Reviews vom 31.5.2015
Budapest Der Freischütz: Sándor Zsóter takes brave aim but misses the mark
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Stairway to heaven: a thrilling Mefistofele in Budapest
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London
TB is cured—La traviata in London
http://likelyimpossibilities.blogspot.co.il/2015/05/tb-is-curedla-traviata-in-london.html
Cardiff
Pelléas et Mélisande, Welsh National Opera, Cardiff, review: ‘reminiscent of Game of Thrones’
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Pelléas et Mélisande, Welsh National Opera
Debussy’s masterpiece finds a brilliant production that he would have approved
http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/pell%C3%A9as-et-m%C3%A9lisande-welsh-national-opera
New York
Review: Manfred Honeck Coaxes a Burnished Sound From the New York Philharmonic
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Honeck strikes sparks with Philharmonic in favored Austro-German rep
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Kennedy Center Sets Lineup for New American Orchestras Festival
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American Ballet Theatre to Lose 3 Principal Dancers After ‘Romeo and Juliet’ June 20
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Miami
Florida Grand Opera closes season in the black for first time in five years
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Chicago
Clyne’s “Seamstress” could use more stitchwork in mixed CSO premiere
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Ottawa Review: Comic opera Don Quixote takes some musical stumbles
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Kairo
On Cairo Opera Company’s brave foray with Verdi’s Il Trovatore
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Reviews vom 30.5.2015
Prag
Hamlet opera has European premiere
http://www.praguepost.com/night-day/48022-hamlet-opera-has-european-premiere
Plovdiv
What’s On: 2015 “Opera Open’ in Plovdiv from June 19 to July 22
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London
Vorschau Il Trittico: Puccini’s most underrated opera
Il Trittico is a masterpiece and deserves a wider audience, says Rupert Christiansen
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Cardiff
Llŷr Williams review – Beethoven from a pianist of probing intellect
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New York
Review: Paloma Herrera and Xiomara Reyes Give Farewell Performances of “Giselle’
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An American in Paris: “Who could ask for anything more?”
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Cleveand
Cleveland Orchestra carries off magical feat with Strauss’s ‘Daphne’ (review and photos)
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Franz Welser-Möst leads The Cleveland Orchestra and an inspired cast in Strauss’s “Daphne” http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-welser-most-cleveland-orchestra-strauss-daphne
Washington
Review: “L’Épreuve Villageoise,’ a Rare Gem, at Gould Hall
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Long Beach
Long Beach Opera to Stage Performances in Unusual Locations Throughout 2016 Season
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Feuilleton
Summer Opera Schedule 2015: Where Will Placido Domingo, Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Rolando Villazon & Others Be Singing?
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Reviews vom 29.5.2015
Zürich
La Verità in Cimento in Zurich: On the Heels of a Baby-Swa
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-la-verita-in-cimento-vivaldi-opernhaus-zurich-may-2015
Mailand
CO₂ at La Scala: a challenging truth by Giorgio Battistelli
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-battistelli-co2-teatro-alla-scala-may-2015
London
Nachtrag zur “Bohème”
La bohème (Royal Opera House)
The venerable John Copley production of Puccini’s classic returns in its final Revival
http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/reviews/la-bohme-royal-opera-house_37912.html
Bel Canto Opera Reclaims Its Subtlety
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Richard Mantle: Will musicals save opera companies?
https://www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/2015/richard-mantle-will-musicals-save-opera-companies/
Is the BBC plotting to end gimmicks at the Proms?
Fans have snapped up tickets for concerts devoted to Doctor Who, Sherlock and Ibiza – but the Proms’ new director could put an end to such frivolity
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Daniel Barenboim, The Barenboim Project, Royal Festival Hall, Review
‘ towering musicianship
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New York
Review: In “With You, Armenia,’ Kissin and Others Honor the Slaughtered
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Toronto
BWW Review: M’DEA UNDONE, Not Your Typical Opera
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Istanbul
Vorschau
Downsized İstanbul Opera Festival to open with “Il Seraglio
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Reviews vom 28.5.2015
Wien
Götterdammerung as Chamber Opera in Vienna
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-gotterdammerung-vienna-state-opera-may-2015
Nürnberg
Siegfried in Nürnberg: an exciting performance in a novel Setting
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-siegfried-staatstheater-nurnberg-may-2015
Prag
Opera: From the House of the Dead
http://praguepost.com/night-day/47994-opera-from-the-house-of-the-dead
Budapest
Devilishly good fun: Gábor Bretz’s Mephistophélès dominates the stage in Budapest
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-faust-bretz-hungarian-state-opera-budapest-may-2015
Casciana
Verdi: La traviata / Accademia G. Verdi of Casciana Terme, 24th May 2015
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London
The Proms: How will new director David Pickard steer the event with the BBC at a crossroads?
