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Reviews vom 30.6.2015

London
Pappano’s Classical Voices, BBC Four Series about great opera singing begins with the queens of the high Cs http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/pappanos-classical-voices-bbc-four

Dohnányi and the Philharmonia in a rousing close to the season
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Borodin Quartet review – they make music flow as naturally as speech
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Aldebourgh
Benjamin Britten’s Prince of the Pagodas, Aldeburgh Festival, review: ‘brimming with imagination’
This 1957 ballet score might not be beloved by all Brittenites, but it deserves to be heard, says John Allison
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Leeds
Opera North’s exciting Der fliegende Holländer at Leeds Town Hall
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New York
Review: “Voodoo,’ by Harry Lawrence Freeman, Has First Staging Since 1928
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Royal Ballet’s Focus on British Choreography Exposes Its Limits
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Chicago
A stormy yet brilliant birth for MacMillan premiere at Grant Park
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Sidney
Review: Florian Boesch (Utzon Music Series)
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Hamburg/ Balletttage
Peer Gynt” eröffnet Hamburger Ballett-Tage
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Stuttgart/ Tanzfestival
Die ungewöhnlichsten Bewegungen
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Reviews vom 29.6.2015

London
Weitere „Aida”-Reviews
Opera Holland Park’s Aida Is No Museum Piece — Review
https://londonist.com/2015/06/opera-holland-parks-aida-is-no-museum-piece-review.php

Aida @ Opera Holland Park, London
http://www.musicomh.com/classical/reviews-classical/aida-opera-holland-park-london

Aida, Opera Holland Park, review: ‘a feast for the ear’
Director Daniel Slater’s production of Verdi’s opera is energetically and colourfully staged, says Rupert Christiansen
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Verdi : Aida / Opera Holland Park, 24th June 2015
https://operabritanniauk.wordpress.com/2015/06/27/verdi-aida-opera-holland-park-24th-june-2015/

The ballet dancers growing older gracefully
http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/jun/28/edward-watson-and-wendy-whelan-ballet

Manchester
RNCM Symphony Orchestra/Penderecki review – a biblical maelstrom
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Leeds
The Flying Dutchman, Opera North
Uncluttered, semi-staged Wagner, full of musical thrills
http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/flying-dutchman-opera-north

New York
Voodoo review – a lost Harlem Renaissance opera soars Miller Theatre, Columbia University, New York
Unheard for almost 90 years, an opera by Harry Lawrence Freeman, an African American composer compared to Wagner, was audacious and blazingly powerful
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/27/voodoo-review-harlem-renaissance-opera

Taglewood festival
Review: Mark Morris Conducts at Tanglewood, and Offers a Debut
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Jerusalem
Israeli opera review – Donizetti: The Elixir of Love
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Israeli-opera-review-Donizetti-The-Elixir-of-Love-407326

Sidney
Ballet Revolucion review (State Theatre, Sydney)
http://dailyreview.crikey.com.au/ballet-revolucion-review-state-theatre-sydney/26091

Reviews vom 28.6.2015

Florenz
Monica Bacelli shines in a heavenly Pelléas et Mélisande in Florence
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London
Antonio Pappano: ‘I haven’t time to sit through The Ring’
The chief conductor of the Royal Opera talks to Nigel Farndale about politicians at the opera and the fate of ENO
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Preview: I have a story to Tell
Rossini’s mammoth opera about the freedom-fighting, sharp-shooting hero William Tell is rarely staged. Working on a new Covent Garden production, Gerald Finley is grappling with “clever dirt’, archery skills and crowd control
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New York
Metropolitan Opera 2015-16 Preview: Sondra Radvanovsky to Sing ‘Anna Bolena’, Elina Garanca Returns to the Met
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San Francisco
Stemme Shines in Lukewarm SFS Fidelio
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Beethoven’s messy opera ‘Fidelio’ is in fine hands in San Francisco
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Singers carry the day in S.F. Symphony’s “Fidelio
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Feuilleton
Operalia: how Plácido Domingo put the x factor into opera
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Reviews vom 27.6.2015

Nevill Holt, Leicestershire
Carmen, Nevill Holt Opera, review: ‘hard to take seriously’
Despite some terrific singing, this rarely performed revision of Bizet’s opera was an experiment that shouldn’t be repeated, says Rupert Christiansen
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New York
Review: From Royal Ballet, a Blend of Enchantment and Intensity
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Review: Misty Copeland Debuts as Odette/Odile in “Swan Lake’
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/26/arts/misty-copeland-debuts-as-odette-odile-in-swan-lake.html

U.S. Chopin winner Lu shows talent and tenderness in New York debut
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San Francisco
Weitere Reviews zu “Two Women”
San Francisco Opera’s ambitions outweigh Two Women’s strengths — for now
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Updated: World Première of Marco Tutino’s LA CIOCIARA (TWO WOMEN) at San Francisco Opera
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Feuilleton
Interview
Opera singer Susan Graham on her ‘nothing about our life is normal’ reality
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‘Repugnant’, ‘uninspired’ and ‘awful’ – works hated by their own composers
From Beethoven to Ravel, and Elgar to Saint-Saëns, 10 of the best-known pieces that their composers disowned despite – or perhaps because of – their popularlity
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Reviews vom 26.6.2015

Wien
Sin City meets silent film: Hindemith’s Cardillac at the Staatsoper Wien
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-cardillac-konieczny-vienna-state-opera-june-2015

