Reviews vom 31.7.2014
London
Weitere „Romeo and Juliet“-Review
Romeo and Juliet, Royal Opera House, ballet review: An explosive yet creaking production
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Romeo and Juliet, Royal Opera House, London – review Six decades on, Leonid Lavrovsky’s ballet is still eloquent http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/47ea0ada-1700-11e4-b0d7-00144feabdc0.html
Romeo and Juliet, Mariinsky, Covent Garden, review: ‘irresistible’
Diana Vishneva and Vladimir Shklyarov, who take the lead roles in the Mariinsky’s first night of Romeo and Juliet, deliver captivating performances, says Mark Monahan
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Prom 15 BBCSO/Pons review – harmonic and orchestral sophistication Royal Albert Hall, London
The BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Jonathan Dove’s new work confidently, but it often comes across as background music needing a voiceover
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Pastoral mysticism as Gaia Theory takes centre stage at the Proms
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-proms-gaia-theory-bbcso-july-2014
Norwich
A Tale of Two Tannhäusers: Theater Freiburg at Norwich
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-tannhauser-freiburg-norwich-july-2014
New York
Labor Struggles at Metropolitan Opera Have a Past
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Night at the Opera?
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Langrée Signs On for More Mostly Mozart
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Seattle
Seattle Opera launches a new “Ring” cycle CD set and the International Wagner Competition
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Los Angeles
Dudamel coaxes a sense of urgency from two of opera’s staples
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Reviews vom 30.7.2014
München
Edita Gruberova conquers Munich in Lucrezia Borgia
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-gruberova-lucrezia-borgia-munich-july-2014
Cagliari
Google Glass to be used for one-off staging of Puccini’s Turandot
‘We want to communicate the art of opera hoping that it will engage and interest people who normally don’t go to see performances,’ says opera company’s manager
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London Prom 14: BBCNOW/Fischer review
virtuosity pushed to the limits Astonishing flautist Emmanuel Pahud performs in premiere of Simon Holt’s concerto, Morpheus Wakes Royal Albert Hall, London
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Romeo and Juliet, Mariinsky Ballet, Royal Opera House
Dated choreography is redeemed by luminous performances
http://www.theartsdesk.com/dance/romeo-and-juliet-mariinsky-ballet-royal-opera-house
New York
Metropolitan Opera Talks Restart as Lockout Looms Union Officials Hold Little Hope of Reaching Deal Before Deadline http://online.wsj.com/articles/metropolitan-opera-talks-restart-as-lockout-looms-1406596897
Planting Their Feet in a Soviet Past , From Tone to Style to Repertory
Bolshoi Ballet Turns Back the Clock in Its New York Season
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Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y A Haunted Castle, a Serpent and Tragic Betrayal “Euryanthe,’ Rarely Heard, Is Mounted at Bard
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A Weber Work Comes Out of Obscurity
“Euryanthe” holds up well, despite its oddities
http://online.wsj.com/articles/opera-review-euryanthe-1406583347
Aspen
The Picture of Dorian Gray, Wheeler Opera House, Aspen, Colorado – review
The plot is mesmerising but finding music to match Wilde’s wit proves a challenge
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/15947106-1633-11e4-8210-00144feabdc0.html
Singapore
Exuberant young Singapore company presents Die Fledermaus
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-singapore-fledermaus-july-2014
Sidney
Opera funds of $32m in the frame
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Feuilleton
A Hundred Million Musicians: China’s Classical Challenge,
BBC Four Will China’s army of young instrumentalists conquer the planet?
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Reviews vom 29.7.2014
Secret Opera explores the lives of two famous female characters, uninterrupted
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Melodrama, as in Mellow The Bolshoi’s “Spartacus’ at the Lincoln Center Festival
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Chicago
Slatkin returns to Grant Park with a riveting Shostakovich reprise
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Vienna, Virginia Wolf Trap Opera’s “Carmen’ could use a little more of the original’s edginess
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Will mobile devices replace binoculars at the opera?
„Google Glass also was used Friday night by technology journalist and opera buff David Pogue, who was disguised as an extra onstage. The images he captured were later uploaded to Facebook and YouTube, giving fans a close-up look at one of opera’s most iconic productions.“
http://www.wtop.com/541/3669897/Will-mobile-devices-replace-binoculars-at-the-opera
Santa Fe
“Dr. Sun Yat-sen’ in the American Premiere at Santa Fe Opera
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East meets West in “Dr. Sun Yat-sen’
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Ton- und Bildträger
Simon Rattle conducts Schumann’s symphonies, review: ‘hardly fresh’ The first release from Berlin Philharmonic’s record label lacks the period-concious style of Rattle’s usual performances of Schumann’s symphonies, says John Allison
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Reviews vom 28.7.2014
Bergonzi-Nachruf in der New York Times
Carlo Bergonzi, Masterful Operatic Tenor, Dies at 90
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London
Les Arts Florissants celebrate Rameau anniversary
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-proms-chamber-florissants-july-2014
Proms 1, 4, 9, 6; Chamber Music 1 review
celebrations, and doubt The 120th season began in grand style with Elgar, but the World Orchestra for Peace sounded a note of uncertainty
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Drama versus delicacy: Gergiev’s Janáček impresses in Prom 9
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BBC Proms 12, Bach St John Passion: ‘idiosyncratic’
Sir Roger Norrington intelligent conducting of both of Bach’s Passions was not without its rocky moments, says Ivan Hewett
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Prom 12: Bach St John Passion, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Norrington
Swiss orchestra and choir bring radiance to the Royal Albert Hall
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Longborough
Rinaldo review –
Handel’s crusade is replaced by a circus Longborough, Gloucestershire With its parade of clowns and circus setting, the visual spectacle of Jenny Miller’s production is alluring, but it’s the musical acrobatics of Handel’s score that engage the most
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Norwich
Parsifal review – a real and rare company achievement, without stars
Theatre Royal, Norwich Theater Freiberg’s production of Wagner’s Parsifal may not have great radiance, but it is impressively efficient
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New York
Orchestra Faults Met Chief’s Record as a Lockout Looms
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/26/nyregion/26opera.html?_r=0
Metropolitan Opera
Security Guards, Ushers, Ticket Takers, Matrons Rally Over Contract Negotiations
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Cooperstown
Zambello’s Glimmerglass festival: strong parts looking for a greater whole
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Sidney