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Daniel Barenboim reveals radical new piano design: ‘I’ve fallen in love with it’
Conceived in 2011, the Barenboim piano has taken 18 months and 4,000 people hours of work to build – and may one day go into wider production
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Glyndebourne
Georg Baselitz: Glyndebourne would be unimaginable in Germany
The controversial German artist tells Mark Hudson why he prefers Glyndebourne to his country’s annual Wagner celebration, Bayreut
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Dublin
Rigoletto by Opera Theatre Company
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New York
Review: New York Philharmonic’s Memorial Day Concert
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Sidney
Australian Ballet report $8 million Surplus
http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/news/australian-ballet-report-8-million-surplus
Melbourne
Epic Grandeur: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo
http://www.concertonet.com/scripts/review.php?ID_review=10679
Bücher
The lonely life of Béla Bartók
A new biography of Béla Bartók uncovers the asceticism of one of the greatest modernist composers, says Ivan Hewett http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/11623846/The-lonely-life-of-Bela-Bartok.html
Reviews vom 27.5.2015
München
A lackluster Traviata in Munich
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-la-traviata-bayerische-staatsoper-may-2015
Moskau
Step Inside Russia’s Renowned Dance Company, The Bolshoi Ballet
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/26/bolshoi-ballet_n_7425414.html
London
Weitere “Boheme”-Review
La Boheme review
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2015/la-boheme/
Glyndebourne
Glyndebourne chief David Pickard to head BBC Proms
General director of opera festival to leave after 14 years to lead world’s biggest classical music festival
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/may/26/glyndebourne-david-pickard-bbc-proms
LSO/Harding/Tetzlaff review – an unforgettable performance of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/26/lso-harding-tetzlaff-barbican-beethoven-review
Wexford
Wexford Festival Opera and PwC announce new arts initiative “Emerging Young Artist Award’
http://www.businessandleadership.com/marketing/item/50755-wexford-festival-opera-and
New York
The Princeton Festival fills the summer culture void
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Review: City Ballet’s Spring Season Includes “N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz’
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Review: Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg Goes “Up and Down’
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Palo Alto
Not a Dull Moment in West Bay Opera’s Dystopian Faust
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Reviews vom 26.5.2015
Amsterdam
Eva-Maria Westbroek brings alpha star glamour to Dutch opera Gala
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-opera-gala-concertgebouw-amsterdam-may-2015
London
Monteverdi’s Madrigals of War and Love, Barbican’s Milton Court, review: ‘theatrical awareness and vocal virtuosity’
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London Festival of Baroque Music, St John Smith’s Square, review: Enlightenment after a drab start
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Bristol
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra / Kaspszyk review – stark nobility
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/25/warsaw-philharmonic-orchestra-kaspszyk-review
New York
Review: American Ballet Theater’s “Giselle’ Bounds as Past Giselles Watch
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Review: “David Rosenboom: Propositional Music,’ an Avatar of Experimentalism
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Cleveland
Franz Welser-Möst and The Cleveland Orchestra in Beethoven and Strauss on the themes of nature and domesticity
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Feuilleton
Lock of Mozart’s hair set to fetch £12,000 at auction
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Reviews vom 25.5.2015
London
La Bohème, Royal Opera House, review: charm and lustre from Calleja and Netrebko
Star casting gives a fitting farewell to John Copley’s 40-year-old production, says Rupert Christiansen
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A vocally strong send off for Copley’s La bohème
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Opera round-up: La Traviata and Carmen
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Glyndebourne
Carmen, Glyndebourne, review: ‘extraordinarily good musical performances’
In a production featuring more mantillas than you can shake a banderilla at, the casting here is superb, says John Allison
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Carmen @ Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes
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Sultry, fiery, coquettish: Stéphanie d’Oustrac’s Carmen at Glyndebourne has it all
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New York
Pianist’s return to the stage shows a restless, exciting sense of rediscovery
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Palo Alto A magnificent production of ‘Faust’ staged by West Bay Opera
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Reviews vom 24.5.2015
Salzburg 2016
Cecilia Bartoli to Sing Maria in “West Side Story’
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Wien
An homage to the Viennese “Musikanten” tradition
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-brahms-widor-singverein-vienna-may-2015
Prag
The Pallor of Dorian Gray at Prague’s Spring Festival
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-dorian-gray-cekovska-prague-spring-may-2015
London
Don’t dumb down classical music for teenagers
The BBC’s list of classical music pieces for teenagers is patronising. Ivan Hewett recommends some alternatives
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Budapest
Festival Orchestra/Fischer review – an epic approach to Brahms
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English National Ballet set to move to new home in east London
The ENB and its ballet school will have a purpose-built home in Canning Town, joining many other artistic ventures heading east
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New York
Who Can Fix Opera in New York? The Germans!
http://observer.com/2015/05/who-can-fix-opera-in-new-york-the-germans/
BWW Reviews: BALLO with Radvanovsky, Beczala and Markov Ends Met Season with a Bang
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BWW Reviews: THE SKYLIGHT RING Reinvents Wagner’s Mythic Opera with Intimate Style
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Review: Susanna Malkki Makes an Immediate Impression
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Gerstein’s powerhouse Brahms proves the highlight of Mälkki’s Philharmonic debut
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Chicago Northwestern serves up enjoyable G&S rarity with “Ruddigore”
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St.Louis
Opera Theatre of St. Louis announces 2016 season
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Dallas
Dallas Opera Names Ekaterina Scherbachenko as Debut Artist of the Year
http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwopera/article/-2001010188#
Toronto/ Vorschau
Toronto gets timeless story of the Titanic, in musical
Mirvish Productions brings Titanic the Musical, to Toronto’s Princess of Wales Theatre through June 21
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Interview
Tenor Ben Heppner lands at Titanic: The Musical.