Mailand
Mending fences: Luc Bondy’s Tosca at La Scala
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-tosca-bondy-uria-monzon-la-scala-milan-june-2015

London
Aida (Holland Park)
Daniel Slater’s new production turns Verdi’s opera into a museum piece
http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/reviews/aida-holland-park_38142.html

Aida review – worth hearing, just shut your eyes
Daniel Slater’s reimagined Aida is sinister and angry, but nothing to do with Verdi
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/25/aida-review-worth-hearing-just-shut-your-eyes

Aida review
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2015/aida/

Fright at the Museum: Slater’s Aida flops at Holland Park
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-aida-slater-holland-park-london-june-2015

The Creation, St Paul’s Cathedral, review: ‘a sense of awe’
The London Symphony Orchestra brought freshness and wonder to Haydn’s Paradise Lost-inspired oratorio, says John Allison
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Dresden
Philharmonic/Sanderling review – amiable but stodgy
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Los Angeles
These Projects Push the Boundaries of What Opera Is
The LA Opera has a lineup of programs that president and CEO Christopher Koelsch hopes will change the way audiences think about the art form.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/these-projects-push-the-boundaries-of-what-opera-is-1435180389

Sidney
Turandot review (Sydney Opera House)
http://dailyreview.crikey.com.au/turandot-review-sydney-opera-house/25978

Review: Turandot (Opera Australia)
http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/live-reviews/review-turandot-opera-australia

Passion, sorrow and love: Tristan und Isolde in the Sydney Opera House
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-tristan-isolde-ryan-brewer-sydney-symphony-june-2015

Reviews vom 25.6.2015

Berlin
Kirill Petrenko is the right choice for the Berlin Philharmonic
The Russian conductor carries a flame for the great German tradition, says Michael Henderson
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Glyndebourne
Weitere “Poliuto”-Review
Review: “Poliuto,’ a Rare Donizetti Bel Canto Thriller
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New York
Review: American Ballet Theater’s “Swan Lake’ Adds Drama to Romance
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BWW Reviews: American Ballet Theatre’s ‘Swan Lake’ Still Special
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Hee Seo thrills in American Ballet Theatre’s Romeo and Juliet
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-macmillan-romeo-juliet-hee-seo-abt-june-2015

Boston
Review: Aston Magna and Boston Early Music Festivals Offer Diverse Monteverdi Experiences
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Chicago
Grant Park Music Festival scrambles due to visa problem; Levine to return to Ravinia in 2016
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Reviews vom 24.6.2015

Prag
Review: Macbeth at the State Opera
http://www.praguepost.com/night-day/48467-review-macbeth-at-the-state-opera

Zürich
I Capuleti e I Montecchi: the reinvention of a tragic tale
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London
LSO/Haitink review – Beethoven with humane warmth and depth of Feeling
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The Royal Ballet’s “Don Quixote” and Celebration Gala (PHOTOS)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/justin-barbin/the-royal-ballets-don-qui_1_b_7634032.html

Birmingam
Arabella Steinbacher and the Dresden Philharmonic in Birmingham
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Garsington
Weitere Review zum “Death in Venice”
Review: A Modern and Subdued Production of Britten’s “Death in Venice’
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New York
The Glimmerglass Festival Announces 2016 Season – LA BOHEME, SWEENEY TODD and More!
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St. Louis
BWW Reviews: Opera Theatre of St. Louis’ RICHARD THE LIONHEART Astonishes with its Beauty
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San Francisco
Weitere “Trojaner”-Review
Review: ASO’s Donald Runnicles triumphs in San Francisco Opera’s magnificent “Les Troyens”
http://www.artsatl.com/2015/06/review-asos-donald-runnicles-san-francisco-opera-les-troyens/

Sidney
Ballet and opera affected as Sydney Opera House closes for maintenance in 2017
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Reviews vom 23.6.2015

Berlin
In choosing Petrenko, the Berlin players are putting the music first
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London
The night belongs to Susanna: The Marriage of Figaro, Regents Opera
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-marriage-of-figaro-regents-opera-june-2015

Longborough
Weitere „Tristan”-Review
Review: Tristan und Isolde at Longborough Festival Opera
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Garsington
Death in Venice, Garsington Opera, review: ‘perfectly measured’
This new production of Britten’s last major work catches all the score’s febrile anxiety, says Rupert Christiansen
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Death in Venice review – powerfully direct
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Death in Venice (Garsington Opera at Wormsley)
A thrilling, unwavering new production of Britten’s final opera
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Death in Venice review
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2015/death-venice/

Death in Venice at Garsington
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-death-in-venice-garsington-opera-june-2015

Cardiff
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, review: ‘Nadine Koutcher felt like a compromise choice’
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BBC Cardiff Singer of the World review – exceptional technique and instinctive musicality shine through in a strong final
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When the voice alone is not enough: BBC Cardiff Singer prize eludes favourite
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-bbc-cardiff-singer-final-june-2015

New York
Voodoo,’ Opera by the African-American Composer H. Lawrence Freeman, Is Revived
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Chicago
Muti, CSO wrap the season in style with Tchaikovsky, Bates premiere and “Chelsea Dagger”
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Feuilleton
Misty Copeland: meet the ballerina who rewrote the rules of colour, class and curves
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/dance/11675707/Misty-Copeland-ballerina-interview.html