Opera review: Malevolence abounds in gripping dark Don Giovanni
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Review: Don Giovanni (Opera Australia)
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Reviews vom 27.7.2014
London
Adriana Lecouvreur, Opera Holland Park, review: “brave but misguided”
Opera Holland Park’s production of Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur was muddled and poorly updated, says Rupert Christiansen
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Adriana Lecouvreur review – perfumed Mediterranean Romanticism Opera Holland Park, London
There’s a lack of on-stage chemistry in this updated retelling of Cilea’s opera, but it’s the music that merits attention
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The stage manager steals the show – Adriana Lecouvreur at Opera Holland Park
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-adriana-lecouvreur-holland-park-july-2014
Pincher Martin: Oliver Rudland’s disturbing, but engaging new opera
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-pincher-martin-rudland-july-2014
Upcoming dance performances
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Drama versus delicacy: Gergiev’s Janáček impresses in Prom 9
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-proms-gergiev-london-symphony-douglas-july-2014
Glyndebourne Nachtrag zur „Traviata“
Verdi’s La Traviata at Glyndebourne Festival: Shimmering playing and a perfect soprano
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Melbourne Review: Melbourne Symphony’s Mahler Cycle Begins
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Feuilleton
We must abolish music competitions
Julian Lloyd-Webber is right to say that instrumental competitions are corrupt, says Ivan Hewett
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Reviews vom 26.7.2014
Bregenz
Geschichten aus dem Wiener Wald, Bregenzer Festspiele, Austria – review
A serious work from HK Gruber at the end of a long career of hilarity http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/385ec0f8-1316-11e4-8244-00144feabdc0.html#axzz38TqqjTiw
Neapel
Madama Butterfly, or the omnipresence of the director and his double
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-butterfly-luisotti-san-carlo-july-2014
A blood-spattered, claustrophobic Cavalleria rusticana
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-cavalleria-san-carlo-july-2014
London
Pet Shop Boys review
Alan Turing Prom curiously lacking in modernity Royal Albert Hall, London A Prom dedicated to a ‘man from the future’ was stirring, but cried out for more input from Chris Lowe
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/24/pet-shop-boys-review-alan-turing-prom
Prom 7: BBCSO/Bělohlávek review Tavener, Shostakovich and Bartók Royal Albert Hall, London
Isabelle Faust’s passionate Bartók and Bach reached an even higher spiritual plane than Tavener’s meditation
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/24/prom-7-bbcso-belohlavek-faust-tavener-review
New York
Met Opera Building Workers To Rally Later Today
http://commercialobserver.com/2014/07/met-opera-building-workers-to-rally-later-today/
Sidney
John Malkovich rubbishes Sydney Opera House’s “hideous’ acoustics
Actor-director also decries ‘continent-sized’ stage – ‘you couldn’t even throw a vegetable and have any hope of reaching it’
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Feuilleton
Julian Lloyd Webber: the majority of music competitions are corrupt
The internationally renowned cellist, says it is open secret among professional musicians that talent is not the deciding factor in music competitions
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The Mariinsky Ballet:
‘as exciting as the World Cup’ Ballet connoisseurs and football fans have more in common than they might think, says Sarah Crompton
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Reviews vom 25.7.2014
Kuhmo
Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, Finland – review
A remote lakeside town hosts a remarkable event, where unfettered creative idealism reigns
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/80ea85f6-1252-11e4-93a5-00144feabdc0.html#axzz38OyELmrP
Ankara
New director at the Turkey’s State Opera and Ballet
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London
Wendy Whelan, Restless Creature, Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House: review
Wendy Whelan, one of the best dancers of the modern age, performs in a bill of four commissioned pieces from four young American choreographers
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Prom 7: BBCSO, Bělohlávek/Prom 8: Pet Shop Boys
A delicate Shostakovich, while the Soviet aesthetic is left to Neil Tennant
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New York
Met Opera Prepares to Lock Out Workers
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Bolshoi Ballet, Lincoln Center Festival, New York – review
Danced by the Bolshoi, “Don Quixote’ is a reminder that “same old’ sometimes means forever young
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/7b07be24-1252-11e4-93a5-00144feabdc0.html#axzz38OyELmrP
Tilting at Sunshine Bolshoi Ballet Performs “Don Quixote’ With a Smile
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Tanglewood At 50, Festival Is Reunion of Sorts Tanglewood Holds Its 50th Celebration of Contemporary Music
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Caramoor Opera
Was in Superb Form at the Caramoor Festival Last Weekend Performances of Donizetti’s ‘Lucrezia Borgia’ and Verdi’s ‘Rigoletto’ were roaring
http://observer.com/2014/07/opera-was-in-superb-form-at-the-caramoor-festival-last-weekend/
Reviews vom 24.7.2014
Savonlinna
Kullervo, Savonlinna Opera Festival, Finland – review A large-scale 20th-century Finnish classic, superbly sung and beautifully played http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/fed521fc-1184-11e4-a17a-00144feabdc0.html#axzz38JDPRizf
London Proms 2014: the orchestras taking part for the first time
At the heart of this year’s BBC Proms is a celebration of global classical music. Musicians from Lapland, Qatar and Turkey tell us how they came to be playing in SW7
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Prom 6: Der Rosenkavalier, LPO, Ticciati
The Albert Hall may not be ideal for opera but Glyndebourne’s latest visit fizzed with energy
http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/prom-6-der-rosenkavalier-lpo-ticciati
Proms 2014: Der Rosenkavalier / Glyndebourne Festival Opera /
Robin Ticciati, Royal Albert Hall – music review
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Prom 6: Der Rosenkavalier review
– scaled back but still a treat Royal Albert Hall, London The Proms’ first complete Rosenkavalier featured vivid orchestral colours and memorable performances from the principal singers
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Broad comedy eclipses the emotional heart of Glyndebourne’s Prom Rosenkavalier
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-proms-rosenkavalier-glyndebourne-july-2014
Tanz
Cubania, Royal Opera House, review: Carlos Acosta’s roots celebrated with energy
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Cubanía, Royal Opera House, review: ‘
no real depth’ Despite a disjointed opening section, this three-night show at the Royal Opera House is an evening of sheer celebration, says Rachel Ward
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New York
Yearning for Performers Who Transcend Victim and Vamp Bolshoi Ballet’s “Swan Lake,’ at Lincoln Center Festival
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Feuilleton
It’s time to stop using “exoticism” as an excuse for opera’s racism
http://qz.com/237569/its-time-to-stop-using-exoticism-as-an-excuse-for-operas-racism/
What’s the difference between an opera and a musical?