“I’ve avoided the word retirement. Everybody uses it’
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Reviews vom 23.5.2015
Wien
Stephen Gould triumphs as Siegfried in Vienna
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-siegfried-gould-rattle-wiener-staatsoper-may-2015
Zürich
Haitink at the helm: A joyous romp through Mahler’s Seventh
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-mahler-haitink-tonhalle-zurich-may-2015
Amsterdam
Juan Diego Flórez and Pretty Yende wow the Amsterdam public
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-florez-yende-amsterdam-may-2015
Glyndebourne
Poliuto, Glyndebourne, review: ‘A five-star musical performance, let down by a two-star staging’
Director Mariame Clément is out of her depth – unable to make the Ancient World convincing, her solution is predictable if not plain corny, says Rupert Christiansen
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Poliuto, Glyndebourne, review: Where the production fails as a drama it triumphs musically
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Poliuto review – Glyndebourne opener is Donizetti like you’ve never heard him
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/22/poliuto-review-glyndebourne-mariame-clements
Poliuto (Glyndebourne)
Donizetti’s forgotten opera is a memorable first for the Glyndebourne Festival
http://www.whatsonstage.com/lewes-theatre/reviews/poliuto-glyndebourne_37879.html?cid=rssfeed
Poliuto, Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Donizetti gets Glyndebourne’s season off to a sober and psychological start
http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/poliuto-glyndebourne-festival-opera
Igor Golovatenko lights up Glyndebourne’s new season in Donizetti’s Poliuto
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-poliuto-clement-glyndebourne-may-2015
Poliuto review
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2015/poliuto/
New York
Maggie Black, Teacher to the Stars of Ballet and Modern Dance, Dies at 85
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Cleveland
Vorschau
Cleveland Orchestra’s ‘Daphne’ opera production entails great, unusual effort (photos)
http://www.cleveland.com/musicdance/index.ssf/2015/05/cleveland_orchestra_expending.html
Miami
Florida Grand Opera reveals 2015-2016 season
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Reviews vom 22.5.2015
Neapel
L’isola disabitata: a tribute from San Carlo to its illustrious pas
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-isola-disabitata-san-carlo-naples-may-2015
London
Carmen (London Coliseum): ENO’s first revival of Spanish director Calixto Bieito’s richly flavoured production read more
Carmen review – strong revival of Bieito’s tough and intelligent production
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Carmen review
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2015/carmen/
An atmosphere filled with dust and testosterone: Bieito’s Carmen returns to ENO
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-carmen-bieito-gringyte-eno-may-2015
Weitere “Traviata”-Reviews
Opera Review: Last minute Latvian replacement is divine in Verdi’s La Traviata
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La traviata @ Royal Opera House, London
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Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra, Royal Festival Hall, review: ‘immense radiant sound’
Mozart and Brahms might sound like obvious choices, but in fact there’s no music more nourishing, says Ivan Hewett
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New York
Review: “Othello’ Is Performed by the American Ballet Theater
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Seattle
Seattle Opera: Buffing the buffa in Ariadne
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-ariadne-libor-savage-seattle-opera-may-2015
Melbourne
Don Carlos review: Opera Australia delivers triumphant production of Verdi’s great work
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Opera review: Don Carlos, Opera Australia, Arts Centre Melbourne
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Don Carlos review (State Theatre, Melbourne)
http://dailyreview.crikey.com.au/don-carlos-state-theatre-melbourne/24256
Reviews vom 21.5.2015
Prag
An enlightening journey to the heart of darkness: Shostakovich in Prague
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London
Takács Quartet/Hamelin, Queen Elizabeth Hall, review: ‘utmost virtuosity’
The Takács Quartet and pianist Marc-André Hamelin were a fine match in a Debussy-dominated programme, says John Allison
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Glyndebourne
Glyndebourne 2015: Poliuto podcast
Listenn to Katie Derham speaks about this rarely performed work
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/glyndebourne/11594078/Glyndebourne-2015-Poliuto-podcast.html
Glyndebourne presents Carmen
Watch a stream of the 2002 production of Carmen here from Sunday 24 May at 5pm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/glyndebourne/11615294/Glyndebourne-presents-Carmen.html
New York
Review: American Ballet Theater’s Frenetic Anniversary Gala
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The American Ballet Theatre Gala: 75 Years of Rapture
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-american-ballet-theatre-spring-gala-may-2015
New York City Ballet Reviews: “La Sylphide,’ “Bournonville Divertissements’ and More
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Review: The Met Orchestra’s Season Concludes Under James Levine’s Soaring Baton
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Washington
Francesca Zambello Extends Contract With Washington National Opera Through September 2018
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Reviews vom 20.5.2015
London
Bostridge / Drake @ Wigmore Hall, London
http://www.musicomh.com/classical/reviews-classical/bostridge-drake-wigmore-hall-london
London Festival of Baroque Music, St John Smith’s Square, review: ‘wonderful’
Women are at the heart of this year’s London Festival of Baroque Music, says Ivan Hewett
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Birminham
Parsifal review – Nelsons delivers exceptional, mature Wagner
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A transcendent Parsifal from Nelsons and the CBSO
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-parsifal-cbso-nelsons-may-2015
Leeds
Rodgers & Hammerstein : Carousel / Opera North, 14th May 2015
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New York
Review: Stephanie Blythe at Carnegie Hall
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/18/arts/music/review-stephanie-blythe-at-carnegie-hall.html?ref=music
Wien
Simon Rattle begins the Ring Cycle in Vienna
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-rheingold-rattle-wiener-staatsoper-may-2015
A memorable Walkure in Vienna
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-walkure-herlitzius-rattle-wiener-staatsoper-may-2015
Linz
The Linz Ring: Götterdammerung or The Ring returns to the Rhine
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-g%C3%B6tterdammerung-landestheater-linz-may-2015
London
La Traviata review – rarely plumbs the emotional depths
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La traviata (Royal Opera House)
Richard Eyre’s production of Verdi’s romantic opera returns in its 12th revival
http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/reviews/la-traviata-royal-opera-house_37840.html
La Traviata review
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2015/la-traviata/
Marina Rebeka: a Violetta in robust health in Covent Garden’s Traviata
