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 Reviews vom 31.7.2015

Bayreuth
Overly busy Castorf Rheingold distracts from the music at Bayreuth
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London Prom 13: Susanna Mälkki puts the BBC SO through its paces
https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-prom-13-francesconi-malkki-bbcso-july-2015

Prom 14: LSO/Gergiev review – Prokofiev piano concertos score mixed results
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Prom Math: One Night, Five Prokofiev Concertos
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Prom 14: London Symphony Orchestra, Prokofiev Piano Concertos, review: ‘ exasperating’
One Prokofiev piano concerto is more than enough. Why did the BBC force all five on us? asks Ivan Hewett
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Hereford
Three Choirs festival: Messiaen’s Turangalîla-Symphonie review – scintillating, extreme physicality
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Edinburgh
When is the Edinburgh Festival 2015?
The world’s biggest arts festival runs from August 7 to 31 this year
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New York
Review: Mostly Mozart’s Opening Concert, With a Chopin Encore
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Ravinia
Hampson brings power and eloquence to German lied and American song at Ravinia
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San Diego
San Diego gets new opera company
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/jul/29/san-diego-city-opera/

Feuilleton
How Opera Productions are Revived

http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/how-opera-productions-are-revived/

Reviews vom 30.7.2015

Bayreuth
Review: A Witty “Lohengrin’ Returns to the Bayreuth Festival
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Successful experiment: Neuenfels’ laboratory Lohengrin impresses at Bayreuth
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-lohengrin-vogt-lang-neuenfels-bayreuth-july-2015

London
Yo-Yo Ma: Bach, Big Bird and me
He has played for eight presidents and jammed on Sesame Street. But Yo-Yo Ma is now facing his biggest challenge yet – a Bach marathon at the Proms
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/28/yo-yo-ma-bach-big-bird-and-me

Vivien Conacher: From fiddling on the roof with Bryn Terfel to the Proms
http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/features/vivien-conachers-path-proms

Prom 14: LSO’s tag-team Prokofiev triumphs in the five piano concertos
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-prom-14-prokofiev-trifonov-babayan-volodin-gergiev-lso-july-2015

How the National Youth Orchestra is inspiring a new generation of musical teenagers
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Carlos Acosta’s Cubania, Royal Opera House, review
‘plenty of energy, not enough passion’
The Royal Ballet star’s Cuban-themed show has plenty going for it but only seldom makes a strong impression, says Vanessa Keys
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Sylvie Guillem on her retirement from ballet: ‘It’s a big goodbye’
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Glyndebourne
Weitere „Saul”-Review
Saul (Glyndebourne)
Handel’s oratorio in a wildly imaginative staging by Barrie Kosky
http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/reviews/saul-glyndebourne_38404.html

Katonah, New York
Veterans shine in a gripping concert performance of Poulenc’s Dialogues des carmélites at Caramoor
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-carmelites-crutchfield-caramoor-july-2015

Ton- und Bildträger
Jonas Kaufmann Takes Issue With Decca Over Puccini Album
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Reviews vom 29.7.2015

Salzburg
Rihm’s Conquest of Mexico: glorious philosophy in music at the Salzburg Festival
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Verbier
The Verbier Festival Revels in Mixing It Up
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Torre del Lago
Puccini: Tosca / Festival Puccini of Torre del Lago, 24th July, 2015
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London
Proms 2015: Prom 12, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Beethoven Piano Concertos, review: ‘a victory lap’
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Proms 2015: Prom 13, Francesconi Violin Concerto premiere, review: ‘unmistakable soul’
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BCMG/Ollu review – consummate expertise with teeming, tangled Boulez
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Hartley Wintney, Hampshire
The Marriage of Figaro @ West Green House Opera, Hartley Wintney
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Glyndebourne
Weitere „Saul“-Review
Opera review: Saul at the Glyndebourne Festival
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New York
Metropolitan Opera Streaming
Service Expands to Roku
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Review: “The Wreckers,’ a Tale of Piracy, Love and Betrayal
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Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers thrillingly staged in New York
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Reviews vom 28.7.2015

Salzburg
Whimsical fun for all ages at The Barber of Seville for Children in Salzburg
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-barbiere-for-children-salzburg-festival-july-2015

München
Munich Don Carlo in fifty shades of black
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-don-carlo-harteros-pape-bayerische-staatsoper-july-2015

Bayreuth
Weitere „Tristan”-Review
Tristan und Isolde review – radical reimagining marks new chapter for Bayreuth
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/26/tristan-und-isolde-review-bayreuth-festival

London
High octane verismo: L’amore dei tre re at Opera Holland Park
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-lamore-dei-tre-re-opera-holland-park-july-2015

Proms 2015: Fiddler on the Roof – Richly imagined, deeply humane
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Longborough
Xerxes, Longborough Opera
Handel’s Persian comedy in a nightclub done with great polish by young singers
http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/xerxes-longborough-opera

Tanglewood
Tanglewood’s Contemporary Music Fest Milks Many Sources
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Review: Opera Theater Summerfest continues to impress with ‘Capriccio’
http://triblive.com/aande/music/8800354-74/opera-strauss-scene#axzz3h4ibGlni

Cincinnati
Cincinnati Opera’s ‘Turandot’ a dazzling spectacle
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Washington
A joyful evening of Wagner and Mahler from young maestros
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Santa Fe
La finta giardiniera’ review: SFO throws a garden party
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San Francisco
West Edge makes a brilliant case for “Lulu’
http://www.sfgate.com/music/article/West-Edge-makes-a-brilliant-case-for-Lulu-6406365.php

Salzburg
Whimsical fun for all ages at The Barber of Seville for Children in Salzburg
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-barbiere-for-children-salzburg-festival-july-2015