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Reviews vom 23.7.2014
Paris
San Francisco Ballet, Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris – review
The relentlessly creative company is presenting 18 short ballets in Les Etés de la Danse festival
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/9bb74a12-10c3-11e4-b116-00144feabdc0.html#axzz387ttBvoP
San Francisco Ballet perform Morris, Wheeldon, Robbins, Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, review:
‘exhilarating’ The San Francisco Ballet, performing as part of Les Etés de la Danse summer season, looked light, sharp, and totally at home in these pieces, says Sarah Crompton
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London
Interview Judith Weir prepares to be a radical master of the Queen’s music
For Weir, the first woman in the position, it means supporting composers and exploring the state of music education
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/21/judith-weir-master-of-queens-music
Donizetti, La Favorite (Act I), Mozart, Così fan tutte, K588 (Act I):
Impressive end of term report card for the Jette Parker Young Artists
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-jette-parker-cosi-favorite-july-2014
Prom 4: World Orchestra for Peace/Gergiev – review Royal Albert Hall, London
The orchestra and increasingly controversial conductor’s Mahler lost sight of structural tautness in a quest for emotional vividness
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BBC Proms 5, Prom5 Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, review
David Zinman shines in his role as Chief Conductor of the Tonhalle Orchestra and there is some flawless technique from violinist Julia Fischer in BBC Proms 5
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Cow-bells and alpine calls: the Zurich Tonhalle bids Zinman a fond farewell
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-proms-zinman-zurich-july-2014
BBC Proms 7, World Orchestra for Peace, review
The World Orchestra for Peace, conducted by Vladimir Putin’s friend Valerie Gergiev, offer up a vague and incomprehensible concert at the 2014 Proms
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Tanglewood
A Conductor, a Band and a Critical Swath Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood
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Ravinia Festival Susanna Mälkki makes resounding Ravinia debut with CSO
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Caramoor Festival
Lucrezia Borgia/Rigoletto, Caramoor Festival, Katona, New York – review
Verdi’s work was the winner in Caramoor’s intriguing pairing of bel canto operas
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/395be3b4-10c3-11e4-b116-00144feabdc0.html#axzz387ttBvoP
Seattle
Seattle Opera Releases 50th Anniversary Book
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Reviews vom 22.7.2014
London
Norma review – Bellini with shock tactics
Holland Park, London The music of Bellini’s opera struggles to match the modern context into which it’s thrust by Olivia Fuchs
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/20/norma-review-holland-park
Norma, Opera Holland Park,
review: “dignified and graceful”
An effective updating of Bellini’s opera boasts an admirable lead performance, says Rupert Christiansen
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/opera/10979090/Norma-Opera-Holland-Park-review-dignified-and-graceful.html
Norma (Holland Park)
Bellini’s bel canto classic in an arid staging, saved by some great singing
http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/reviews/07-2014/norma-holland-park_35111.html
BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London – review
An opening night of cool control amid oppressive heat,
a second of crowd-pleasing from China http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/2097ad92-0ffe-11e4-90c7-00144feabdc0.html#axzz382U93a28
Prom 2: China Philharmonic Orchestra/Yu review –
a bit too cool Royal Albert Hall, London Two contrasting concertos finally got the fastidious China Philharmonic playing with some passion
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/20/prom-2-china-philharmonic-orchestra-yu-review
Glyndebourne
Sir Mark Elder: At Glyndebourne, I need peace and quiet
My perfect weekend: Sir Mark Elder, 67, is conducting La Traviata at Glyndebourne. He discusses silence, his beloved Hallé orchestra, and a very special recent weekend http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/glyndebourne/10973441/Sir-Mark-Elder-At-Glyndebourne-I-need-peace-and-quiet.html
New York
Less Boyish at the Bolshoi: A Star’s Evolution
David Hallberg’s Dancing Develops Via Russia http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/27/arts/dance/david-hallbergs-dancing-develops-via-russia.html?ref=dance&_r=0
Williamstown
Renée Fleming spielt Theater
Out of Tune, and Seeking New Muses
In ‘Living on Love,’ Renée Fleming Moves Beyond Opera
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/21/theater/in-living-on-love-renee-fleming-moves-beyond-opera.html?ref=music&_r=0
Katonah
Man of Two Faces, One Broken Heart
Will Crutchfield Conducts ‘Rigoletto’ at Caramoor
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/21/arts/music/will-crutchfield-conducts-rigoletto-at-caramoor.html?ref=music
Feuilleton
Almost human: why is art so obsessed with lifesize dolls?
From Coppélia and Pygmalion to Mannequin and Buffybot, artists love playing games with lifesize dolls. It’s a trail of lust, obsession and beheadings
http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/jul/20/almost-human-why-art-so-obsessed-with-lifesize-dolls
Rameau: the greatest composer you’ve never heard of
Ivan Hewett on the great but neglected Baroque composer Jean-Philippe Rameau, who died 250 years ago
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/proms/10971031/Rameau-the-greatest-composer-youve-never-heard-of.html
Reviews vom 21.7.2014
London
A traditional start to a traditional Proms season
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New York
Weitere Review zur „Zarenbraut
“ BWW Reviews: THE TSAR’S BRIDE
a Heavenly Marriage with the Bolshoi Opera at Lincoln Center Festival
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It’s Still Odette’s Lake!
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/swan-lake-bolshoi-ballet-lincoln-centre-july-2014
Less Boyish at the Bolshoi: A Star’s Evolution
David Hallberg’s Dancing Develops Via Russia
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Recitals That Linger, a Festival
That May Not Alexander Schimpf and Alon Goldstein at Mannes Festival
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Washington Vorschau
David Pogue makes opera debut at Wolf Trap with Google Glass in “Carmen’
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San Diego
San Diego Opera settles with former director Ian Campbell C
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Sidney
Barrie Kosky auf Heimaturlaub
Opera director Barrie Kosky’s taunt: Australian culture “is all men in