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-traviata-rebeka-minkowski-royal-opera-may-2015
The Royal Opera’s La Traviata celebrates 150 performances – watch two clips with a classic cast
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Garsington’s free screenings offer opera for all
https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2015/garsingtons-free-screenings-offer-opera/
Peking opera: warrior women head for Sadler’s Wells A major
Peking opera company is to perform in London for the first time in a decade as part of a cultural exchange
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Johnny Flynn on composing for ‘As You Like It’, Shakespeare’s genius, and the charm of the nyckelharpa
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New York
Review: Heidi Melton Debuts With a Daunting Recital Program
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Review: Lang Lang at the Metropolitan Museum in the Service of Eastern Art
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Boston
Odyssey Opera opens British festival with delightful Vaughan Williams rarit
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The British Have Come: Sir John in Love
http://www.classical-scene.com/2015/05/18/sir-john-odyssey/
Chicago
Yo-Yo Ma and CSO members offer diverting range of French chamber works
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Reviews vom 19.5.2015
Review: Evgeny Kissin at Carnegie Hall
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/18/arts/music/review-evgeny-kissin-at-carnegie-hall.html?ref=music
Los Angeles
Review
Mark Morris’ ‘Dido and Aeneas’ an exuberant spin on ancient epic
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-mark-morris-dido-review-20150518-story.html
Havana
Fire and Ice: Minnesotans Join Orquesta Aragón in Havana
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Melbourne
Elijah Moshinsky: opera isn’t over any more than the writing of novels is
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Reviews vom 18.5.2015
London
Water Reflections: an immersive recital from Hélène Grimaud
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-helene-grimaud-water-reflections-barbican-london-may-2015
BBCSO/Davis – Arthur Bliss’s Morning Heroes finely judged
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Cardiff
Peter Pan: Welsh National Opera, review: ‘An exhausting romp’
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Review: Welsh National Opera presents Peter Pan at Wales Millennium Centre
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/review-welsh-national-opera-presents-9271481
Peter Pan review – too many loose ends, too many shortcuts. This doesn’t fly
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/17/peter-pan-welsh-national-opera-cardiff-review
New York
Blythe’s Wagnerian presence and personality prevail at Carnegie
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Largesse From Mr. Nézet-Séguin
Muhly / Ludwig van Beethoven / Sergei Rachmaninoff
http://www.concertonet.com/scripts/review.php?ID_review=10656
Boston
Guerilla Opera premiere delivers Bloland’s lit-crit work in blood-and-guts style
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Perth
Review: Médée (Lost & Found Opera)
http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/live-reviews/review-medee-lost-found-opera
Hamburg
Caro Emerald: Wo der Loungejazz schnurrt
Caro Emerald eröffnet das Frankfurter Festival “Women of the World” in der Alten Oper mit sehr geländegängiger Musik
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Reviews vom 17.5.2015
Neapel
Luisa Miller lives (and dies) in Naples
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-luisa-miller-san-carlo-may-2015
London /Interview
Leif Ove Andsnes: my key to a modern Beethoven
The formidable Norwegian pianist tells Ivan Hewett why he’s bringing all five of Beethoven’s piano concertos to the Proms
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Cardiff
Peter Pan the opera: my awfully big adventure
Countertenor Iestyn Morris is recreating the role of Peter Pan in Richard Ayres’ opera for its UK premiere. What does it feel like to be the singer who has clocked up the most flight hours in Europe?
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The real-life tragedy behind
Peter Pan As Welsh National Opera’s Peter Pan opens, its librettist Lavinia Greenlaw explores the dark side of JM Barrie’s classic read more
New York
Review: “Don Quixote’ Ballet Unites Lovers, Dryads and Toreadors
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Chicago
Salonen, CSO and stellar cast deliver a haunting and memorable “Pelléas”
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Boston
Guerilla Opera Premieres Pedr Solis
http://www.classical-scene.com/2015/05/15/pedr-solis-guerilla/
St. Louis
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis celebrates 40th anniversary season
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San Francisco
Vorschau Les Troyens’ 90 Title-Role Singers Hard at Work
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Singapore
English National Ballet on tour: Le Corsaire in Singapore
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Feuilleton
How to get your hands on Total Serialism’s ne plus ultra
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Soprano Danielle de Niese: ‘I’m not the first singer to go back to work after having a baby’
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Reviews vom 16.5.2015
Zürich
Balanchine, Van Manen and Kylián: On the jaw-dropping human condition
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Amsterdam
Nederlandse Reisopera’s gut-wrenching and breathtaking Orphée et Eurydice
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London
Betrayal: A Polyphonic Crime Drama, revie: music and psychiatry
A new work by the vocal ensemble I Fagiolini tells the story of the ‘composer-murderer’ Carlo Gesualdo
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Betrayal: A polyphonic crime drama (Village Underground)
An immersion into the music and murderous life of Carlo Gesualdo
http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/_37820.html
Brighton
Alice Coote, Brighton Festival, Being Both, review:
‘pretentious nonsense’ The mezzo-soprano’s unsubtle exploration of shifting gender roles within Handelian opera leaves Rupert Christiansen unmoved
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Leeds
Carousel review – admirably restores musical classic to the opera house http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/15/carousel-review-opera-north-revival
Opera North’s revival of Carousel spins again at the Leeds Grand Theatre
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-carousel-opera-north-may-2015
Chicago Fleming’s contract as Lyric creative consultant extended through 2017
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San Francisco
S.F. Symphony: Bernstein Obscures Mahle
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Havana
Minnesota Orchestra’s Cuba Trip Puts It at the Cultural Vanguard
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Reviews vom 15.5.2015
Wien
A tangled knot: Milhaud’s La mère coupable at Theater an der Wien
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Stockholm
Kasper Holten’s gritty, modern Traviata in Stockholm
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-traviata-holten-royal-swedish-opera-may-2015
London
Alice Coote: My life as a man
Ahead of her solo Brighton festival appearance showcasing Handel’s gender-bending operatic writing, mezzo-soprano Alice Coote reflects on the complexities of a creative life playing “breeches’ roles.