München
Munich Don Carlo in fifty shades of black
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-don-carlo-harteros-pape-bayerische-staatsoper-july-2015

Bayreuth
Weitere „Tristan”-Review
Tristan und Isolde review – radical reimagining marks new chapter for Bayreuth
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/26/tristan-und-isolde-review-bayreuth-festival

London
High octane verismo: L’amore dei tre re at Opera Holland Park
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-lamore-dei-tre-re-opera-holland-park-july-2015

Proms 2015: Fiddler on the Roof – Richly imagined, deeply humane
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Longborough
Xerxes, Longborough Opera
Handel’s Persian comedy in a nightclub done with great polish by young singers
http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/xerxes-longborough-opera

Tanglewood
Tanglewood’s Contemporary Music Fest Milks Many Sources
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Review: Opera Theater Summerfest continues to impress with ‘Capriccio’
http://triblive.com/aande/music/8800354-74/opera-strauss-scene#axzz3h4ibGlni

Cincinnati
Cincinnati Opera’s ‘Turandot’ a dazzling spectacle
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Washington
A joyful evening of Wagner and Mahler from young maestros
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Santa Fe
La finta giardiniera’ review: SFO throws a garden party
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San Francisco
West Edge makes a brilliant case for “Lulu’
http://www.sfgate.com/music/article/West-Edge-makes-a-brilliant-case-for-Lulu-6406365.php

Reviews vom 27.7.2015

Bayreuth
Review: Cheers, but Modest Impact, for Revisionist “Tristan’
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Tristan und Isolde, Bayreuth Festival, review: ‘hugely moving’
The stakes were high – but Festival director Katharina Wagner’s impressive 150th anniversary production of Tristan und Isolde is more than up to scratch, says Mark Ronan
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London
Club Night, Tête à Tête Opera Festival, review: ‘don’t forget your earplugs’
The future of opera lies in high-quality work rather than gimmicky events
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BBC Proms; Igor Levit review – fanfares and fireworks
There were firsts and feasts – and Haydn – at week one of the Proms. Plus, an astonishing recital by Igor Levit
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Proms 2015: Prom 10, Beethoven Piano Concertos, review: ‘a radiant success’
Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra showed the many faces of Beethoven in this stunning concert
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Prom 10: Mahler Chamber Orchestra/Andsnes review – Beethoven with drama and drive
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Miami
Britten’s “Albert Herring” gets a worthy, enjoyable staging at Miami Summer Music Festival
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Santa Fe
Interview
Star baritone Nathan Gunn sees himself in enigmatic “Cold Mountain’ character Inman
http://www.abqjournal.com/618301/entertainment/multiple-similarities.html

The Santa Fe Opera: How to build a $22 million per year American opera factory
http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/ci_28530200/how-build-22-million-per-year-american-opera

Review: Exceptional singing in Santa Fe Opera’s “Salomé’
http://www.abqjournal.com/618296/entertainment/exceptional-singing-in-salomeacute-opera.html

Feuilleton
What Singers Feel When Leaving Beloved Roles
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/26/arts/music/what-singers-feel-when-leaving-beloved-roles.html?ref=music

Reviews vom 26.7.2015

München
After Her Last Isolde, Waltraud Meier Looks Back
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Review: In “L’Orfeo,’ Free Spirit and Brave Soul Unite
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London
Prom 9: Mahler Chamber Orchestra/Andsnes review – big, passionate Beethoven
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Buxton
theartsdesk at the Buxton Festival: Bloody Lucia, saintly Joan and sweet Louise
High operatic standards for Donizetti, Verdi and Charpentier in the Peak District
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New York
Partch offers a fascinating alternative universe at Lincoln Center Festival
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Chicago
Chicago Summer Opera brings Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream to Mayne Stage
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Los Angeles
Woody Allen Directs Placido Domingo in L.A. Opera’s Opening Production!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jay-weston/woody-allen-directs-placi_b_7858996.html

Sidney
Simon Rattle on Mastering Bruckner
http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/features/simon-rattle-mastering-bruckner

Feuilleton
10 Practical Pieces of Advice for Aspiring Opera Singers
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Reviews vom 25.7.2015

Neapel
Four little Bohemians come of age in Naples
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-boheme-san-carlo-naples-july-2015

London
Montemezzi : L’amore dei tre re / Opera Holland Park, 22nd July 2015
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Ballet Folklórico de México review – Riverdance’s fuschia-coloured Cousin
http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/jul/23/ballet-folklorico-de-mexico-review-coliseum-london

Prom 8: Amateur Hour: the BBC Asian Network Prom
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-prom-8-asian-network-july-2015

Glyndebourne
Saul, Glyndebourne, opera review: A brilliant, landmark production
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Saul, Glyndebourne, review: ‘utterly enthralling’
What do you get when you trust an Australian maverick with the sacred solemnities of Handel’s oratorio? A knockout, says Rupert Christiansen
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Saul review – virtuoso, ravishing, one of Glyndebourne’s finest Shows
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Saul @ Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes
http://www.musicomh.com/classical/reviews-classical/saul-glyndebourne-festival-opera-lewes

Saul Review
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2015/saul/

Why the chorus is crucial to Glyndebourne
Joining the festival’s chorus is a unique experience – and often the first step to stardom, says Rupert Christiansen
www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/glyndebourne/11758040/glyndeboure-saul-chorus.html

New York
Vorschau
Staging “The Wreckers’ Opera at Bard College
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/26/nyregion/staging-the-wreckers-opera-at-bard-college.html

How Composer Ethel Smyth Made Opera History
She was a militant suffragette and lesbian, and to this day is the only female composer to have had a work performed at New York’s Met Opera—inside her amazing life.
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Los Angeles
Los Angles Ballet announces season of “Great Romantics’
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Feuilleton
Performing Opera, Italianamente
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/performing-opera-italianamente/