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He’s the toast of Berlin, now Barrie Kosky is back in town
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Reviews vom 20.7.2014
Paris
theartsdesk in Paris: San Francisco Ballet 1
The Americans on tour in pieces by Tomasson, Balanchine and Robbins
http://www.theartsdesk.com/dance/theartsdesk-paris-san-francisco-ballet-1
London
BBC Proms: Roger Wright talks about his final season
The outgoing director of the BBC Proms, Roger Wright, tells Ivan Hewett why he hates to look back
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/proms/10960412/BBC-Proms-Roger-Wright-talks-about-his-final-season.htm
LSO/Chung review – St Paul’s: 1, Beethoven:
St Paul’s Cathedral, London
The 13-second reverberation of the venue muddied the sound and buried all detail, minimising Beethoven’s 9t
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/17/lso-chung-st-pauls-review
Glyndebourne
La Traviata review –
Venera Gimadieva is thrilling in this elegant update Glyndebourne, Lewes This is not a critique of money and class, but a production that places Violetta’s tragedy at its creative centre
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/18/la-traviata-glyndebourne-verdi-opera-review
La traviata, Glyndebourne, East Sussex, UK – review
Venera Gimadieva meets Verdi’s vocal demands with ease, but this is an arid production
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/b15f53ee-0e5e-11e4-a1ae-00144feabdc0.html
La Traviata, Glyndebourne, review: ‘exquisitely conducted’ Glyndebourne’s new production of Verdi’s La Traviata is a satisfyingly elegant one
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/glyndebourne/10975565/La-Traviata-Glyndebourne-review-exquisitely-conducted.html
Buxton
The Jacobin, Buxton Opera House, Derbyshire – review
Dvořák’s unceasing generosity of melody elevates this rarely performed opera
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/c2ce0b5a-0ccb-11e4-bf1e-00144feabdc0.html
New York
The Future of Opera
Why it isn’t bound for extinction.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/the-future-of-opera-1405641354
Tiflis
Georgian opera singer plans charity concert for gay rights
http://dfwatch.net/georgian-opera-singer-plans-charity-concert-for-gay-rights-65293
Feuilleton
If You Want to Sing Opera, Learn German
http://www.newsweek.com/2014/07/25/if-you-want-sing-opera-learn-german-259368.html
Reviews vom 19.7.2014
Paris
theartsdesk in Paris: San Francisco Ballet 1
The Americans on tour in pieces by Tomasson, Balanchine and Robbins
http://www.theartsdesk.com/dance/theartsdesk-paris-san-francisco-ballet-1
London
BBC Proms: Roger Wright talks about his final season
The outgoing director of the BBC Proms, Roger Wright, tells Ivan Hewett why he hates to look back
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/proms/10960412/BBC-Proms-Roger-Wright-talks-about-his-final-season.htm
LSO/Chung review – St Paul’s: 1, Beethoven:
St Paul’s Cathedral, London
The 13-second reverberation of the venue muddied the sound and buried all detail, minimising Beethoven’s 9t
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/17/lso-chung-st-pauls-review
Glyndebourne
La Traviata review –
Venera Gimadieva is thrilling in this elegant update Glyndebourne, Lewes This is not a critique of money and class, but a production that places Violetta’s tragedy at its creative centre
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/18/la-traviata-glyndebourne-verdi-opera-review
La traviata, Glyndebourne, East Sussex, UK – review
Venera Gimadieva meets Verdi’s vocal demands with ease, but this is an arid production
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/b15f53ee-0e5e-11e4-a1ae-00144feabdc0.html
La Traviata, Glyndebourne, review: ‘exquisitely conducted’ Glyndebourne’s new production of Verdi’s La Traviata is a satisfyingly elegant one
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/glyndebourne/10975565/La-Traviata-Glyndebourne-review-exquisitely-conducted.html
Buxton
The Jacobin, Buxton Opera House, Derbyshire – review
Dvořák’s unceasing generosity of melody elevates this rarely performed opera
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/c2ce0b5a-0ccb-11e4-bf1e-00144feabdc0.html
New York
The Future of Opera
Why it isn’t bound for extinction.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/the-future-of-opera-1405641354
Tiflis
Georgian opera singer plans charity concert for gay rights
http://dfwatch.net/georgian-opera-singer-plans-charity-concert-for-gay-rights-65293
Feuilleton
If You Want to Sing Opera, Learn German
http://www.newsweek.com/2014/07/25/if-you-want-sing-opera-learn-german-259368.html
Reviews vom 18.7.2014
St. Petersburg
War and Peace, Mariinsky Theatre II, St Petersburg – review
Graham Vick emphasises the human drama in Prokofiev’s magnificent but daunting opera
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/2ca8c8f0-0cca-11e4-bf1e-00144feabdc0.html
Madrid/ Ballett (Pina Pausch)
Live together, die alone: Orpheus and Eurydice at Teatro Real
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-orpheus-teatro-real-bausch-july-2014
London
Christiane Karg/Wolfram Rieger review a breathtaking emotional journey Wigmore Hall, London
Singing lieder from Wolf, Ravel, Poulenc and Duparc, the soprano traversed a complex stylistic range in ways that often approached perfection
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Saisons Russes, Coliseum, London – review
Three well-intentioned but unlikely versions of masterworks from the early Diaghilev era
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/782ed99e-0b3b-11e4-ae6b-00144feabdc0.html
BBC Proms: Roger Wright talks about his final season
The outgoing director of the BBC Proms, Roger Wright, tells Ivan Hewett why he hates to look back
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Proms 2014: Tasmin Little is preparing for her 20th Proms – but busking is her real passion
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Mahan Esfahani, Wigmore Hall, review: ‘a kind of savagery’ The brilliant harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani showed passionate engagement with the music in this concert, says Ivan Hewett
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New York
The Lake Is Frozen in Time
The Bolshoi Ballet’s “Swan Lake’ at the Lincoln Center Festival
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De Keersmaeker Early Works, Lincoln Center Festival, New York – review
These early works show the Belgian choreographer as a young artist progressing step by step
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/4a8e8d5e-0b40-11e4-9e55-00144feabdc0.html
Reviews vom 17.7.2014
London
A blueprint for artistic survival
Rupert Christiansen looks at Arts Council England’s latest proposals to widen the appeal of ballet and opera
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/10967940/A-blueprint-for-artistic-survival.html
Liverpool
Così fan tutte, European Opera Centre, RLPO, Pillot, St George’s Hall Concert Room, Liverpool Young singers, Liverpool’s great orchestra and a sassy production pull off intimate Mozart