Reviews vom 22.6.2015

Berlin
Berlin opera casts robot lead – video
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Amsterdam
The best of British dance in Dutch National Ballet’s Cool Britannia
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-cool-britannia-dutch-national-ballet-2015

 

Versailles
Vinci: Catone in Utica. Versailles Festival 16 June 2015
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London
Rage, revolution and redemption: Dresden Philharmonic at Cadogan Hall
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Birmingham / Longborough
Andris Nelsons’s farewell concert/CBSO; Tristan und Isolde – review
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Glyndebourne
Can opera save our children?
CGI blockbusters and brain-numbing video games are damaging our children’s imaginations and impoverishing their lives. Can opera help?
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Grange Park, Alresford Samson et Dalila review – Saint-Saëns is set in the second world war http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/21/samson-et-dalila-review-saint-saens

 

Samson et Dalila, Grange Park Opera, review: ‘sumptuous, imaginative’
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Samson et Dalila @ Grange Park Opera, Alresford
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Israelites vs Philistines: Samson et Dalila at Grange Park
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New York
Julie Kent Dances Her Farewell Performance to Ovations and Tears
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Boston
The Boston Early Music Festival Celebrates Charpentier
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Reviews vom 21.6.2015

Amsterdam
The best of British dance in Dutch National Ballet’s Cool Britannia
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-cool-britannia-dutch-national-ballet-2015

 

London
Royal Opera House posts 12% box office revenue increase
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Do acoustics actually matter?
Music ought to be robust enough to communicate across a variety of acoustics, says Ivan Hewett
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Cardiff
Hitting the high notes: Cardiff Singer of the World’s breakout stars
Ahead of the Cardiff Singer of the World final on 21 June, Andrew Clements looks at some of the competition’s finest winners and asks if 2015 will produce a star with the wattage of years past
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Birmingham
Nelsons goes from Birmingham to Boston in a blaze of glory
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New York
Vorschau Metropolitan Opera 2015-16
Preview: Nina Stemme Takes on Puccini’s ‘Turandot’; Marcelo Alvarez Also Stars
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Boston
Odyssey Opera has the measure of “Powder Her Face’
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“Powder Her Face” proves a fitting climax to Odyssey Opera’s British festival
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San Francisco
Opera Director Sandra Bernhard Dies
http://www.sfcv.org/music-news/opera-director-bernhard-dies

 

Masada
Masada opera festival a cultural oasis in the desert: Littler
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Reviews vom 20.6.2015

Amsterdam
The Inner Landscape loosely welds the old with the new at the Holland Festival
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-inner-landscape-wenjing-tiemei-holland-festival-june-2015

 

Prag
A ponderous Macbeth in Prague
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-verdi-macbeth-prague-june-2015

 

London

 

Weitere „Don Giovanni“-Review Opera Review : Don Giovanni at the Royal Opera House http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/theatre/585376/Don-Giovanni-opera-Royal-Opera-House

 

L’italiana in Algeri @ Various Locations
http://www.musicomh.com/classical/reviews-classical/litaliana-algeri-various-locations

 

New York
BWW Reviews: In the Battle of the BARBIEREs, On Site Opera Picks a Winner http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwopera/article/BWW-Reviews-In-the-Battle-of-the-BARBIEREs-On-Site-Opera-Picks-a-Winner-20150619#

 

Chicago
Chicago Opera Theater retrenchment raises questions
http://chicagoclassicalreview.com/2015/06/chicago-opera-theater-retrenchment-raises-questions/

 

San Francisco
Philippe Sly Debuts as ‘Figaro’ – Now at San Francisco Opera through July 5
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sean-martinfield/philippe-sly-debuts-as-fi_b_7601894.html?utm_hp_ref=san-francisco&ir=San+Francisco

 

Vancouver
Now is the time to support Vancouver Opera
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/now-is-the-time-to-support-vancouver-opera/article25032174/

 

Sidney
Diskussionen in Australien über Kürzungen des Kulturbudgets
Protest planned for Opera Australia opening night
http://dailyreview.crikey.com.au/protest-planned-for-opera-australia-opening-night/25535

 

Editorial: shameful silence over arts cuts
http://dailyreview.crikey.com.au/editorial-shameful-silence-over-arts-cuts/25269

 

Turandot star Lise Lindstrom explains why opera doesn’t need to make sense http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/entertainment/opera/turandot-star-lise-lindstrom-explains-why-opera-doesnt-need-to-make-sense-20150617-ghp5mx.html

 

Feuilleton
Ernst Toch – my grandfather the forgotten composer who fled the Nazis http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/18/ernst-toch–weimar-germany-forgotten-composer-lawrence-weschler

 

Reviews vom 19.6.2015

London
Live and kicking? Orchestras join Google Play to launch live recordings The LSO, New York Phil and Royal
Concertgebouw are among the orchestras to offer live performances on Google Play, as the online music service ramps up its classical offering
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Padmore/Vignoles review – scrupulous musicianship and genuine insight
An outstanding programme of Schubert and Britten showed tenor Mark Padmore and pianist Roger Vignoles at their best
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London/Aldebourgh
Hans Werner Henze: the Ed Miliband of opera
Plus: a dud from Jonathan Dove at Opera Holland Park and a scorcher from Harrison Birtwistle at Aldeburgh
https://www.spectator.co.uk/arts/opera/9559902/hans-werner-henze-the-ed-miliband-of-opera/