Reviews vom 24.7.2015

Savonlinna
A Finnish swan song: Salminen stars in Boris Godunov at Savonlinna
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-boris-godunov-salminen-segerstam-savonlinna-july-2015

Mailand
Minkowski’s aimless Mozart with Filarmonica della Scala
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-mozart-minowski-frang-la-scala-milan-july-2015

London
L’amore dei tre re review
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2015/lamore-dei-tre-re/
L’amore dei tre Re (Holland Park)
A fiery tale of sex, revenge and death to conclude a strong OHP season
http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/reviews/lamore-dei-tre-te-holland-park_38368.html

Prom 7: BBCSO/Davis/Simpson review – Hugh Wood draws inspiration from Donne
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Proms 2015: Prom 7, Delius, Nielsen, Hugh Wood & Ravel, review: ‘rapturous’
The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Andrew Davis proved the perfect team, says Ivan Hewett
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Handel vs Vivaldi: Roberta Invernizzi dazzles in Baroque battle at Wigmore Hall
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-handel-vivaldi-invernizzi-risonanza-wigmore-hall-july-2015

Igor Levit review – a technical challenge transcended
Exceptional pianist takes on Rzewski’s demanding landmark anthem with Lisztian bravura and aplomb to end his residency
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/21/igor-levit-review-rzewski-pianist-wigmore

Oxfordshire
Don’t listen to Amadeus – this Salieri opera is better than Mozart
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New York
Prototype Festival Announces 2016 Lineup
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/22/prototype-festival-announces-2016-lineup/?_r=0

Farewell Is in View for Jennie Somogyi, a City Ballet Lifer
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Chicago
Fischer, Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus deliver a sturdy Brahms Requiem
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Calgary
Berlin calling for young Calgary opera singer
http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/berlin-calling-for-calgary-opera-star

Feuilleton
How ballet has been transformed by choreographers from contemporary dance: ‘It’s an exciting time for the art form’
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Reviews vom 23.7.2015

Savonlinna
A Tosca to set the nerves jangling in Savonlinna
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-tosca-savonlinna-festival-july-2015

Verona
A Babylonian extravaganza: epic Nabucco at the Arena di Verona
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Monaco
Two Mercedes Once Owned by Maria Callas Head for Sale in Monaco
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London
Prom 5, review: Maverick HK Gruber shows no sign of slowing up at 72
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Prom 5: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/John Storgards, review: ‘a treat’
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Prom 5: BBC Phil/Currie/Storgårds review – compelling percussion playing
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Prom 6: BBCNOW/Søndergård review – a reminder of Haydn’s choral greatness
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Manchester
Orchestra invites audience to pay what they think
the concert was worth Halle Orchestra, in Manchester, is inviting a new audience to experience classical music in a different way read more

New York
Opera Saratoga’s delightful Cenerentola
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-cenerentola-opera-saratoga-july-2015

Maryland
Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette at Maryland Lyric Opera, Reviewed
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San Francisco
Modern-Day Intimacy in Post:Ballet Six-Pack
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Melbourne
Review: Sweeney Todd (Victorian Opera)
http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/review-sweeney-todd-victorian-opera

Feuilleton
Soprano Reri Grist Tells of a Life of Adventures
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/soprano-reri-grist-life-adventures/

Reviews vom 22.7.2015

Verbier
Salonen Replaces James Levine at the Verbier Festival
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London
Proms 2 & 3: Ten Pieces a hit with young audience
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-prom-2-3-ten-pieces-sondergard-bbcnow-july-2015

Proms 2015: Prom 4, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Andris Nelsons, review: ‘majestic’
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PROM 4: CBSO, Nelsons
Nelsons will be a hard act to follow at the CBSO
http://www.theartsdesk.com/classical-music/prom-4-cbso-nelsons

Prom 4: CBSO/Nelsons review – a blazingly memorable farewell
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Oxford
Just what the Philosopher ordered: Salieri’s La grotta di Trofonio at Bampton Classical Opera
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-grotta-trofonio-bampton-classical-opera-july-2015

New York
Better Home and Gardens: The Musical
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 / Strauss
Sinfonia Domestica The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst (Conductor and Music Director)
http://www.concertonet.com/scripts/review.php?ID_review=10789

Louisville
Kentucky Opera General Director David Roth Dies in Car Accident
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Santa Fe
Opera review: Salome — hell hath no fury
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Seattle
An unusual and moving evening at Seattle’s Summer Chamber Music Festival
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-britten-brahms-ehnes-phan-seattle-july-2015

Istanbul
First Armenian director of State Opera and Ballet
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Multimedia
Smart glasses translate words from the stage
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Feuilleton
Playing Mozart’s Piano Pieces as Mozart Did
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 Reviews vom 21.7.2015

Turin
Teatro Regio joins Expo’s cultural wave with a flavourless Norma
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-norma-agresta-aronica-turin-july-2015

London
Operalia, Royal Opera House, review: ‘an unfair test’
This prestigious competition to find the next big opera star failed to set the spine tingling, says Rupert Christiansen
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One-shot saloon: Operalia 2015 a triumph for the ladies
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-operalia-final-placido-domingo-royal-opera-house-july-2015

King Arthur review – Purcell’s Stuart propaganda beautifully done
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/17/king-arthur-review-purcell-dryden-gabrieli-consort-st-johns

Betrothal and Betrayal in JPYA’s end of term performance at the Royal Opera
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-jpya-summer-performance-royal-opera-july-2015