http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/cos%C3%AC-fan-tutte-european-opera-centre-rlpo-pillot-st-george%E2%80%99s-hall-concert-room-liverpool
York
Hespèrion XXI review – a glorious medieval melting pot of music Sir Jack Lyons concert hall, York Jordi Savall’s early music ensemble connects three great ancient musical cultures – Jewish, Islamic and Christian
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/15/hesperion-xxi-early-music-festival-review-york-savall
Glyndebourne
Tom Cairns: I want Verdi to tug at the heart-strings
After La Traviata at Glyndebourne, the ever–versatile director Tom Cairns is off to Edinburgh, he tells Rupert Christiansen
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/glyndebourne/10969174/Tom-Cairns-I-want-Verdi-to-tug-at-the-heart-strings.html
New York
Union Drama at the Metropolitan Opera
New York’s storied opera house could become the latest victim of union grubbiness. http://www.nationalreview.com/article/382731/union-drama-metropolitan-opera-rich-lowry
Ausführlicher Maazel-Nachruf in der New York Times
Lorin Maazel, an Intense and Enigmatic Conductor, Dies at 84 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/14/arts/music/lorin-maazel-brilliant-intense-and-enigmatic-conductor-dies-at-84.html?ref=music
San Jose
Opera San Jose to Open 31st Season with RIGOLETTO, 9/6-21 http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwopera/article/Opera-San-Jose-to-Open-31st-Season-with-RIGOLETTO-96-21-20140715
Toronto
Opera Atelier in international demand
With tours to Versailles, Salzburg and La Scala, and San Francisco to come, opera company’s dance card is increasingly full. http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2014/07/15/opera_atelier_in_international_demand.html
Bicycle Opera in gear for five-week tour
Seven young, fit opera singers and musicians are pedaling their bikes to 13 Ontario cities this summer, pulling their props and instruments behind them in trailers. http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2014/07/12/bicycle_opera_gears_up_for_fiveweek_tour.html
Ton- und Bildträger
Opera Singer Maria Callas Complete Studio Recordings Now Remastered http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Opera-Singer-Maria-Callas-Complete-Studio-Recordings-Now-Remastered-20140714
Reviews vom 16.7.2014
London
Weitere „Boheme“-Review
La bohème, Royal Opera House, London – review
Angela Gheorghiu and Vittorio Grigolo help John Copley’s production turn 40 in style http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/3d0faa5a-0b3b-11e4-ae6b-00144feabdc0.html
Jaroussky and L’Arpeggiata spice up Purcell songs in style http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-orfeo-buxton-chance-bargnesi-july-2014
Royal Ballet School Matinée, Royal Opera House
Talent will out at elite academy’s annual graduation showcase http://www.theartsdesk.com/dance/royal-ballet-school-matin%C3%A9e-royal-opera-house-0
Harrison Birtwistle: birthday tributes
Leading arts figures offer their thoughts on composer Harrison Birtwistle as he celebrates his 80th birthday http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalmusic/10968253/Harrison-Birtwistle-birthday-tributes.html
Glyndebourne
Opera in the modern world
The lure of the old
http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2014/07/opera-modern-world
Buxten
Love reigns in Buxton’s Orfeo ed Euridice, but at what cost? http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-orfeo-buxton-chance-bargnesi-july-2014
Orfeo ed Euridice review –
Buxton celebrates Gluck’s 300th Buxton Opera House Michael Chance’s Orfeo is patchy, but Barbara Bargnesi’s wounded Euridice is entrancingly sung in this updating of the Orpheus story
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/14/orfeo-ed-euridice-buxton-festival-review
New York
The Tsar’s Bride, Avery Fisher Hall, New York –
review A compelling performance by the Bolshoi Opera of Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/73983afc-0b35-11e4-9e55-00144feabdc0.html
Tanglewood
Boston Symphony Orchestra/Nelsons, Tanglewood, Massachusetts – review A stimulating Dvořák programme from music director-designate Andris Nelsons and Anne-Sophie Mutter http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/70f3dfea-0b35-11e4-9e55-00144feabdc0.html
Nachruf
Lorin Maazel: a brilliant, over-paid magician
Conductor Lorin Maazel has died at the age of 84. Ivan Hewett looks at the life of a temperamental genius with a commanding style http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalmusic/10965551/Lorin-Maazel-a-brilliant-over-paid-magician.html
Lorin Maazel’s key recordings http://www.theguardian.com/music/tomserviceblog/2014/jul/14/lorin-maazel-five-key-recordings
Reviews vom 15.7.2014
Buxton
theartsdesk in Buxton: Dvořák rarity, Gluck tercentenary
The Jacobin comes up for air alongside Orfeo ed Euridice
http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/theartsdesk-buxton-dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k-rarity-gluck-tercentenary
The Jacobin review – rare and delightful revival of Dvořák’s comedy Opera House, Buxton Dvořák’s tale of family reconciliation during the French revolution is moved to the 1930s with compelling results http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/13/the-jacobin-review-rare-delightful-dvorak-buxton-festival
Dvořák’s Jacobin returns from musical exile to delight Buxton
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-jacobin-buxton-duprels-lester-patalong-july-2014
New York
Bolshoi Opera brings Russian rarity to Lincoln
Centerhttp://newyorkclassicalreview.com/2014/07/bolshoi-opera-brings-russian-rarity-to-lincoln-center-festival-with-rimskys-tsars-bride/ Festival with Rimsky’s “Tsar’s Bride
Mrs. Terrible, Before She Met Her Czar Ivan
Bolshoi Opera Brings ‘The Tsar’s Bride’ to Lincoln Center
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/14/arts/music/bolshoi-opera-brings-the-tsars-bride-to-lincoln-center.html?_r=0
Nachtrag zum „Passenger“
The Passenger, Park Avenue Armory, New York
David Pountney directs this imposing production of Mieczyslaw Weinberg’s Holocaust opera http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/f04a7c62-08d9-11e4-8d27-00144feab7de.html
Katonah, Caramor Festival
An Original Tough Career Woman
The 1833 ‘Lucrezia Borgia’ Version Is Sung at Caramoor
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/14/arts/music/the-1833-lucrezia-borgia-version-is-sung-at-caramoor.html
San Francisco
‘Fidelio’ under the Führer:
SFO presents Beethoven’s only opera
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/fidelio-under-the-f-hrer-sfo-presents-beethoven-s-only/article_5498002f-e0c8-564e-aaf9-106657543aeb.html
Reviews vom 14.7.2014
London
The Proms: global and diverse?
China, Lapland, Istanbul, Iceland, Seoul and Qatar are just some of the places represented in this year’s programme
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/d18c540a-05c1-11e4-8b94-00144feab7de.html#axzz37GCv6ORG
Katie Derham: ‘The Proms elitist? People lie on the floor!’