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Betrayal review – stronger on atmosphere than coherence
John La Bouchardière’s piece of music-theatre, performed by I Fagiolini, immerses the audience in the complex music and shocking crimes of composer Carlo Gesualdo
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Northern Ballet review – angels, monsters and the boy eaten by a lion
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Northern Ballet, Linbury Studio Theatre, review: Engaging company builds an immediate rapport
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Yevgeny Sudbin, Queen Elizabeth Hall, review: ‘a blazing display of mastery’
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Glyndebourne
Glyndebourne 2015: what to eat, drink and wear
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New York
“American Ballet Theater: A History,’ a PBS Documentary, Is a Love Letter to a Dance Form
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Washington
BWW Reviews: A Colorful CINDERELLA Enchants Washington National Opera
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Review: Cinderella at the Washington
National Opera WNO’s Cinderella is joyous, humorous and eminently accessible for opera novices
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Miami
Gian Carlo Menotti: The Consul
http://www.concertonet.com/scripts/review.php?ID_review=10651
Fort Worth
Classical music review: Fort Worth Opera Festival
http://www.star-telegram.com/living/article20836950.html
Brisbane
Review: La Traviata (Opera Queensland)
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Revviews vom 14.5.2015
Linz
The Linz Ring begins: Das Rheingold or The Doors to Valhalla
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-rheingold-linz-landestheater-may-2015
Madrid
Europe Sees Free Streaming of Opera as a Way to Stay Relevant
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Moskau
Musicality Redeems ‘Queen of Spades’ Opera at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater
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London
Unwrapping an enigma: Gergiev’s electrifying Shostakovich 15
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-shostakovich-gergiev-znaider-lso-may-2015
Gabrieli Consort/McCreesh review – wonderfully secure and controlled singing
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New York Review: American Ballet Theater Opens Season at Lincoln Center
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NY Phil’s “Contact!” program shows vitality of new Italian composers – See more at:
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Review: Europa Galante Plays at Alice Tully Hall
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Washington
No longer by the cinders: Tara Erraught’s American debut in with WNO Cenerentola
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Seattle
After Life in Seattle: Music of Remembrance’s new one-act opera lingers long after
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-after-life-cipullo-seattle-may-2015
New York
“Rebecca-Fiasko”: Pressesprecher verurteilt
http://kurier.at/kultur/buehne/rebecca-fiasko-pressesprecher-verurteilt/130.212.127
Ton- und Bildträger
Live from Lugano 2014 CD review – top-class music-making from Argerich and co http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/13/live-from-lugano-2014-review
Reviews vom 13.5.2015
Berlin
The Berlin Philharmonic’s stalemate: what next?
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Amsterdam
Terry Gilliam’s spectacular Benvenuto Cellini arrives in Amsterdam
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Genua
Bizet: Carmen / Teatro Carlo Felice of Genoa, 10th May 2015
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London
Weitere Review zu den “Piraten”
“Pirates of Penzance’ Gives Lift to English National Opera
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Woolf Works, Royal Opera House, review: Tireless dancers create brave, thoughtful work
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Woolf Works, Royal Ballet, Covent Garden: ‘an expensive-looking folly’
Wayne McGregor’s adaptation of three Virginia Woolf’s novels might conceivably have worked. Sadly, it makes no sort of emotional impact whatsoever, says Mark Monahan
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New York
Review: Bach, Revisited Series Features Ensemble Signal
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Miami
Florida Grand Opera delivers a powerful staging of Menotti’s “Consul”
http://theclassicalreview.com/2015/05/florida-grand-opera-delivers-a-powerful-staging-of-menottis-consul/
Florida Grand Opera does stunning rendition of Menotti’s “The Consul
http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/performing-arts/article20679477.html
Washington
BWW Reviews: CINDERELLA Steals Hearts in Lyrical Production at Washington National Opera
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WNO’s ‘Cinderella’: a Long, Fast-Paced Opera That Retains Its Loveliness
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Cleveland
Cleveland Opera Theater makes triumphant first bid with forceful ‘Tosca’ production (review)
http://www.cleveland.com/musicdance/index.ssf/2015/05/cleveland_opera_theater_makes.html
Salt Lake City
Opera review: “The Rake’s Progress’ is a milestone for Utah Opera
http://www.sltrib.com/entertainment/2492891-155/opera-review-the-rakes-progress-is
Utah Opera’s The Rake’s Progress is bold and creative
http://www.theutahreview.com/utah-operas-rakes-progress-bold-creative/
Melbourne
Don Giovanni review: Vivid underworld evoked in Opera Australia’s enthralling dark drama
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Opera review: Don Giovanni, Opera Australia, Arts Centre Melbourne
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Reviews vom 12.5.2015
Mailand
Chailly inaugurated at La Scala with a dark interpretation of Turandot
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-turandot-chailly-la-scala-milan-may-2015
London
“Blow, bugle, blow”: Evocative Britten from Mark Padmore and Katy Woolley
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-britten-padmore-woolley-petrenko-philharmonia-may-2015
Philharmonia/Petrenko review – a staid account of Mahler’s unfinished 10th
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Glasgow
Nachtrag zu “Il trovatore”
Verdi : Il trovatore / Scottish Opera, 7th May 2015
https://operabritanniauk.wordpress.com/2015/05/10/verdi-il-trovatore-scottish-opera-7th-may-2015/
New York
Levine Conducts First Double Bill At Met Opera Since 2005
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Review: A Peter Eotvos Premiere and Schubert at the New York Philharmoni
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Review: Serving 4 Helpings of Balanchine, With Thunderbolts and Tornadoes