Proms star Danielle de Niese: motherhood has changed my voice Soprano Danielle de Niese will perform
at the Last Night of the Proms and fans might notice something a little different about her singing
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Prom 2, Ten Pieces, review: ‘hyperactive’
The pieces got a bit lost in this hectic Prom for primary school-age children, says Ivan Hewett
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New York
Does one black ballet superstar mean real change?
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Review: The Cleveland Orchestra Plays Strauss With Abundant Color
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Cooperstown
Review: “Cato in Utica” @ Glimmerglass Festival, 7/18/15
http://blog.timesunion.com/localarts/review-cato-in-utica-glimmerglass-festival-71815/38562/

Ravinia
It was a dull and stormy night with Znaider’s double-duty Ravinia debut
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Sidney
Noch eine „Don Carlo”-Review
Don Carlos a spectacular success
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Feuilleton
Johann Sebastian Bach: Leading soloists on the mastery and mystery of the genius composer
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Reviews vom 20.7.2015

Neapel
Tosca: love, hope and tragedy in fascist times at the San Carlo
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-tosca-cedolins-la-colla-san-carlo-naples-july-2015

London
Nachtrag zur „Lakme”
Opera review: Delibes’ Lakme by Opera Holland
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When Cries of Rape Are Heard in Opera Halls
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Ardani 25 Dance Gala, London Coliseum, review: ‘extraordinary’
Star ballerina Natalia Osipova led the bill in a dazzling evening, says Laura Thompson
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Tanz
The Car Man, Sadler’s Wells, review: ‘masterful’
Matthew Bourne’s radical reworking of Carmen still makes for a thrilling evening of dance, says Rachel Ward
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Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man review
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2015/matthew-bournes-car-man/

The Car Man Is An Evocative Blend Of Thuggery And Buggery
https://londonist.com/2015/07/the-car-man-is-the-thuggery-with-buggery-ballet.php

Photo Flash: First Look at Matthew Bourne’s THE CAR MAN at Sadler’s Well
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Proms 2015: First Night of the Proms, Royal Albert Hall, review: ‘Reassuring as spring flowers’
Time for a thrilling intimacy amidst all the clamour and jubilation, says Ivan Hewett
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New York
Delightful Dvořák and messy Messiaen in wildly uneven Cleveland Orchestra concert
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Cincinnati
$1 million “Turandot’ takes stage at Cincinnati Opera
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San Diego
With David Bennett in charge, San Diego Opera may get a bit wild — but not crazy
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Sidney
Review: Yuja Wang plays Brahms (SSO)
http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/live-reviews/review-yuja-wang-plays-brahms-sso

Feuilleton
Interview
Magdalena Kožená’s Velvet Revolution
http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/features/magdalena-kozena

Reviews vom 19.7.2015

London
Dadaville at the First Night of the Proms – and six great Proms premieres
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The problem with the First Night of the Proms
It’s the world’s greatest music festival – so why does it always get off to such a shoddy start, asks Ivan Hewett
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Proms First Night review: off to a flying start
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Prom 1: BBC SO / Oramo @ Royal Albert Hall, London
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Interview/Facing the music: Lars Vogt
He loves Bach’s St John Passion, loathes Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsodies and has a soft spot for Abba – the pianist who performs on the opening night of this year’s Proms tells us about his musical passions
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Buxton
Louise, Buxton Festival, review: ‘tantalising and frustrating’
It was a mistake to present this little-known but strangely fascinating opera in a concert format, says Rupert Christiansen
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Terrific Louise from Madeleine Pierard in Gustave Charpentier’s opera at the Buxton Festival
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Giovanna D’Arco, Buxton Festival, review: ‘heartfelt’
Though ranked among the dregs of Verdi’s oeuvre this is still a lot more fun than most operas, says Rupert Christiansen
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New York
Review: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Kicks Off a Summer Series
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Boston
Flotow’s Finest Inked for BMO’s 10th Season
 http://www.classical-scene.com/2015/07/17/flowtow-martha-bmo/

Ravinia
A memorable evening with Igor Levit and Bach at Ravinia
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Mendocino
The Mendocino Music Festival Kicks Off With A Little Magic
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Feuilleton
Thomas Mann doesn’t belong in a G-string
Adaptations of Death in Venice rarely capture the subtlety and repression of Thomas Mann’s classic novella, says Simon Heffer
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Reviews vom 18.7.2015

Aix-en-Provence
Extraordinary Creatures, and Some Elusive Ones, at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence
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Garsington Opera. Wormsely
A Midsummer Night’s Dream review – orchestral manoeuvres in the park
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream review
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2015/midsummer-nights-dream-5/

 

New York
Review: In “Daphne,’ the Cleveland Orchestra Takes on a Difficult Strauss Opera
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Cleveland Orchestra clinches Lincoln Center Festival victory with concert ‘Daphne’ reprisal (review and photos) http://www.cleveland.com/musicdance/index.ssf/2015/07/cleveland_orchestra_clinches_l.html

 

Cleveland Orchestra’s “Daphne” turns wooden at Lincoln Center Festival
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…But Only Strauss Can Make A Tree
http://www.concertonet.com/scripts/review.php?ID_review=10780

 

Santa Fe
Santa Fe Opera Adds Performance of “Cold Mountain’
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Sidney
Nachtrag zum „Don Carlo”
BWW Reviews: Opera Australia’s DON CARLOS Is A Feast For The Senses
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Bild- und Tonträger
Wagner: Götterdämmerung, Act 3 CD review implacable intensity, startling singing Nilsson/Windgassen/Frick/Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra/Solti (Testament)
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Feuilleton
Defending Donizetti
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/defending-donizetti/

 

Reviews vom 17.7.2015

Lockenhaus
Destination Lockenhaus: mecca for lesser-known musical gems
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-enescu-altstaedt-lockenhaus-festival-austria-july-2015

 