On the eve of the Proms – the BBC’s annual celebration of live classical music at the Royal Albert Hall – its presenter explains why the festival is open to all
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/proms/10963529/Katie-Derham-The-Proms-elitist-People-lie-on-the-floor.html
Longorough
“Just my usual, please, Figaro”:
The Barber of Seville at Longborough
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-longborough-barber-doyle-sherman-july-2014
Washington
Eric Owens on singers and opera companies:
“We need to help them help us.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/style/wp/2014/07/11/eric-owens-on-singers-and-opera-companies-we-need-to-help-them-help-us/
Cleveland
Hans Graf and Augustin Hadelich step in for successful Blossom Festival opening
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-cleveland-blossom-hadelich-graf-july-2014
San Francisco
Review: Merola Opera’s courageous but wobbly ‘Streetcar’
http://www.mercurynews.com/music/ci_26131923/review-merola-operas-courageous-but-wobbly-streetcar
’A Streetcar Named Desire’ review: Well-sung but flawed http://www.sfgate.com/performance/article/A-Streetcar-Named-Desire-review-Well-sung-but-5615979.php
Ton- und Bildträger
How best to rip 1,500 music CDs? Your tech questions answered They take more storage space, but lossless formats preserve the music’s original quality
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/13/music-lossless-rip-cds-tech-questions-answered
WAGNER: Rienzi (complete opera) – Soloists/ Frankfurt Opera Chorus and Orch./ Sebastian Weigle – Oehms Classics OC (3 CDs)
http://audaud.com/2014/07/wagner-rienzi-complete-opera-soloists-frankfurt-opera-chorus-and-orch-sebastian-weigle-oehms-classics-oc-3-cds/
Feuilleton
What Do Opera Singers Actually Get Paid?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jennifer-rivera/what-do-opera-singers-act_b_5569307.html
Reviews vom 13.7.2014
St. Petersburg
Crimea the opera eulogises Moscow’s land-grab in music Warm reception in St Petersburg for show, based on a 1946 Soviet opera, that attempts to cement Russia’s control over region
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/11/crimea-opera-moscow-land-grab-music
Opera Lauding Crimea Annexation Makes
A Splash In Petersburg
http://www.rferl.org/content/opera-lauding-crimea-annexation-makes-a-splash-petersburg/25453948.html
London
Upcoming dance performances
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/096941e4-0883-11e4-9380-00144feab7de.html#axzz37GCv6ORG
New York
What Lies Beneath: A Haunting Nazi Past
‘The Passenger’ at the Park Avenue Armory
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/12/arts/music/the-passenger-at-the-park-avenue-armory.html
Houston Grand Opera delivers powerful experience with “The Passenger”
http://newyorkclassicalreview.com/2014/07/houston-grand-opera-delivers-powerful-experience-with-weinbergs-the-passenger/
The Grand Illusion, The Greater Horror
New York, Park Avenue Armory
07/10/2014 – & July 12, 13, 2014
Mieczyslaw Weinberg: The Passenger, opus 97
http://www.concertonet.com/scripts/review.php?ID_review=9946
The Passenger at the Park Avenue Armory http://schleppynabuccos.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/the-passenger-at-park-avenue-armory.html
Scene Last Night: Auschwitz at the Park Avenue Armory http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-11/scene-last-night-.html
Tanglewood
Russian Farewells, Quartet by Quartet
The Emerson Plays Shostakovich at Tanglewood
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/12/arts/music/the-emerson-plays-shostakovich-at-tanglewood.html?ref=music
Houston
Grant will help HGO produce five new operas
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/life/article/Grant-will-help-HGO-produce-five-new-operas-5615844.php
Saratoga
In Their Ardor and Sweep, Hints of an Emerging Gold Standard City Ballet Presents a Lyrical Program in Saratoga
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/12/arts/dance/city-ballet-presents-a-lyrical-program-in-saratoga.html?ref=dance
Feuilleton
Zum 90er von Carlo Bergonzi (*13. Juli 1924)
A Voice Of Velvet And Bronze: Carlo Bergonzi At 90
http://wmot.org/post/voice-velvet-and-bronze-carlo-bergonzi-90
Reviews vom 12.7.2013
St. Petersburg
New Orthodox music in a theatrical St Petersburg setting
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-romanos-melodos-petersburg-july-2014
London
Le Coq d’Or @ Coliseum, London
http://www.musicomh.com/classical/reviews-classical/le-coq-dor-coliseum-london
London
Handel’s Garden @ Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London
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London
Allegri String Quartet review – grand gestures and understated intensity Wigmore Hall, London A programme of Beethoven, Shostakovich, Strauss, Thuille and Brahms showcased the Allegris’ 60-year quest for emotional truth in performance
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/10/allegri-string-quartet-review-60th-anniversary
New York
What to Hear in NYC Opera and Vocal Music: A Guide for All Interests – Part Two http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/what-hear-nyc-opera-and-vocal-music-guide-all-interests-part-two/
New York
Harps vs. the Usual Hubbub
New York Philharmonic in First Parks Concert of Summer
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/11/arts/music/new-york-philharmonic-in-first-parks-concert-of-summer.html?ref=music&_r=0
Seymour Barab, 93, Composer of Playful Operas, Dies
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Philadelphia
A Pilot’s 1938 Flight of Doom and Memory
‘Sunset, o639 Hours,’ a BalletX World Premiere
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Sidney
David McVicar: ‘Don Giovanni objectifies the world’
The celebrated director has arrived in Australia to direct three Mozart operas – and, as a visit to a rehearsal reveals, shake up his singers with some hands-on treatment and a few f-bombs
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Feuilleton
Concert pianist Nicholas McCarthy on music education and the Paralympics
The first left-hand only pianist to graduate from the Royal College of Music tells Lucinda Everett why he’s glad he was a late bloomer in the world of music
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Wie Joseph Calleja eine müde Stimme munter macht
10 tips to overcome vocal fatigue
http://josephcalleja.com/2014/07/11/10-tips-to-overcome-vocal-fatigue/
Reviews vom 11.7.2014
Paris
Nicolas Le Riche farewell gala, Opéra Garnier, Paris
‘A truly marvellous dancer’ Sarah Crompton spends a rapturous evening at the Opéra Garnier in the company of retiring French star Nicolas Le Riche
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/dance/10959169/Nicolas-Le-Riche-farewell-gala-Opera-Garnier-Paris-A-truly-marvellous-dancer.html
Fond Farewell to a Paris Opera Ballet Étoile
Nicolas Le Riche gives last performance at Palais Garnier
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/11/arts/dance/nicolas-le-riche-ends-career-at-paris-opera-ballet.html?_r=0
London
Why is the Arts Council punishing ENO for innovation and imagination?