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Boston
Fine singing and Mozartean fireworks in Emmanuel Music’s “Abduction”
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Chicago
Aggressive virtuosity and fitful poetry in Lang Lang’s return to Lyric Opera
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Cleveland
Charles Dutoit leads a memorable Damnation of Faust in Cleveland
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-faust-berlioz-dutoit-cleveland-may-2015
Detroit
MOT gives “Faust’ a noirish mood
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Feuilleton
Expose children to classical music whether they like it or not, says Nicola Benedetti
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Reviews vom 11.5.2015
Berlin
There’s no harmony for now at the Berlin Phil
A man who keeps a bust of Frederick the Great on his desk is deemed by some to be tooconservative to lead the city’s great orchestra
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London
The Pirates of Penzance review –
Mike Leigh’s exercise in affectionate nostalgia
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The Pirates of Penzance, ENO, review: ‘jolly good – but a crowd-puller?’
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The Pirates of Penzance (London Coliseum)
Mike Leigh and ENO tackle Gilbert and Sullivan’s funniest opera with mixed results
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That sinking feeling: ENO’s Pirates of Penzance scuppered at the Coliseum
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-pirates-penzance-leigh-eno-may-2015
Król Roger; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House/Pappano; Atthis;
The Virtues of Things; Shackleton’s Cat – review
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Glowing Brahms and fiery Tchaikovsky from Bychkov and the LSO
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New York
Metropolitan Opera Review 2014-15- “The Rake’s Progress:” James Levine Leads Terrific Cast in Stravinsky Masterpiece
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Review: “The Road of Promise,’ Warning to All About Jews in Germany
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Reviews vom 10.5.2015
London
Wayne McGregor talks Woolf Works ballet: ‘flamboyant, very virtuosic dance’
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Manchester
Halle/Stenz review – Grime’s double concerto is ambitious and formally satisfying
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New York
Vorschau Metropolitan Opera 2014-15
Season Highlights: Anna Netrebko, Diana Damrau and Vittorio Grigolo Among them!
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Review: New York City Ballet Performs Bournonville Classics at Spring Gala
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The Selfie and the Sylph at New York City Ballet Gala
NYCB’s premiere of Peter Martins’s staging of August Bournonville’s “La Sylphide’
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-selfie-and-the-sylph-at-new-york-city-ballet-gala-1431126017
Chicago
L’Enfant et les sortilèges opens Chicago Symphony’s “French Reveries and Passions” festival http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-enfant-sortileges-salonen-chicago-symphony-may-2015
Salonen opens CSO’s French festival with vocal rarities by Ravel, Debussy
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Cincinnati
A New Labor Contract at the Expanding Cincinnati Orchestra
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Fort Worth
Review: Fort Worth Opera’s Frontiers
http://www.star-telegram.com/entertainment/arts-culture/article20569095.html
Toronto
Canadian Opera Company brings mad, mad modern world to life
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Reviews vom 9.5.2015
München
An anti-clerical Forza del destino in Munich
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London
Everything but the kitchen sink: Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast with the RPO and Bach Choir
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Disappointing Mahler 10 from the Philharmonia at Southbank Centre
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-fellner-petrenko-philharmonia-may-2015
Glasgow
Il Trovatore review – Claire Rutter shines in Scottish Opera’s static production http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/08/il-trovatore-review-scottish-opera
Il Trovatore review
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2015/il-trovatore/
New York
Chaotic Collegiate Chorale leaves Weill’s “Promise” unfulfilled
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Review: Young Concert Artists Gala Features Three Rising Soloists
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City Ballet Usher Has Spotlight as a Designer for “La Sylphide’
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Chicago
Miami City Ballet and Hamburg Ballet among major dance companies headed to Harris Theater in 2015-2016 season
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Washington
Photo Flash: First Look at Isabel Leonard, Tara Erraught, Simone Alberghini and More in Washington National Opera’s CINDERELLA
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Toronto
Opera review: Bluebeard’s Castle/Erwartung
http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/on-stage/opera-review-bluebeards-castleerwartung
Canadian opera singer Clarice Carson dead at age 85
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Sidney
Review: Bernstein’s Mass (Sydney Conservatorium of Music)
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Reviews vom 8.5.2015
Berlin
Berlin Philharmonic Prepares to Vote on New Chief Conductor
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Mailand
Devastating Bruckner meets Janáček with the Berliner Philharmoniker’s return to Milan
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London
Christian Gerhaher: the most moving singer in the world
Ahead of his unmissable UK dates, German baritone Christian Gerhaher is mercifully modest, finds Rupert Christianse
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Barbara Hannigan in Focus I, Barbican, review: ‘shrewd’
A thought-provoking programme just lacked a warmth of tone and feeling to gild the vocal pyrotechnics, says Ivan Hewett
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Britten Sinfonia/Hannigan review – a collaborative but frustrating evening
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Everything but the kitchen sink: Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast with the RPO and Bach Choir
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New York
Review: Alonzo King Lines Ballet at the Joyce Theater
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Houston
Ride, Walkuries, Ride!