Hamburg
Houston Ballet Gives a Triumphant Guest Artist Performance in German
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Aix-en-Provence
Review: Exploring Captivity in Handel’s “Alcina’ and Mozart’s “Entführung’ at Aix-en-Provence Festival
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London
Vorschau
Cities of Salt: A new opera explores how the discovery of oil changed the Middle East
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Alresford
Eugene Onegin @ Grange Park Opera, Alresford
http://www.musicomh.com/classical/reviews-classical/eugene-onegin-grange-park-opera-alresford

 

Buxton
Dark and heavenly visions: Giovanna d’Arco at Buxton Opera Festival
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-giovanna-arco-moshinsky-buxton-festival-july-2015

 

San Diego
Culture Report: Bennett’s Plans for the San Diego Opera Reviva
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Los Angeles
Gala Ballet Returns to Los Angeles with Bolle and Cornejo BalletNow Programs
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Sidney
Don Carlos review (Sydney Opera House)
“But best of all is Ferruccio Furlanetto as Philip II (…)”
http://dailyreview.crikey.com.au/don-carlos-review-sydney-opera-house/26856
Review: Don Carlos (Opera Australia)
http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/live-reviews/review-don-carlos-opera-australia

 

Reviews vom 16.7.2015

Lockenhaus
Destination Lockenhaus: mecca for lesser-known musical gems
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-enescu-altstaedt-lockenhaus-festival-austria-july-2015

Hamburg
Houston Ballet Gives a Triumphant Guest Artist Performance in German
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Aix-en-Provence
Review: Exploring Captivity in Handel’s “Alcina’ and Mozart’s “Entführung’ at Aix-en-Provence Festival
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London
Vorschau
Cities of Salt: A new opera explores how the discovery of oil changed the Middle East
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Alresford
Eugene Onegin @ Grange Park Opera, Alresford
http://www.musicomh.com/classical/reviews-classical/eugene-onegin-grange-park-opera-alresford

Buxton
Dark and heavenly visions: Giovanna d’Arco at Buxton Opera Festival
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-giovanna-arco-moshinsky-buxton-festival-july-2015

San Diego
Culture Report: Bennett’s Plans for the San Diego Opera Reviva
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Los Angeles
Gala Ballet Returns to Los Angeles with Bolle and Cornejo BalletNow Programs
Mehr Info

Sidney
Don Carlos review (Sydney Opera House)
“But best of all is Ferruccio Furlanetto as Philip II (…)”
http://dailyreview.crikey.com.au/don-carlos-review-sydney-opera-house/26856
Review: Don Carlos (Opera Australia)
http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/live-reviews/review-don-carlos-opera-australia

Reviews vom 15.7.2015

Garsington
Mendelssohn’s missing opera: the course of true love was never smooth
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Buxton
Lucia di Lammermoor review – Buxton production does its marital duty
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/14/lucia-di-lammermoor-review-buxton-opera

Glyndebourne
Glyndebourne’s 2016 season celebrates Shakespeare
Two operas based on works by Shakespeare will mark the 400th anniversary of the playwright’s death
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The Rape of Lucretia (Glyndebourne)
Festival re-staging of Fiona Shaw’s WhatsOnStage poll-winning productio
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Opera Review: The Rape of Lucretia at Glyndebourne Summer Festival
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Cardiff
Gould Piano Trio/Fulgoni review – a ravishing outing for a rare Schoenberg
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New York
Plan to Sell New York City Opera’s Name Is Withdrawn
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Review: “The Red Detachment of Women,’ by the National Ballet of China, Soldiers On
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Katonah, New York
Review: Donizetti’s “La Favorite,’ a Rare Concert Performance in French at Caramoor
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Castleton
Justice Ginsburg’s Spin on a Supreme Opera, “Scalia/Ginsburg’
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Washington
A return to grand style for Wolf Trap Opera with “Ghosts of Versailles
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Walnut Creek, Kalifornien
The Show Must Go On for Festival Opera’s Ariadne
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Feuilleton
Barrie Kosky: ‘When I first saw The Magic Flute, I didn’t get it and I didn’t like it’
Epic, inventive and physical, Barrie Kosky’s operas even rattle his singers. As Edinburgh braces itself for his Magic Flute, the outspoken Australian talks about the work he calls “a graveyard for directors’ – and reveals why he’ll be scaring the sheep at Glyndebourne
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Reviews vom 14.7.2015

München
Review: “Arabella’ Brings Intrigue to the Munich Opera Festival
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Florenz
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia / Opera di Firenze, 8th July 2015
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Aix-en-Provence
Festival d’Aix-en-Provence Includes “A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Revival]
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London
Tanz
Other Stories review – flashing the artistic wealth of experience
Wendy Whelan and Edward Watson bring the riches of their long careers to five specially commissioned new works
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Alresford
Verismo before its time: Eugene Onegin at Grange Park
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-tchaikovsky-eugene-onegin-grange-park-opera-july-2015

Tanglewood
Bryn Terfel makes the Tanglewood stage his world
http://theclassicalreview.com/2015/07/bryn-terfel-makes-the-tanglewood-stage-his-world/

Bad Boys and Dairymen
http://www.classical-scene.com/2015/07/12/terfel-tanglewood/

Starry vocalists strike sparks in night of Verdi and Puccini at Tanglewood
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Castleton
Scalia/Ginsburg’: An affectionate comic opera look at the high court
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Denver
Review: ’La Traviata’ opens Central City Opera’s 2015 summer Festival
http://www.examiner.com/review/review-la-traviata-opens-central-city-opera-s-2015-summer-festival
Central City Opera’s “La Traviata,” sentimental and right at hom
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Feuilleton
Vickers-Nachruf in der New York Times
Jon Vickers, Opera Star Known for His Raw Power and Intensity, Dies at 88
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Reviews vom 13.7.2015