Birmingham
Andris Nelsons’ Farewell Concert, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Hall, review: ‘the music possesses him’
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New York
Review: “Romeo and Juliet’ Brings a Precise Pairing to the Met
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Review: Polish National Ballet Shows Its European Side at the Joyce Theater
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Chicago
LUCIO SILLA and More Set for Chicago Opera Theater’s 42nd Season
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Baltimore
Lyric Opera Baltimore to resume productions in 2016
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San Francisco
“Two Women’ and “Les Troyens’ Reviews
The San Francisco Opera Brings the horrors of war to the stage.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/two-women-and-les-troyens-reviews-1434574499

Melbourne
Opera Australia’s production of The Ring gets a callback to Melbourne for 2016
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Aldeburgh
Brittens Erbe
Das Aldeburgh Festival
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Reviews vom 18.6.2015

London
In praise of strong women: Holten’s Don Giovanni returns to the Royal Opera
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Prégardien/Gees: Winterreise review – dignified and expressive but technically diminished
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Longborough
Tristan und Isolde, Longborough Festival Opera, review: ‘a splendid achievement’
When it comes to staging Wagner, musical intelligence is more important than vast resources and superstar talent, says Rupert Christiansen
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Tristan und Isolde review
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2015/tristan-und-isolde/

 

Glyndebourne
Weitere „Entführung”-Review
Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, Glyndebourne review: A brilliant production
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Glyndebourne presents: L’Heure Espagnole and L’Enfant et les sortilèges
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New York
When Opera is About Location, Location, Location
“New York is its own summer opera festival this year with delectable offerings available for those who seek them.”
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/when-opera-about-location-location-location/

 

Houston
BWW Reviews: Sparks Fly in Houston Ballet’s THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
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Reviews vom 17.6.2015

Stuttgart
Wie Freiwild gejagt: Luisa Miller in Stuttgart
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/kritik-luisa-miller-dietz-aaron-rivero-stuttgart-juni-2015

Nürnberg
Verdis „tinta nera” – Ein „Ballo in Maschera” mit anderen Farben im Staatstheater Nürnberg
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Amsterdam
Animated Albrecht leads a stirring Mahler 1 in Amsterdam
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-lamsma-albrecht-netherlands-philharmonic-amsterdam-june-2015

Genf
A safe bet: Fidelio at the Grand Théâtre, Geneva
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-fidelio-grand-theatre-geneva-june-2015

Glyndebourne
Weitere “Entführung”-Reviews
Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Glyndebourne, review: ‘fatally slow’
Rupert Christiansen found himself in the unusual position of wishing Mozart’s work would get a move on
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Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Glyndebourne)
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New York
St. Petersburg Philharmonic shows its velvet power at Carnegie
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Washington
Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro at Wolf Trap Opera, Reviewed
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San Francisco
Figaro’ in the shadows at S.F. Opera
http://www.sfgate.com/music/article/Figaro-in-the-shadows-at-S-F-Opera-6328407.php

Figaro Charms in Well-Cast S.F. Opera Revival
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Photo Flash: San Francisco Opera Presents THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
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Vancouver
Vancouver Opera to launch condensed season schedule amid financial crunch
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Neue Medien
BSO hooks up with Google to release live recordings
http://bostonclassicalreview.com/2015/06/bso-hooks-up-with-google-to-release-live-performances/

Reviews vom 16.6.2015

München
Norma in Munich: dramatically solid but musically uninspiring
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Mailand
Waking Nightmares: Mario Martone’s Cav—Pag double bill reprised at La Scala
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London
LSO/Ibragimova/Haitink, Barbican, review:
Alina Ibragimova excels with Bernard Haitink
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Aldebourgh
The Corridor / The Cure, Aldeburgh, review: Birtwistle’s opera makes chilly debut
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The Corridor/The Cure review – Birtwistle unveils lyrical sequel to Orpheus story
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Longborough
Tristan und Isolde review
Negus’s conducting is worth the entire evening Longborough Festival Opera, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire The production feels cluttered, but in most other respects, this Tristan is a triumph
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New York
Significant Other’ Premieres; Polish National Ballet Makes New York Debut
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Washington
BWW Reviews: The Royal Ballet Triumphs at the Kennedy Center with Carlos Acosta’s Don Quixote
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San Francisco
S.F. Opera’s “Two Women’ is a Puccinian retread
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San Francisco Opera successfully brings verismo into the 21st century
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Review: San Francisco Opera’s “Two Women’ Depicts War’s Horror at High Pitch
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San Francisco Opera’s “Two Women” offers Puccini Lite score, melodramatic cliches in world premiere
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Review: ‘Two Women’ simmers but never soars
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Feuilleton
Facing the music: Jan Latham-Koenig
From Furtwängler to the Beatles to Milhaud, the conductor shares the music that and musicians that inspire him
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Reviews vom 15.6.2015

London
Royal Opera House hit by double protest during BP-sponsored opera
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Mozart : Don Giovanni / Royal Opera, 12th June 2015
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Jonathan Dove : Flight / Opera Holland Park, 10th June 2015
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Stairway to scandal: What’s Verdi got to do with a Playboy mansion?
It’s hosted Kate Moss in her underwear, flashy fraudsters and society orgies. Where better to shoot a film about the outrage caused by Verdi’s La Traviata than “London’s Playboy Mansion’?
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Glyndebourne
Die Entführung aus dem Serail @ Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes
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McVicar’s stylish Entführung emerges as a strong moral tale at Glyndebourne
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-entfuhrung-serail-mcvicar-glyndebourne-june-2015

Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Glyndebourne
Mozart’s vivacious Ottomania truthfully enriched by David McVicar and Robin Ticciati
http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/die-entf%C3%BChrung-aus-dem-serail-glyndebourne

Aldebourgh
Andreas Scholl/Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Aldeburgh Festival, review: ‘heart-felt intensity’
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Bristol
Ashkenazy and the Philharmonia lead Bristol’s Sibelius 150 party
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New York
Ronald Wilford, Manager of Legendary Maestros, Dies at 87
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Chicago
Muti, CSO deliver power and poetry with Russian rarities
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Perm
In Russia’s Urals, Chasing a ‘Perfect Mozart’
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München/ Deutsches Theater
“Die Csárdásfürstin”: Mit einer guten Portion Plüsch
Das Budapester Operettentheater feiert in München Emmerich Kálmáns Klassiker „Die Csardasfürstin
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Reviews vom 14.6.2015

München
Die Csárdásfürstin sparkles and bubbles in Munich
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London
Don Giovanni (Royal Opera House) Kasper Holten’s video-heavy production of Mozart’s opera returns in its first revival
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Don Giovanni @ Royal Opera House, London
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Don Giovanni, Royal Opera.
Concept still overpowers emotion in this strongly cast revival
http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/don-giovanni-royal-opera-1

OPERA REVIEW:
Carmen at the English National Opera and Glyndebourne Festival Opera http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/theatre/584118/Carmen-review

LSO / Previn @ Barbican Hall, London
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Aldebourgh
The Corridor/The Cure, Aldeburgh Festival, review: ‘serious stuff’
Two works by Harrison Birtwistle, one receiving its world premiere, reveal the composer’s strengths, says Rupert Christiansen
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New York
For Metropolitan Opera’s General Manager, a $2.1 Million Pay Package in 2013
New York opera company’s operating budget shrank as deficit grew
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Metropolitan Opera 2015-16 Season Preview: Aleksandrs Antonenko Opens Season in Verdi’s ‘Otello
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Review: Alvin Ailey Troupe Dances “Exodus’ at Koch Theater
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Boston
Review: Boston Early Music Festival Makes Monteverdi Its Main Attraction
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BEMF Plus Dark Horse: Triumph
http://www.classical-scene.com/2015/06/13/bemf-1610-vespers/

San Francisco
Review: San Francisco Symphony Stages “Missa Solemnis’ With a Visual Component
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Los Angeles
American Contemporary Ballet Takes on George Balanchine and Fred Astaire
The great 20th-century choreographers are being celebrated in Classical Revival style
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Beatles Song wird 50
Yesterday feiert Jubiläum
Vor 50 Jahre schrieb Paul McCartney einige simple Harmonien auf ein Notenblatt – die so eingängig waren, dass er fürchtete sie geklaut zu haben. Zum Geburtstag des Welt-Song „Yesterday“
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Reviews vom 13.6.2015

Turin
A Faust between sulphur and damnation at Teatro Regio in Turin
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-faust-noseda-teatro-regio-torino-june-2015

London
Ein Landarzt/Phaedra review – dramatically flawed Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London
In this Henze double bill, the earlier work comes off best. Despite good vocal performances Phaedra remains unconvincing
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BWW Reviews: ROYAL OPERA HOUSE – LA BOHEME, Cineworld Wandsworth, June 11 2015
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Longbourough
How to open an opera festival in your back garden
No-one believed that Martin and Lizzie Graham could create an opera house in their cowshed. But the Longborough Festival is now an institution.
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Oxford
Will Gregory Moog Ensemble, St John the Evangelist, Oxford, review: ‘the sound of a lost future’
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New York
Review: In “Joan of Arc at the Stake,’ Beasts With Burden of Judging
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Joan of Arc at the Stake review – Marion Cotillard redeems erratic staging
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Philharmonic closes season with a moving and masterful “Joan of Arc
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Review: Marion Cotillard at the Philharmonic
http://www.vulture.com/2015/06/review-marion-cotillard-at-the-philharmonic.html

Miami
Kievman’s ambitious “Intelligent Systems” offers invention, theatrical spectacle
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Toronto
Sleeping Beauty brought to energetic life review
National Ballet does justice to Rudolf Nureyev’s legacy, including an impressive role debut by Harrison James.
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Reviews vom 12.6.2015

Warschau
David Pountney to direct Moniuszko’s opera in Warsaw
“The Haunted Manor’ by Stanisław Moniuszko, the father of Polish national opera, will be the first premiere of the 2015/16 season at Warsaw’s Grand Opera Theatre.
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London
Flight review – Dove’s tale of grounded travellers soars
The outstanding new production of Jonathan Dove’s comedy about passengers stranded at an airport is suffused with warmth and optimism
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Flight, Opera Holland Park, review: ‘provides uncomplicated pleasure’
Rupert Christiansen applauds the return of Jonathan Dove’s opera about a clutch of colourful characters stuck in an airport lounge Mehr Info

Taking wing: Dove’s Flight a soaring success for Opera Holland Park
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New York
Review: On Site’s “The Barber of Seville’ Unfolds in a Surprising Setting
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Paisiello’s Barbiere from On Site Opera in New York Landmark Building
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-paisiello-barbiere-new-york-june-2015

