opera project designed to set Chicago singing
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Montreal
Montreal composer Luna Pearl Woolf writes first opera, Better Gods
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Sidney
The Magic Flute review: Enchanting production brings Mozart’s populist vision to life
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Reviews vom 8.1.2016
London
The highs and lows of opera in 2015
THE year 2015 was an eventful one for the opera world, with much of the drama happening off-stage.
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Conductor and orchestra played as if in love: Royal Opera’s Eugene Onegin reviewed
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Simon Rattle and Peter Sellars on Pelléas et Mélisande: ‚It’s as creepy as Hitchcock‘
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Christopher Maltman/Graham Johnson review – every second was outstanding
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Schubert: the complete songs, Wigmore Hall, review: ‚even the greats have off-days‘
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New York
State Challenges Plan to Revive City Opera
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Sidney
Opera Australia soprano Stacey Alleaume on Pearlfishers, singing in French and earplugs
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La Boheme review: Outrageous finish brings home Opera Australia’s revival
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Bohemians in Berlin: Musetta steals the Opera Australia show
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Film
Bolshoi Babylon review: ‚the dark side of ballet‘
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/Bolshoi-Babylon/review/
Feuilleton
West Meets East: Opera and Classical Music in South Asia
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Reviews vom 7.1.2016
Musicians Discuss the Influence of Pierre Boulez
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Pierre Boulez: 10 key works
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George Benjamin on Pierre Boulez: ‚He was simply a poet‘
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Pierre Boulez at 90: reviews from the archive
How the Guardian and Observer reported on the life and music of Pierre Boulez
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Zürich
Boy, Wolf and Elephant: A promising kids‘ concert in Zurich
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New York
New York City Opera Reorganization Plan Faces Criticism
Filing by state attorney general’s office falls short of a formal objection to NYCO Renaissance’s plan
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Weitere “Perlenfischer”-Reviews
Opera Review: Les Pêcheurs de Perles, Way Out of Style But Not Out of Tune
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Vorstellung vom 4.1.:
Gorgeous trio of voices in Met Opera’s Pearl Fishers
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Sidney
Grétry: L’Amant Jaloux / Pinchgut Opera, Sydney, 3rd December 2015
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Reviews vom 6.1.2016
New York
Weitere “Perlenfischer”-Reviews
“Les Pêcheurs de Perles’ Review
At the Metropolitan Opera, two friends fall in love with a Hindu temple priestess and agree that neither will pursue her.
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Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers), Metropolitan Opera, New York
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Philadelphia
Guest conductor Fabio Luisi brings soft-spoken artistry to Phila. Orchestra
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Tel Aviv
Opera Review: Verdi’s ‚Il Trovatore‘ in Tel Aviv
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Ton- und Bildträger
Reviews: Classical Music Albums
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Reviews vom 5.1.2016
München
Bayerische Staatsoper macht Fledermaus zur Chefsache
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Hannover
Ein traumhaft explosiver Hannoveraner Weihnachtsklassiker: Hänsel und Gretel
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Berlin
The search for time: The Staatsballett Berlin dances Duato | Kylián
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London
Winners of 2016 WhatsOnStage Opera Poll
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ENO’s woes: opera company begins new year in offstage turmoil
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Schubert’s songs: ‚They are a mirror to real life… they have no sell-by date‘
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New York
BWW Review: New York Opera in 2015 – Gifts that Keep on Giving
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Washington
National Symphony Orchestra names rising star Gianandrea Noseda as music director
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Seattle
Seattle Opera’s 2016-17 season features premieres, new voices
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Feuilleton
Ballet Dancers‘ Strength And Sacrifice Captured In Stunning Photo Series ‚What Lies Beneath‘
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Reviews vom 4.1.2016
London
I used to think booing was healthy
Now it’s out of control The threshold has fallen so low that performers who live every day with fear of failure are being booed by audiences for no good reason
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Rambert: Britain’s oldest dance company still thriving on reinvention as it approaches its 90th birthday
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Charleston
Charleston a focus of 40th season of Spoleto Festival USA
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Ton- und Bildträger
CD Gioacchino Rossini: Otello,
Recorded live at the Opera Theatre in Antwerp 2014
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“Elisabeth Schwarzkopf: The Complete Recitals 1952-1974’ Review
A collection celebrates the German soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.
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Feuilleton
Facing the music: John Butt
From Bach and Purcell to garage-pop band the Vaselines, conductor, organist and Dunedin Consort director Butt shares his musical inspirations
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Reviews vom 3.1.2016
New York
Review: A Precious Harvest in “The Pearl Fishers’ at the Met
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Singing, Then Supper: The Met’s New Year’s Eve Fête
“Les Pêcheurs de Perles’ has its debut before the Metropolitan Opera’s New Year’s Eve celebration
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Bizet’s First Opera Still a Masterpiece
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Review: Met Opera’s ‚Les Pêcheurs de Perles‘
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Kwiecien, striking production provide inspired advocacy for Met’s “Pearl Fishers”
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Chicago
Light Opera Works’ “Guys and Dolls” reminder of Broadway’s “Golden Age”
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Feuilleton
Opera singer Luca Pisaroni: “The dogs play a big role’
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The 10 best: pieces inspired by trains
Bruckner and Dvořák loved them, Wagner hated them and Mendelssohn found a trip on a free-wheeling locomotive “agony for the nerves”.
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Reviews vom 2.1.2016
Wien
After Harnoncourt’s retirement, assessing his legacy
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London
The Must-Sees of 2016: Classical and Opera from Baroque Unwrapped to Kronos Quartet
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Max Emanuel Cencic @ Wigmore Hall, London
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The Nutcracker on Ice (Royal Albert Hall)
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Shakespeare’s 400th anniversary: ‚man of Stratford‘ to be celebrated in 2016
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New York
Review: Praying to the Heavens, Looking at the Stars and Revising a Service
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Felsenfeld mass makes a magnificent premiere at Trinity Wall Street
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For Big Dance Theater, the After-Party Is at Intermission
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Reviews vom 1.1.2016
New York
Vorschau
LES PECHEURS DE PERLES Returns to the Met Stage for the First Time Since 1916 Tonightrea
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“Mozart in the Jungle’: Where Classical Music Meets Soap Opera
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Review: The Philharmonic Hails Sibelius, and Offers Joshua Bell on a Mendelssohn
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Gilbert, Philharmonic wrap year with dark Sibelius, popular Mendelssohn and unexpected encore
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Mumbai
Opera House to reopen in 2016, will return to performing arts
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Sidney
Review: The Magic Flute (Opera Australia)
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Todesmeldung
French opera and ballet chief dies
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