With a 29% funding cut and a new commitment to produce musical theatre – never ENO’s strength – the future looks bleak for the Coliseum, writes Michael Billington
http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/jul/10/arts-council-eno-funding-cuts
London
La Bohème review –
Puccini as you want it to be done. John Copley returns to direct a sparkling, focused revival of his long-standing production
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/10/la-boheme-review-royal-opera-house-copley
La bohème (Royal Opera House)
Puccini’s most popular opera returns to Covent Garden in John Copley’s 40-year-old staging http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/reviews/07-2014/la-bohme-royal-opera-house_35020.html
40 years young: John Copley’s La bohème at the Royal Opera
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-boheme-jaho-castronovo-royal-opera-july-2014
London
Sophie Daneman and Ian Bostridge,
Middle Temple Hall, London – review Soprano and tenor showed a rare emotional agility in this Schumann recital http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/d57ec496-0812-11e4-9afc-00144feab7de.html#axzz375SFjjPg
London/Glyndebourne
Sammelreview: „Maria Stuarda”, “La finta giardiniera”
The dots are unjoinable in the Royal Opera’s Maria Stuarda
http://www.spectator.co.uk/arts/opera/9258891/the-dots-are-unjoinable-in-royal-operas-maria-stuarda/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-dots-are-unjoinable-in-royal-operas-maria-stuarda
New York
Elemental Beauty: Anna Teresa de Keersmaeker’s Fase
at the Lincoln Center Festival
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-rosas-fase-lincoln-center-july-2014
Reviews vom 10.7.2014
Aix-en-provence
Das belagerte Festival
Auftakt zum traditionsreichen Opern- und Musik-Festival in Aix-en-Provence unter erschwerten Bedingungen
http://www.nmz.de/online/das-belagerte-festival-auftakt-zum-traditionsreichen-opern-und-musik-festival-in-aix-en-prove
Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, review: ‘cosmopolitan’
Despite being hit by strikes, 2014′s Aix-en-Provence music festival got off to a strong start with Handel’s Ariodante
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/opera/10956467/Festival-dAix-en-Provence-review-cosmopolitan.html
Sarah Connolly’s drama in Aix as protests halt Handel opera
British mezzo tells of frightening experience during recent protests at the Festival d’Aix en Provence. http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/news/sarah-connollys-drama-aix-pro
tests-halt-handel-opera#sthash.sdD8zXW8.dpuf
http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/news/sarah-connollys-drama-aix-protests-halt-handel-opera
London
The Golden Cockerel charming and colourful Diaghilev revival Coliseum, London This centenary performance of Rimsky-Korsakov’s last opera will appeal to traditional opera audiences and to children with a taste for pantomime
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/09/the-golden-cockerel-rimsk
The Golden Cockerel, Coliseum, London
A colourful and wholly innocent slice of family entertainment from Moscow
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/c47ab6b4-0754-11e4-81c6-00144feab7de.ht
Kaleidoscopic colour and vocal splendour: Diaghilev’s Le Coq d’Or
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-coq-saisons-russes-opera-july-2014
Harrison Birtwistle and Peter Maxwell Davies:
The twin titans of Modern music at 80
Ivan Hewett contrasts the styles, personalities and careers of Britain’s leading composers as they enter their ninth decade
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalmusic/10953884/Harrison-Birtwistle-and-Peter-Maxwell-Davies-the-twin-titans-of-modern-music-at-80.html
Alresford, Hampshire
The Queen of Spades
Grange Park Opera, Hampshire, UK
Antony McDonald directs an engrossing, stunning production of Tchaikovsky’s divisive operahttp://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/6b75306e-068a-11e4-ba32-00144feab7de.ht ml#axzz36zgzB3MZ
Reviews vom 9.7.2014
München
Guillaume Tell, Bavarian State Opera, Munich – review
This year’s Munich Opera Festival opens with an orgy of fabulous singing
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Zürich
Heartfelt Beethoven and precise Rachmaninov in Zurich
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-luisi-salle-zurich-july-2014
Mailand
The quotidian and the absurd: La Scala’s rib-tickling Le Comte Ory
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-comte-ory-scala-florez-kurzak-july-2014
London
Opera is the new circus
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New York
Not Over Till Overtime’s Due? Met Labor Strife Bares Secrets
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Denver
Review: „Dead Man Walking” at Central City Opera: A Man sings, Woefully, For His Life
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Sidney
Eighteenth-century Salieri romp given new life by Pinchgut Opera
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-pinchgut-chimney-sweep-salieri-july-2014
Reviews vom 8.7.2014
München
Damrau’s superb Violetta marred by static Traviata production
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-damrau-traviata-chacon-cruz-munich-july-2014
Moskau
Manon, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theatre, Moscow – review
The Stanislavsky Ballet’s take on MacMillan’s dark masterpiece is too decorous by far
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London
Weitere „Maria Stuarda”-Reviews
Maria Stuarda, Royal Opera House, review: Joyce DiDonato is transcendent
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Maria Stuarda, Royal Opera House, London – review
The directors’ vision is feeble – but Joyce DiDonato is on superlative form in the title role
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City of London Festival, St Paul’s Cathedral, London – review
The choice of music – Penderecki and Bruckner – was not ideal for this awe-inspiring space
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Liverpool
RLPO/Hillsborough Memorial review
– some pastiche, but beyond parody Liverpool Cathedral Michael Nyman’s 11th symphony, marking the 25th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster, reused parts of earlier works to create an occasion for reflection
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New York
From Ballet Theater, Some Goodbyes and a Promise for the Future
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Marching Ahead With Nostalgia
New York Philharmonic’s Fourth of July Celebration
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San Diego
San Diego Opera cutting costs as part of effort to achieve stability
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San Francisco
‘La Traviata’ review: New cast breathes life into classic
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Sidney
Weitere “Otello”-Reviews
Otello review – lead performances worthy of a still powerful opera
Sydney Opera House, Sydney Opera Australia leave behind offstage drama of disgraced Georgian soprano Tamar Iveri for brilliant onstage performances
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Opera review: Late substitute
Haroutounian is icing on cake in Opera Australia’s Otello
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Reviews vom 7.7.2014
London
Maria Stuarda, Royal Opera House, ‘DiDonato dazzles’
Joyce DiDonato’s enthralling singing saved a crass production of Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda
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Maria Stuarda review – the singers supply the passion Royal Opera House, London
What gives the evening genuine distinction are the individual vocal performances, and especially those from the protagonist and her implacable opponent
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Maria Stuarda, Royal Opera House
A bloody good attempt to reinvent
Donizetti’s romance as a contemporary tragedy
http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/maria-stuarda-royal-opera-house
New English Ballet Theatre, Peacock Theatre, London
Exposition is clear, performances well-rehearsed, characters well-drawn and the writing fluent and demanding
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Interview
Myung-Whun Chung, interview: when music is life or death
Conductor Myung-Whun Chung doesn’t know if the North Korean musicians he worked with are alive or dead. He talks to Adam Sweeting
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Sidney
Opera Australia’s Otello shines despite late replacement of controversial soprano
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Feuilleton
Nicola Benedetti: ‘I’ve been given a great gift in my life’
Her talent as a violinist is undisputed, but Benedetti made her way to the top thanks to a ferocious work ethic, and a passion for classical music that she wants a whole new generation to share
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München/ “Ganes”
Die verzaubernden Feen aus Südtirol
Sie verweben Pop und Jazz mit Ladinisch, dem Dialekt, der in den Alpentälern Oberitaliens gesprochen wird. Nun veröffentlicht das ungewöhnliche Trio Ganes um Sängerin Maria Moling das vierte Album.
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Reviews vom 6.7.2014
Wien/ Jazzfest in der Staatsoper
Die Discokugel aus Suburbia in der Staatsoper
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Aix-en-provence
Drama Onstage and Off Aix-en-Provence
Festival Presents Mozart and Handel
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London Proms 2014: Why the Proms are losing their director Roger Wright
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Michael Nyman on his Hillsborough Memorial: ‘It can only have an emotional purpose’
The uncompromising composer talks about how his popular success means he is still an outsider, and how the 1989 Liverpool football tragedy made him feel personally guilt
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A pairing of Penderecki and Bruckner resonates in St Paul’s
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Glyndebourne
Don Giovanni from Glyndebourne Watch: an acclaimed production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni from Glyndebourne.
Available here on demand from 3pm on July 6 until Sunday July 13
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New York
Twinkling Orbs of a Starry Run Sizing Up
American Ballet Theater’s Spring Season
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Italien
Im richtigen Moment
Die Situation der kulturellen Einrichtungen in Italien ist bedrückend. Es ist gerade deswegen der richtige Moment, an den einzigartigen Giorgio Strehler zu erinnern.