Review: In “ROBOT,’ Machines Perform With Humans at BAM
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Boston Strong singing of large cast enlivens BEMF’s “Poppea”
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Washington
Panache and Passion in Carlos Acosta’s Don Quixote : The Royal Ballet in Washington
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-don-quixote-acosta-royal-ballet-ashington-june-2015

Vancouver
How a composer turned the crash of Flight 571 into opera
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Reviews vom 11.6.2015

Turin
Orchestra in Turin, Italy, Names James Conlon as Principal Conductor
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London
How to make a classical Superstar
Britain’s conservatoires are among the best in the world. As the Royal College of Music launches a £25m appeal to reinvent its campus, Ivan Hewett explains the conservatoires’ success and profiles some of their most exciting graduates
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Philadelphia Orchestra/Nézet-Séguin review – a remarkable partnership
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/09/philadelphia-orchestra-nezet-seguin-review

Garsington, Wormsley
Intermezzo, Garsington Opera, review: ‘bogus and tedious’
There really is no saving Richard Strauss’s semi-autobiographical opera, says Rupert Christiansen
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New York
Review: City Ballet Debuts in Season Finale
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Boston
Yo-Yo Ma launches Rockport Chamber Festival with exquisite solo Performance
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Atlanta
Samson et Dalila: a triumphal season finale in Atlanta
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-samson-dalila-skelton-blythe-spano-atlanta-june-2015

San Francisco
S.F. Opera makes an epic effort with ‘Les Troyens’
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Bayreuth
Bayreuth Music Festival 2015: Musical differences see Wagner’s great-granddaughter removed from board and banned from the Event
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London
Flight @ Opera Holland Park, London
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Garsington, Wormsley Weitere “Intermezzo”-Review
Intermezzo-review – profoundly humane vision of Strauss’s autobiographical opera
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New York
American Ballet Theatre’s : New “Sleeping Beauty’ Pays Homage to Ballet’s History
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Pianist Holzman brings skill and personal insight to music of our time
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Chicago
Chicago Philharmonic wraps season in resounding fashion with visual program
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Philadelphia
He knew why the caged bird sings: Charlie Parker’s Yardbird at Opera Philadelphia
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San Francisco
Nachtrag zu den “Les Troyens” S.F. Opera Conquers The Trojans
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Feuilleton 150 Jahre Uraufführung von “Tristan und Isolde”:
Love and Death, Wagner-Style: ‘Tristan und Isolde’ at 150
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/wagners-tristan-und-isolde-150/

Castration Affected Skeleton Of Famous Opera Singer Farinelli, Archaeologists Say
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Good music always makes your heart beat faster
Labelling certain music as “good for the heart” is typically simplistic science We should listen to the music we enjoy for a truly invigorating experienc
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Reviews vom 10.6.2015

Review: S.F. Opera triumphs with challenging ‘The Trojans’
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A captivating Antonacci leads a strong cast in San Francisco Opera’s epic “Troyens”
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S.F. Opera’s ‘Les Troyens’ dazzles
http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/sf-operas-les-troyens-dazzles/Content?oid=2932609

Donald Runnicles triumphs with his skillful command of operatic Berlioz
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Los Angeles
Stellar dancing in Child’s “Available Light” at the Walt Disney Concert Hall
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 Reviews vom 9.6.2015

Wien
Nina Stemme shines in a rousing Fidelio in Vienna
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-fidelio-stemme-fischer-vienna-state-opera-june-2015

Homecoming for the Maestro: Vienna Philharmonic with Welser-Most
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-znaider-welser-most-vienna-philharmonic-june-2015

Zürich
Tears, oblivion and hopeless love:
Aida in Zurich
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-aida-latonia-moore-antonenko-zurich-june-2015

London
Weitere Reviews zur “Queen of Spade”    
  The Queen of Spades, ENO, review:
‘Someone should tell David Alden it’s time to move on’    A superb performance of Tchaikovsky’s subtlest work was let down by Alden’s rubbishy production, says Rupert Christiansen
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The Queen of Spades review
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2015/queen-spades/
The Queen of Spades review – Gardner exerts dramatic grip in ENO swansong
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The Queen of Spades (London Coliseum)
Edward Gardner ends his tenure at ENO with Tchaikovsky’s tuneful chiller
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Britten Sinfonia/Davies/Muhly review – Turing tribute celebratory yet sorrowful
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New York

Thorvaldsdottir named Philharmonic’s second Emerging Composer
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Philadelphia
Review: “Charlie Parker’s Yardbird’ Uses Opera to Tell a Jazz Story
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Masada
Opera Review: Tosca
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Opera-Review-Tosca-405328

Reviews vom 8.6.2015

Amsterdam
Epic, romantic Liszt from François-Frédéric Guy, Marc Albrecht and the NPhO
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-bruckner-liszt-guy-albrecht-amsterdam-may-2015

Kopenhagen
Is the World Ready for Carl Nielsen’s ‘Maskarade?’
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/world-ready-carl-nielsens-maskarade/

London
The Queen of Spades (London Coliseum)
Edward Gardner ends his tenure at ENO with Tchaikovsky’s tuneful chiller
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A thrilling musical send-off for Edward Gardner
The Queen of Spades, English National Opera
www.theartsdesk.com/opera/queen-spades-english-national-opera