At Houston Grand Opera, the second installment in the Ring Cycle, Die Walküre, is on a whole other level.
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Superb cast in Fura del Baus’ American Walküre debut
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-walkure-goerke-houston-grand-opera-may-2015
Kansas City
Lyric Opera of Kansas City undergoes “major artistic reorganization’
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Feuilleton
Political pieces: 10 of the best
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Reviews vom 7.5.2015
Amsterdam
A haunting memorial to war in Hans Kox’s Anne Frank Cantata
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-anne-frank-cantata-concertgebouw-may-2015
London
English National Opera gets RPS award boost
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/05/english-national-opera-gets-rps-award-boost
Orchestra of the ROH/Pappano review – enjoying the chance to be seen and heard
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/05/orchestra-of-the-royal-opera-house-pappano-review
Sun worship: ecstatic playing from the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-pappano-antonacci-royal-opera-house-london-may-2015
Monteverdi Choir/Gardiner, Wigmore Hall, review: Good in parts
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Monteverdi Choir/Gardiner review – wonderfully committed and scrupulously focused
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Royal Ballet’s leading lady returns at 52
Alessandra Ferri stars in Wayne McGregor’s new Covent Garden production based on the novels of Virginia Woolf
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Baltimore
The arts rule: evocative Lakmé in Baltimore
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-lakme-kaitlyn-davis-baltimore-may-2015
Chicago
Cédric Tiberghien brings his vast touch to French recital in Chicago
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-cedric-tiberghien-chicago-symphony-center-may-2015
Miami
Florida Grand Opera to go back to the Cold War future with “The Consul”
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Santa Fe
Santa Fe Opera announces five new productions for 2016 – but no premieres
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Fort Worth
Get Thee to Hamlet
After seeing Fort Worth Opera’s marvelous production of Ambroise Thomas’ Hamlet, the question is why isn’t it produced more often?
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Reviews vom 6.5.2015
Prag
Opera: Hänsel und Gretel at the State Opera
http://praguepost.com/night-day/47573-opera-haensel-und-gretel-at-the-state-opera
München
Eugene Onegin meets Brokeback Mountain in Munich
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-eugene-onegin-warlikowski-opolais-munich-may-2015
London
Nachtrag zu “King Roger”
King Roger @ Royal Opera House, London
http://www.musicomh.com/classical/reviews-classical/king-roger-royal-opera-house-london
Nachträge zu “Dalibor”
Dalibor review – Belohlávek warms to Smetana’s purple passages
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Dalibor, Barbican, review: A brilliant all-Czech Performance
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The Virtues of Things review – clear-sighted tale of a family facing the future
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/03/the-virtues-of-things-review
Brighton
Isabelle Faust plays Bach, Brighton Festival, review: ‘truly living in this music’
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Chicago
Tiberghien’s superlative pianism opens CSO’s French festival in style
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Boston
Fine singing lifts BLO’s feminist retooling of “Don Giovanni”
http://bostonclassicalreview.com/2015/05/fine-singing-lifts-blos-feminist-retooling-of-don-giovanni/
Miami
Les Arts Florissants makes a delightful (and belated) Miami debut
http://theclassicalreview.com/2015/05/les-arts-florissants-makes-a-delightful-and-belated-miami-debut/
Salt Lake City
Review: Jules Massenet’s Cendrillon by the University of Utah Lyric Opera Ensemble
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San Francisco
Salonen Joins S.F. Symphony to Chase an Elusive Nyx
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Sidney
Opera Australia 2014 report: Bigger audience fails to equal big enough Returns
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Madama Butterfly review: Opera Australia’s Hiromi Omura displays sensitivity and power in Puccini Revival
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Opera review: Madama Butterfly, Opera Australia
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Feuilleton
Interview
Facing the music: Kristjan Järvi
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/04/facing-the-music-conductor-kristjan-jarvi
Who invented the piano? Bartolomeo Cristofori’s birthday celebrated in today’s Google doodl
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Reviews vom 5.5.2015
London/ Weitere „Krol Roger”-Review
Review: “Krol Roger,’ a Rare Gem at Covent Garden
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Weitere „Dalibor”-Review
Smetana : Dalibor / Barbican Hall, 2nd May 2015
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Martin Fröst review – mellifluous Schumann and understated Mozart
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/03/martin-frost-review-wigmore-hall
Benedetti, Urbanski and the LSO on top form in Szymanowski and Mussorgsky
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-benedetti-urbanski-lso-may-2015
New York/ Weitere „Rakes”-Reviews
Review: “The Rake’s Progress’ Makes a Brief Visit at the Metropolitan Opera
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First Nighter: Stravinsky’s ‘Rake’s Progress’ Back at the Met
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Stravinsky’s Provocative “The Rake’s Progress’ Makes a Brief Return to the Met
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City Ballet to Present “La Sylphide,’ a Romantic Ballet Standard
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Fort Worth
Review: Fort Worth Opera’s “Hamlet’ at Bass Hall
http://www.star-telegram.com/entertainment/arts-culture/article20140536.html
Reviews vom 4.5.2015
London
Weitere Reviews zu „Krol Roger”
Król Roger review – Szymanoswki’s melting-pot opera is a musical treat
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/03/krol-roger-review-royal-opera-house-king-king-roger
Król Roger (Royal Opera House):
Szymanowski’s 1926 opera in a devastating new production by Kasper Holten
http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/reviews/krl-roger-royal-opera-house_37728.html