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Heute in den Feuilletons: Pathologische Formen der Ruhmsucht
In der “Welt” lotet Karl Ove Knausgård die Pathologie des Ruhms aus. Beim Berliner Festival “Foreign Affairs” beeindruckte die “Berliner Zeitung” vor allem Marta Górnickas Chorinstallation “Magnificat” und die “taz” erkundet die türkische Kunstszene.
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Reviews vom 5.7.2014
München
A stage populated by children: Die Frau Ohne Schatten a musical treat in Munich http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-frau-munich-pankratova-pieczonka-july-2014
London
Nederlands Dans Theater, Sadler’s Wells, London – review
The elegant sets are flawless, the dancemaking banal
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Birmingham CBSO/Gardner review
– sumptuous, overwhelming season closer Symphony Hall, Birmingham City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra provides all the illustration needed in a fine instrumental performance of Bluebeard’s Castle
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Goose pimples and grisly secrets: A thrilling Bluebeard’s Castle
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-gardner-deyoung-bluebeard-july-2014
Longborough
Tosca, Longborough Festival Opera, review: ‘serviceable’
This production of Puccini’s Tosca was intimate but lacked crackling electricity, says Rupert Christiansen
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Review: The Barber of Seville at Longborough Festival Opera
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The Barber of Seville, Longborough Festival
Sparkling Rossini reflects director’s work ethic rather than concepts
http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/barber-seville-longborough-festival
New York
Divas Ready for Another Stage
After All the Arias, Opera Singers Look to the Stage and Screen
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Reviews vom 4.7.2014
Wien
A fairy tale finale: Otto Schenk’s The Cunning Little Vixen in Vienna http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-vixen-reiss-finley-vienna-june-2014
Minimalist and full of tension, but lacking in Verdian style
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Ostrava
Living on the Edge: New Opera Days in Ostrava
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-ostrava-opera-days-june-2014
London
Philharmonia/Salonen review – true pianissimo and roof-raising climaxes Royal Festival Hall, London
Esa-Pekka Salonen held together the gargantuan forces of Mahler’s Eighth Symphony for a balanced interpretation
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Glyndebourne
Interview Gerald Finley: Don Giovanni is the Mick Jagger of opera
Ahead of the streaming of Glyndebourne’s 2010 production of Don Giovanni, baritone Gerald Finley explains what it takes to play Mozart’s rakish seducer
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Glyndebourne: the top 10 Mozart productions of all time
Ahead of the streaming of Glyndebourne’s production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Rupert Christiansen picks the Festival’s most memorable Mozart productions
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New York /Revival
Is on the Table for Bankrupt
New York City Opera Could the curtain rise again at the New York City Opera?
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Reviews vom 3.7.2013
Verona
Arena di Verona stages an unforgettable Aida
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-aida-verona-he-sartori-june-2014
Paris
Limping in Solidarity And Leaping for Joy
Dances by Tanztheater Wuppertal and Paris Opera Ballet
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London
English National Opera tightens reins as 58 groups lose Arts
Council funding England’s theatres, orchestras, galleries and museums learn how much Arts Council England will be giving them in 2015-18
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The Turn of the Screw, Opera Holland Park
The evenings are warm but this ghost story casts a real chill
http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/turn-screw-opera-holland-park
Turn of the Screw, Holland Park, review: enthralling
This modern version of Britten’s opera was oddly resonant, says Rupert Christiansen
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An operatic ghost story – or is it? The Turn of the Screw at Opera Holland Park http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-holland-park-screw-june-2014
London
Symphony Orchestra/Jonathan Nott review
– magnificent Messiaen and extraordinary finesse in Beethoven Barbican, London Jonathan Nott and the LSO achieve impressive precision in Messiaen’s challenging Turangalîla Symphony
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New York
A Mixed Bill at the Metropolitan Opera Box-Office Data on New Met Productions Illustrate the Company’s Struggle
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To Strut (and Leap) on a Stage American Ballet Theater’s Shakespeare Program
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Trisha Brown, Bard SummerScape, Upstate New York – review
Dances from three different decades marked the beginning of Bard’s annual arts festival
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Cleveland
Tan Dun’s Ghost Opera highlights ChamberFest Cleveland concert
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-chamberfest-ghost-opera-june-2014
St. Louis Reviews: Opera Theatre of St. Louis spring season
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Feuilleton
Jessye Norman: Dress size has nothing to do with opera singing
Legendary soprano Jessye Norman talks weight, race and what it really takes to be an opera star
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Showpremiere in London: Fans feiern Monty Python
30 Jahre nach ihrer Trennung haben sich Monty Python für zehn Shows zurückgemeldet. Ohne Überraschungen, dafür mit allen Sketch-Klassikern. Die Fans sind selig, doch die Presse mäkelt.
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Rock/ Pop
Was Musiker pro Gig kassieren
Musiker verdienen ihr Geld mittlerweile mit Konzerten – und kassieren teils horrende Summen
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Reviews vom 2.7.2014
Rom
Dmytro Popov’s Don José the star turn in Rome’s Carmen
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-carmen-popov-villaume-rome-june-2014
London
The World’s Greatest Show, Greenwich Dance, London
Choreographer Arthur Pita talks about his new work, which explores the dance marathons of the 1930s
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Birmingham
Mozart’s Mass in C Minor and more with the CBSO
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Glyndebourne Weitere “Giardiniera”-Review
La Finta Giardiniera, Glyndebourne, opera review: ‘Emerges with irresistible charm’
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La finta giardiniera, Glyndebourne, East Sussex, UK – review
Mozart’s early opera is a riotous mess – shot through with flashes of genius
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Aldebourgh
Klangforum Wien; BBCSO review –
spectralists focus Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh New music was thin on the ground at Aldeburgh, but this final weekend of the festival more than made up for it
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New York
Boston Ballet Visits New York With a Bulging Suitcase
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Baltimore
Lyric Opera Baltimore scales back to one production and concerts for 2014-2015 season
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Reviews vom 1.7.2014
Amsterdam
Meet the Royal Concertgebouw with Eight Seasons from Vivaldi and Piazzolla
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-concertgebouw-vivaldi-piazzolla-june-2014
Sarajevo
Remembering World War I in the Conflict’s Flash Point
The Vienna Philharmonic Recalls World War I in Sarajevo
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Paris
Where Passion Rules, Morality Stands Little Chance
“L’Incoronazione di Poppea,’ a Robert Wilson Production
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Chicago
Kalmar, Grant Park forces soar in Janáček’s “Glagolitic Mass“
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Miami
Bass and soprano deliver the highlights in Miami Lyric Opera’s “Don Pasquale“
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San Francisco
San Francisco Symphony’s excellent semi-staging of Britten’s Peter Grimes
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Feuilleton
theartsdesk Q&A: Mezzo-soprano and Director Brigitte Fassbaender
A great singer and musical force for the good talks about opera from two sides and Lieder
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