Garsington
Intermezzo, Garsington Opera
Without warmth, questions arise about Richard Strauss’s domestic comedy
http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/intermezzo-garsington-opera
Intermezzo @ Garsington Opera, Wormsley
http://www.musicomh.com/classical/reviews-classical/intermezzo-garsington-opera-wormsley

Così fan tutte (Garsington Opera at Wormsley)
Not Figaro’s, but a marriage all the same as Garsington opens its season with Mozart
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Salt Lake City
New Utah opera company mixes old favorites and modern technology
http://www.sltrib.com/home/2590728-155/new-utah-opera-company-mixes-old

Feuilleton
Have Projected Titles Really Been Good For Opera?
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/have-projected-titles-really-been-good-opera/

Reviews vom 7.6.2015

Berlin Wexford Festival
Opera makes overtures to Berlin and beyond
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London
Puccini: Il trittico / Opera Holland Park, 2nd June 2015
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Philadelphia Orchestra, Royal Festival Hall, review: ‘utmost poise’
Violinist Lisa Batiashvili stole the show on the US orchestra’s latest visit to London, says John Allison
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Garsington
Wedding chaos, deception and duplicity in Garsington’s Così fan tutte
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-cosi-fan-tutte-fulljames-garsington-june-2015

 

New York
Metropolitan Opera 2015-16 Preview Anna Netrebko and Dmitri Hvorostovsky Reunite for ‘Il Trovatore’; ‘Yonghoon Lee Takes Title Role
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A Lesson for New York City Ballet: The Past Is Always Present h
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An Adieu to Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet
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Philadelphia Review: ‘Charlie Parker’s Yardbird’ soars
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How Charlie Parker’s Life Became an Opera
Is an opera the best way to remember a jazz great? Our correspondent secured an exclusive first look at Opera Philadelphia’s Charlie Parker’s Yardbird.
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Dallas
Dallas Opera announces Women Conductors Institute participants
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San Francisco
S.F. Symphony big on Beethoven
http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/sf-symphony-big-on-beethoven/Content?oid=2932433

 

Reviews vom 6.6.2015

London Weitere Reviews zu „Il trittico“
Il Trittico review – light and dark fight it out with Puccini in the park http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/04/il-trittico-review-holland-park-opera
Il trittico @ Opera Holland Park, London
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Drugs, drinking and one-night stands: the truth about ballet dancers
The Royal Ballet soloist Eric Underwood has admitted to smoking, drinking and partying – and he’s not the only one. Is it time to admit that ballet isn’t as saintly as it seems?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/dance/11647195/truth-about-ballet-dancers.html

 

Grange Park, Hampshire Fiddler on the Roof, Grange Park Opera, review: ‘
short on authentic chutzpah’ Bryn Terfel stars in a pleasant but tame production of the classic musical, says Rupert Christiansen
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Fiddler on the Roof review – Bryn Terfel outstanding in focused, vigorous production
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New York
Walt Whitman and the Essence of Opera
 http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/walt-whitman-and-the-essence-of-opera

 

Review: Cedar Lake Ballet Taking Its Final Bows
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Review: New York Philharmonic Gives Mozart His Due
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Washington
Building Bridges: Washington Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-sleeping-beauty-washington-ballet-thearc-may-2015
Feuilleton
10 of the best: opera stars doing musicals
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Reviews vom 5.6.2015

Wien
Happy in the hall of all halls
The Philadelphia Orchestra at the Musikverein in Vienna.
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Amsterdam
Paper Doll: William Kentridge screens an elusive Lulu at the Holland Festival
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-lulu-erdmann-dutch-national-holland-festival-june-2015
Lulu bij DNO: meer Kentridge dan Berg
 http://www.operamagazine.nl/featured/32822/lulu-bij-dno-meer-kentridge-dan-berg/
Opera Lulu door de ogen van Kentridge is een cartoonesk drama
Rezension /Niederlande

London
The box office cannot be the measure of good art
Public subsidy is vital if a wide range of arts are to flourish, says Ivan Hewett
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New York
Rival Bidders in Talks On Reviving New York City Opera
http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2015/06/03/rival-bidders-in-talks-on-reviving-opera/

Boston
“Crossing’ Review: A Libretto for Walt Whitman
A new opera from Matthew Aucoin about Walt Whitman’s time as a nurse in a Civil War hospital debuts in Boston
http://www.wsj.com/articles/crossing-review-a-libretto-for-walt-whitman-1433365600

St. Louis
BWW Reviews: Puccini’s LA RONDINE is a Winner at Opera Theatre of St. Louis
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Houston
Houston Grand Opera Reports End-of-Season Numbers, Exceeds Fundraising Goal
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Seattle
Pacific Northwest Ballet : Carmina Burana and Concerto DSCH
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Sidney
Review: Mark Morris Dance Group (Sydney Opera House)
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Reviews vom 4.6.2015

Moskau
Gerzmava Shines in ‘Medea’ Opera at Stanislavsky
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London
Il Trittico, Opera Holland Park, review: ‘an absolutely wonderful evening’
This Puccini opera demands huge resources but Opera Holland Park pulls it off, says Rupert Christiansen
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Il trittico (Holland Park) Puccini’s trilogy of one-act operas inspires a magnificent company achievement
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All of life is there: Il trittico opens Opera Holland Park’s new season in style
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Daniel Barenboim: piano, Royal Festival Hall, review:
‘ecstatic revelation and emotional violence’ Other musicians look up to the music, but swaggering Argentine pianist Barenboim looks it in the eye, says Ivan Hewett
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalmusic/