London
Nachruf auf Jon Vickers auf der ROH-Homepage
Canadian-born tenor Jon Vickers dies
Renowned heldentenor was one of the 20th century’s greatest opera singers, and appeared at Covent Garden scores of times.
http://www.roh.org.uk/news/canadian-born-tenor-jon-vickers-dies

 

Critics of innovations at the Proms and in opera miss the point of music
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Interview
Emotional ties with Royal Ballet principal Natalia Osipova
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-3151996/Royal-Ballet-principal-Natalia-Osipova.html

 

Buxton
Giovanna d’Arco review – flawed Verdi rarity a missable choice for festival
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Cheltenham
Cheltenham Music Festival finale, review: too much rough with the smooth
An all-Mendelssohn programme, featuring the acclaimed violinist Alina Ibragimova, should have been sweeter
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San Diego
SD Opera’s new chief looking for right mix
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/jul/11/san-diego-opera-david-bennett/

 

Santa Fe
Review: Outstanding portrayal of the tragic “Rigoletto’
http://www.abqjournal.com/611248/entertainment/outstanding-portrayal-of-tragic-rigoletto.html

 

Walnut Creek, Kalifornien
Festival Opera back on track with “Ariadne’
http://www.sfgate.com/music/article/Festival-Opera-back-on-track-with-Ariadne-6379381.php

 

Silicon Valley
Choi’s Cello Reverberates in a GlassHouse at Silicon Valley Music Festival
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Ton- und Bildträger
Antonio Salieri: Les Danaïdes, review: ‘grandeur and brilliance
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CD-Besprechung
Klavier-Virtuosin Vinnitskaya: Schostakowitsch in Vollendung
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Reviews vom 12.7.2015

Mailand
Teatro alla Scala: Jürgen Flimm’s painterly Rossini Otello
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London
English National Opera looking for new leader after artistic director John Berry steps down
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John Berry was never going to be content just serving up repertory revivals
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Semenchuk / Deutsch @ Wigmore Hall, London
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New York
Review: A Young Cast for the Young Lovers of “Madama Butterfly’
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Review: Ballet NY Presents a Premiere, Medhi Bahiri’s “What Ever’
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Chicago
Young conductor makes strong Grant Park debut with Bernstein, Franck
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Cincinnati
Review: Sight gags, silent movies propel ‘Don Pasquale’
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Review: Cincinnati Opera’s Don Pasquale
http://citybeat.com/cincinnati/blog-6566-review_cincinnati_op.html

San Francisco
Five Short Hours With Berlioz’s the Trojans in San Francisco
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Feuilleton
Itay Talgam: ‘Burnout rates for classical musicians do not surprise me’
The maestro and leadership writer Itay Talgam, who has conducted the great orchestras of Europe, reveals his love of Nutella, netsuke collection, and why he left the industry
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Sängerin von Jennifer Rostock: Brust rein!
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Reviews vom 11.7.2015

Aix-en-Provence
theartsdesk in Aix: Dreaming on From Provence to China: Robert Carsen’s great Britten puts a girdle round the earth
http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/theartsdesk-aix-dreaming

London
John Berry steps down from English National Opera
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ENO’s John Berry: surly but talented
The artistic director of ENO, is leaving his job. Rupert Christiansen assesses his turbulent tenure
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Lakmé, Opera Holland Park, review: ‘sensuous’
This gem of the French operatic repertory was beautifully sung and sensitively played, says Rupert Christiansen
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Lakmé, Opera Holland Park, review

About as authentically Indian as a tikka masala but perfectly cooked nevertheless
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Lakmé review – finely sung but unambitious

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Lakme review
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2015/lakme/

Weitere „Falstaff“-Review
Falstaff (Royal Opera House) Covent Garden revives its jolly ’50s production of Verdi’s farewell to opera
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New York
Broadway Skills in Opera: They’re a Puzzlement
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Review: National Ballet of China Brings “Peony Pavilion’ to Lincoln Center
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San Diego
Because one opera company isn’t enough San Diego City Opera to launch its season in October
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Reviews vom 10.7.2015

Zürich
The eagerly awaited Mutter-Lambert duo at the Tonhalle
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-mutter-orkis-zurich-july-2015

London
Cinderella, Dutch National Ballet, London Coliseum, review: ‘supremely fresh’
Christopher Wheeldon’s new version of Cinderella is a delight for all age-groups, says Mark Monahan
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Cinderella review
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2015/cinderella/

Review of Dutch National Ballet’s Cinderella by Christopher Wheeldon
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A touch of Disney: Wheeldon’s glossy Cinderella sweeps into London
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Glyndeborne
When is a rape not a rape? Fiona Shaw’s Rape of Lucretia at Glyndebourne reviewed
Plus: wit and energy aplenty in Robert Carsen’s Falstaff at the Royal Opera House – but where are the tears and pathos?
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Winslow, Buckinghamshire
La Traviata, Winslow Hall Opera, review: ‘disengaged’
Production of La Traviata fails to convey the intensity of Verdi’s music, says Rupert Christiansen
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York York
Early Music festival review – sublime
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New York
Welser-Möst and the Cleveland Orchestra Head to Lincoln Center Festival
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Tel Aviv
THE ISRAELI OPERA Two World Premieres Tel Aviv Opera House, July 6
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Reviews vom 9.7.2015