The Virtues of Things (Royal Opera House)
A new opera in the Linbury overflows with notes and words
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Dalibor, Barbican, review: ‘pure joy’
This enchanting performance of Bedřich Smetana’s neglected romantic tragedy was a reminder of what a superb work it is, says Rupert Christiansen
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/opera/11574960/Smetana-Dalibor-Barbican-review.html
The Czech Fidelio: Bělohlávek leads a fine account of Smetana’s Dalibor
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-smetana-dalibor-belohlavek-buresova-bbcso-london-may-2015
New York
The Rake’s Progress review – a rare treat from the Met
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/03/the-rakes-progress-review-metropolitan-opera
Met’s superb “Rake’s Progress” touches the mind and heart
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San Francisco
Opera review: A shadowy plunge into ‘Heart of Darkness’
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Review: Memorable music can’t save ‘Heart of Darkness’
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Outbursts of Genius in San Francisco Ballet’s Romeo and Juliet
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carla-escoda/outbursts-of-genius-in-sa_b_7197510.html
Sidney
Fly Away Peter review: Sydney Chamber Opera alights on work of beauty and meaning
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Fly Away Peter: Opera based on David Malouf explores war
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Reviews vom 3.5.2015
London
Król Roger, Royal Opera House, review: ‘a major triumph’
This rare production of Szymanowski’s 1926 opera proves it’s a neglected masterpiece of twentieth-century music, says Rupert Christiansen
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Król Roger, Royal Opera A triumphant return to the stage for Szymanowski’s neglected score http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/kr%C3%B3l-roger-royal-opera
Exploring the inner levels of the mind: Szymanowski’s Król Roger at the Royal Opera
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New York
Review: Renée Fleming Makes Broadway Debut as Vain Diva in ‘Living on Love’ http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/review-renee-fleming-living-love/
Tiger at the Gates Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine
http://www.concertonet.com/scripts/review.php?ID_review=10620
Kalish finds fascinating common ground with Ives and Janacek
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Boston
Haitink closes BSO season energetically with Pires’ Mozart the highlight
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Chicago
Bicket, CSO achieve mixed results in basically Baroque program
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Cleveland
Cleveland Opera Theater asserts itself on cultural scene with new ‘Tosca’ production at Masonic Auditorium (preview)
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San Diego San Diego Opera settlement disclosed Ian Campbell receives payout of $276,000 http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/may/01/san-diego-opera-campbell-settlement/
Ton- und Bildträger
Agrippina CD review – Ann Hallenberg unearths 12 showstopping arias
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Reviews vom 2.5.2015
London
Pappano puts his Royal Opera House orchestra centre stage
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Interview
Georgia Jarman, star of the Royal Opera’s Król Roger
The American soprano on learning, languages and life as a Bel Canto soprano
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LSO/Sokhiev review – conducting with plenty of edge and bite
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This week’s new dance Breakin’ Convention | Rojas And Rodriguez: Titanium http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/may/01/this-weeks-new-dance
Liverpool
RLPO/Davis review – Conductor Emeritus tears through Mahler
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/30/rlpo-davis-review
New York
Metropolitan Opera Review 2014-15:
Marcelo Alvarez Leads Excellent Cast in “Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci”
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Lyon
Opera Ballet Brings Contemporary Vision to The Joyce
http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-lyon-opera-ballet-joyce-theater-april-2015
Chicago
Why Lyric Opera’s Board of Directors tapped David Ormesher as top banana
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Houston BWW Reviews: DIE WALKÜRE at Houston Grand Opera, Wunderbar
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Reviews vom 1.5.2015
Paris
Landfall: Laurie Anderson and the Kronos Quartet together at last at the Paris Philharmonie
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London
Slick and contemporary: Xerxes at Hampstead Garden Opera
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Szymanowski’s ‘dangerously intoxicating’ King Roger
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Ensemble Intercontemporain/Pintscher review – bold and brilliant Boulez
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Philip Glass: The Études, Barbican, review: ‘a well-oiled machine’
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New York
Review: New World Symphony at Carnegie Hall With Anne-Sophie Mutter
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Mutter, Tilson Thomas and New World Symphony unforgettable on one of Carnegie’s great nights
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Review: City Ballet’s Balanchine Dances Open Spring Season
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Leon Botstein and the American Symphony Orchestra “declassify” Janáček’s Sinfonietta
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Houston
Opera’s top Gunn is cutting his own path to greatness
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Fort Worth
Totally Consumed The Fort Worth Opera’s 2015 festival is off to a fine start with a gorgeously traditional La traviata.
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Sidney
Australian Ballet: The Dream review – a trio of Ashton works true to his heart
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Leipzig
Bach portrait returns to Leipzig
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Zürich
Der passionierte Chronist
NZZ-Musikkritiker Peter Hagmann tritt zurück
http://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/klassik/der-passionierte-chronist-1.18532400