Daniel Barenboim review – Schubert at its most intense
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New York
Met Opera Sets Lineup for Free HD Screenings
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Pierre Audi Is Named Next Artistic Director of Park Avenue Armory
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Review: American Ballet Theater
Revives “La Bayadère’ Using Familiar Choreography
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BWW Interviews: New York City Ballet’s Raymonda Variations, Morgen, and New York Export: Opus Jazz
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Cleveland
The Cleveland Orchestra ends its Severance Hall season with Messiaen’s austerely beautiful Chronochromie http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-messiaen-dvorak-welser-most-cleveland-may-2015

Reviews vom 3.6.2015

Neapel
To hell and back: Gluck’s Orfeo triumphs in Naples
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-gluck-orfeo-san-carlo-naples-may-2015

London
Christina Gansch and Malcolm Martineau: Ferrier Awards Winner’s Recital at St. John’s Smith Square
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-gansch-martineau-st-johns-london-may-2015

Daniel Barenboim, Royal Festival Hall, review: The soloist’s new piano is perfect for Schubert
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Garsington
Douglas Boyd and Garsington Opera: ‘It’s every day of my life’
The artistic director on this year’s festival and his ambitious plans for the future
http://www.whatsonstage.com/high-wycombe-theatre/news/douglas-boyd-weve-got-a-story-to-tell_37938.html

Glyndebourne
My Day on a Plate: an opera singer’s daily diet The French mezzo soprano
Stéphanie d’Oustrac reveals what she eats and drinks during rehearsals for Carmen at Glyndbourne
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/11643204/My-Day-on-a-Plate-an-opera-singers-daily-diet.html

New York
Review Roundup: American Ballet Theater’s
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY at the Metropolitan Opera House
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St. Louis
BWW Reviews: Opera Theatre of St. Louis’ Unique and Amusing Take on THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
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San Francisco
Vorankündigung
S.F. Opera goes all out to perform ‘The Trojans’
http://www.mercurynews.com/entertainment/ci_28228763/s-f-opera-goes-all-out-perform-trojans

Reviews vom 2.6.2015

Mailand
Coin du Roi’s Serse in Milan’s Teatro Litta
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-milan-handel-serse-litta-may-2015

Madrid
A shadow of Fidelio: Haenchen disappoints at Teatro Real
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-fidelio-teatro-real-madrid-may-2015

London
How can opera get out of its hole?
Striking a balance between a posh setting and a fun atmosphere, Opera Holland Park might well have come up with the future of opera, says Rupert Christiansen
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Leeds
Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast celebrated in Leeds
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-belshazzar-bbc-philharmonic-leeds-festival-choir-may-2015

New York
Review: “The Sleeping Beauty,’ Reawakened by American Ballet Theater
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Boston
Review: Matthew Aucoin’s “Crossing’ Is a Taut, Inspired Opera
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Long Beach
Review
‘Hydrogen Jukebox’ a timely illumination of the American experience
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Long Beach Opera makes warehouse sing with Philip Glass’ ‘Hydrogen Jukebox’
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/hydrogen-663752-jukebox-poet.html

Auckland
Opera review: La Cenerentola, Aotea Centre
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11457639

Maskat
Royal Opera House Muscat’s new season to focus on Omani, Arab artists
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Feuilleton
Facing the music: Anna Netrebko
The Russian soprano reveals her shady past, a love of Justin Bieber, and why she doesn’t listen to music at home
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/01/facing-the-music-soprano-anna-netrebko

Reviews vom 1.6.2015

Wien
Magdalena Kožená and Mitsuko Uchida – an aptly named “Solistenabend” at the Staatsoper
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-magdalena-kozena-mitsuko-uchida-wiener-staatsoper-may-2015

Mailand
Teatro Alla Scala 2015-16 Season: Anna Netrebko and Placido Domingo and the Five Must See Operas http://www.latinpost.com/articles/56476/20150531/teatro-alla-scala-2015-16-season-anna-netrebko-placido-domingo.htm

London
Royal Ballet triple bill review – love and power danced on the knife edge of risk
http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/may/31/royal-ballet-review-mixed-programme-jerome-robbins

Robbins/MacMillan triple bill, Royal Ballet, review: ‘intense and insanely sexy’
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Daniel Barenboim; Jean-Efflam Bavouzet; La bohème – review
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Garsington
Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte by the Garsington Opera at Worsley
http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/tv-radio/577187/Blind-Date-couple-married-Cilla-Black-still-together-22-year-later

Aldeburgh
Harrison Birtwistle, Medea and me
Birtwistle and David Harsent have written a companion piece to their opera The Corridor. Ahead of its Aldeburgh premier, the librettist explains how Middle English poetry led them back to Ancient Greece
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/30/harrison-birtwistle-medea-me-david-harsent-the-cure

Cardiff
Weitere „Pelleas“-Review Pelléas et Mélisande review – superb revival of Debussy’s magical opera http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/31/pelleas-et-melisande-review-welsh-national-opera

Spoleto
FestivalReview: Cavalli opera charms at Spoleto Festival
http://www.greenvilleonl

 

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