Venedig
Juditha triumphans: A big night out for the girls in Venice
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London /Weitere “Falstaff”-Reviews Falstaff review –
1950s updating feels cosmetic and heartless
The revived Robert Carsen production of Verdi’s final opera would be a duller evening without Ambrogio Maestri in the title role read more
After Slow Start
Falstaff Redeems Royal Opera House
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo: INALA, Sadler’s Wells, review: ‘intoxicating’
Mark Baldwin’s glorious ‘zulu ballet’ is back – and it’s even better than before, says Mark Monahan
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Cambridge Orquesta Filarmónica de México UNAM/Latham-Koenig review – lacking in substance
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Saratoga
Review: Purcell’s “Dido & Aeneas” @ Opera Saratoga 7/6/15
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Santa Fe
Napoleonic Tomfoolery Getting regimented at the Opera
http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-10608-napoleonic-tomfoolery.html

Sidney
Review: Bajazet (Pinchgut Opera)
http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/live-reviews/review-bajazet-pinchgut-opera

Reviews vom 8.7.2015

London
One hell of a way to make a Royal Opera debut
Russian soprano Ekaterina Bakanova stepped in to sing Violetta at Covent Garden with only hours’ notice, and gave the performance of her life
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Falstaff review
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2015/falstaff/

 

Falstaff, Royal Opera The greatest of fat knights and stagecraft triumphant in Verdi’s swansong http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/falstaff-royal-opera-0

 

Verdi : Falstaff / Royal Opera House, 6th July 2015
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A second helping for Carsen’s delicious Falstaff at the Royal Opera
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-falstaff-carsen-maestri-royal-opera-july-2015

 

Ambrogio Maestri: The charismatic Italian baritone on food and Falstaff
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Cheltenham
Entanglement/That Man Stephen Ward review – notorious deaths retold
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London
Quadrophenia”: Die alten Mods erstürmen das Opernhaus
Pete Townshend, Chef der Band The Who, will auch über den Tod hinaus alles im Griff behalten: Sein Konzeptalbum von 1973 ließ er vorsorglich für Symphonieorchester arrangieren. Premiere hatte das Werk nun in London
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Feuilleton
Music as stress reliever? Fine, but I like music that makes me stressed!
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Reviews vom 7.7.2015

London
The Monster in the Maze, Barbican London, Review
Jonathan Dove’s new Minotaur community opera brilliantly hits the mark
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The Monster in the Maze, Barbican, review: ‘full-blooded’
Simon Rattle showed great passion in bringing Jonathan Dove’s deft children’s opera to life, says Ivan Hewett
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The Monster in the Maze review – Dove’s score is lively and direct
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Glyndebourne
The Rape of Lucretia, Glyndebourne, review: ‘piercingly intelligent, immaculately realised’
Rupert Christiansen applauds Fiona Shaw’s grown-up, nuanced, magnificently performed staging of this violent and difficult Britten opera
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The Rape of Lucretia @ Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes
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The Rape of Lucretia Review
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2015/rape-lucretia/
The Rape of Lucretia, Glyndebourne, review: Female characters with genuine depth
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Dark deeds under the microscope: Britten’s Rape of Lucretia at Glyndebourne
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-britten-rape-of-lucretia-glyndebourne-2015

 

Longborough
Rigoletto, Longborough Festival Opera, review: American 1920s setting works a treat
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Longborough delivers a quality Rigoletto 1920s-style
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-rigoletto-longborough-festival-opera-july-2015

 

New York
BWW Reviews: American Ballet Theatre’s CINDERELLA
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Review: Marianela Nuñez Enchants as Cinderella With American Ballet Theater
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On the Organ
Trail in Manhattan
A tour of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, St. Mary the Virgin and the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola reveal the personalities of the instruments that can both caress and crush.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/05/arts/music/on-the-organ-trail-in-manhattan.html?ref=music

 

Santa Fe
Opera review: A dark and stormy night at SFO’s Rigoletto
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Reviews vom 6.7.2015

Aix-en-Provence
Svadba in Aix: Six singers on a bare stage in scenes before marriage
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-svadba-aix-en-provence-july-2015

London
Sweltering heat, Spanish passions: Ernani in concert
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-ernani-chelsea-opera-group-london-july-2015

London
“Show some respect’, Plácido Domingo urges directors after opera rape row
The great singer, whose Operalia competition comes to London next week, says stage productions need to stay close to composer’s intention
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Why the best music belongs in a shoebox
Experts in acoustics advocate the “shoebox” design for a concert hall – and London should have one, says Simon Heffer
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/11714285/Why-the-best-music-belongs-in-a-shoebox.html

Manchester
The Immortal/Mark Simpson review – a blazingly original oratorio
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/05/the-immortalsimpson-review-blazingly-original-oratorio

Tree of Codes review – visual wizardry and pizzazz in sexy modern ballet
http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/jul/05/tree-of-codes-review-wayne-mcgregor-olafur-eliasson

Tree of Codes, Manchester Opera House, review: Extraordinary ballet with stark score from Jamie xx is fecund with human creativity
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Santa Fe
Opera review: Season opens with Donizetti’s “Daughter of the Regiment’
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Sidney
La Traviata review: Opera Australia revives Elijah Moshinsky’s classic production
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La Traviata review (Sydney Opera House)
http://dailyreview.crikey.com.au/la-traviata-review-sydney-opera-house/26423

BWW Reviews: LA TRAVIATA, a Tragic Love Story Of Pleasure, Passion And Prejudice
Is Beautifully Bought to Life by Opera Australia
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Bajazet review: Pinchgut Opera’s gripping tale a glorious triumph of intensity
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Reviews vom 5.7.2015

Aix-en-Provence
Martin Kušej’s new Entführung a disappointingly toothless affair
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Bordeaux
Maestro move: Minkowski lands French opera
http://slippedisc.com/2015/07/maestro-move-minkowski-lands-french-opera/

London
Why does the Royal Opera House pay directors so much?
The eye-watering salaries of Kasper Holten and Antonio Pappano seem inordinate when compared to other arts institutions – or even the Prime Minister, says Rupert Christiansen
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Zur Diskussion in britischen Medien über den ROH-„Guillaume Tell“
How the William Tell controversy played out in the papers
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The trouble with putting a rape scene in Rossini
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Royal Opera House gang-rape scene toned down following ‘hurricane of booing’ on opening night
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Sick of sex and violence on stage?
Fight back by booing: After that Opera House rape scene, QUENTIN LETTS calls for a public revolt
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Why opera audiences need a wake-up call about rape
The reaction of the audience to a rape scene in a production of Guillaume Tell at the Royal Opera House is more disturbing than the scene itself, says Bryony Gordon
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/11715578/Rape-at-the-opera.html

The Tarantino turn in modern opera is ruining it for everyone
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Boo to the William Tell protesters: opera must innovate if it’s to survive
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Cheltenham
Marc-André Hamelin; Erik Satie: Memoirs of a Pear-Shaped Life reviews
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New York
Ballet Theater’s Met Season, a Mix of Sparkling Moments and Familiar War Horses
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Reviews vom 4.7.2015

Aix-en-Provence
Alcina: A bewitching start to the Aix-en-Provence Festival
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Madrid
Domingo steps in for Domingo: triple bill at Teatro Real
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London
Royal Opera House urged to axe BP sponsorship by classical music luminaries
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Albert Herring, Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music
A joyous and brilliantly funny take on Britten’s comic opera
http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/albert-herring-britten-theatre-royal-college-music

LSO/Rattle/Zimerman, Barbican, review:
time for London’s other orchestras to tremble’ Simon Rattle’s latest concert with the orchestra he will soon direct was both starry and packed with first-rate artistry, says John Allison
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New York
Dance This Week: Cinderella’s Force Field and a Passionate “Apollo’ Argument
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Santa Fe
It’s opera time: Santa Fe Opera’s 59th season
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Saratoga Review: Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” @ Opera Saratoga
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Sidney
Review: Winterreise (Utzon Series, Sydney Opera House)
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Melbourne
Opera review: I Puritani an impassioned and terrific one-off performance
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Reviews vom 3.7.2015

St. Petersburg
Berliner Musikstudent gewinnt Cello-Wettbewerb
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Prag
Prague 2015/16 opera season offers nine premieres
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Hamburg
Hamburg Ballet in Romeo and Juliet
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Neapel
Rossini’s La Cenerentola: a rags-to-riches romance in Naples
 http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-cenerentola-malfi-san-carlo-naples-june-2015

London
The gang rape was the least offensive thing about Royal Opera’s new William Tell
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George Hall: Why do opera audiences boo?
https://www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/2015/george-hall-opera-audiences-boo/

Pranks at the Royal Opera House – who’d have thought it?
When tenor Joseph Calleja sprayed shaving foam on a fellow performer’s chair at the Royal Opera House, Michael Simkins found a soft spot for opera
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Bath
Orpheus in the Underworld, Iford Arts, review: ‘thoroughly jolly’
The Opera della Luna company’s production of Jacques Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld is executed with tremendous verve, says Rupert Christiansen
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Chicago
Lyric Opera of Chicago goes strangely silent on financial performance for just-ended fiscal year 2015
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San Francisco
Noch eine “Two Women”-Review
Rape as Weapon of War: San Francisco Opera’s World Premiere of Two Women (La Ciociara)
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Sidney
Visually striking Turandot crowned by excellent performances in Sydney
 http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-turandot-murphy-lindstrom-sydney-june-2015

Reviews vom 2.7.2015

London
Guillaume Tell, Royal Opera House, Review: ‘lame and pretentious’
The audience were right to boo this banal production, says Rupert Christiansen – even though the musical performances were strong
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Guillaume Tell review – sex, violence and protracted booing
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New Rossini staging booed at Royal Opera House
Controversial production of Guillaume Tell heckled while the music plays
http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/new-rossini-staging-booed_38169.html

Hitting the rocks: Damiano Michieletto’s Guillaume Tell at Covent Garden
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-guillaume-tell-michieletto-pappano-royal-opera-june-2015
Guillaume Tell, Royal Opera House, review: Gang rape and stripping naked of female actor met with boos
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Guillaume Tell: First-night booing at the opera is far from exceptional
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Leeds
Weitere “Holländer”-Review
Wagner : Der fliegende Holländer / Opera North, 27th June 2015
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San Francisco
Weitere Review zu “Two Women”
San Francisco Opera looks backward with the World War II-set ‘Two Women’
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-sf-opera-two-women-review-20150630-column.html

Reviews vom 1.7.2015

Utrecht
Holland Opera’s The Day After: Epic and intimate theatre at magical Fort Rijnauwen
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-dove-the-day-after-fort-rijnauwen-june-2015

London
Guillaume Tell, Royal Opera House, Review: ‘lame and pretentious’
The audience were right to boo this banal production, says Rupert Christiansen – even though the musical performances were strong
read more

Guillaume Tell review – sex, violence and protracted booing
read more

New Rossini staging booed at Royal Opera House
Controversial production of Guillaume Tell heckled while the music plays
http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/new-rossini-staging-booed_38169.html

Hitting the rocks: Damiano Michieletto’s Guillaume Tell at Covent Garden
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-guillaume-tell-michieletto-pappano-royal-opera-june-2015
Guillaume Tell, Royal Opera House, review: Gang rape and stripping naked of female actor met with boos
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Guillaume Tell: First-night booing at the opera is far from exceptional
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Leeds
Weitere “Holländer”-Review
Wagner : Der fliegende Holländer / Opera North, 27th June 2015
read more

San Francisco
Weitere Review zu “Two Women”
San Francisco Opera looks backward with the World War II-set ‘Two Women’
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-sf-opera-two-women-review-20150630-column.html

 

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