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REVIEWS November 2015

11.11.2015 | REVIEWS

Reviews vom 30.11.2015

London
Weitere „Zaza“-Reviews
Opera Zazà review – a knockout concert Performance 
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 Zazà, BBCSO, Benini, Barbican
A diva in full spate captures the true Italianate thrill of Leoncavallo’s thoughtful curiosity
http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/zaza-bbcso-benini-barbican

Weitere „Mikado“-Review
Opera review: Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado 
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Glasgow
Hirda review – a well-drawn chamber opera plays to the home crowd
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/29/hirda-review-noise-opera

New York
Finding the Right „Nutcracker’ for You and Yours 
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Chicago
Alsop’s belated CSO debut proves something to be thankful for 
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Sidney
The Sleeping Beauty review: Australian Ballet goes for tutu much 
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Reviews vom 29.11.2015

London
Antonio Pappano: ‚Cav & Pag is full of mafia cliches – but true to Italian life‘ 
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Zazà, Barbican, review: ‚a sumptuous oddity‘ 
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Leoncavallo’s Zazà: another successful Opera Rara excavation
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New York
Review: Trifonov Caps Rachmaninoff Fest With Pianistic Verve
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Boston
Aided by superb soloists, Christophers, H&H soar with „Messiah“
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Toronto
Romeo and Juliet: Ballet brings a fiery intensity to an old tale 
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Vancouver
Review: Vancouver Opera’s semi-memorable
Dark Sisters is saved by Nico Muhly’s score Contemporary ‚problem‘ opera opened a nine-performance run at the Vancouver Playhouse on Thursday 
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Polygamist opera Dark Sisters is a brave undertaking 
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Reviews vom 28.11.2015

Amsterdam
Dynamic and fun-packed Mamelles de Tirésias in Amsterdam
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The story of Dutch spy Mata Hari becomes a ballet
http://www.dutchnews.nl/features/2015/11/the-story-of-dutch-spy-mata-hari-becomes-a-ballet/

London
Tanz
Russell Maliphant’s Conceal | Reveal, Sadler’s Wells, review: ‚an evening of dazzling physical poetry 
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Philharmonia/Salonen review – formidable dexterity in a bizarrely uneven concert 
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New York
Trifonov Joins Philharmonic Board
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Boston
Bronfman, Nelsons tackle Bartók with a tribute to a BSO legend 
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San Francisco
Review: San Francisco Opera delivers delightful ‚Barber of Seville‘
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Melbourne
The Charm of the Outback: Gaetano Donizetti: L’elisir d’amore
http://concertonet.com/scripts/review.php?ID_review=11107

Reviews vom 27.11.2015

Paris
Wild dialogues: Bluebeard’s Castle and La Voix humaine at the Palais Garnier
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London
Mignon review – sad, elegant score handled with great sensitivity 
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Sickly sweet: Ambroise Thomas‘ Mignon from New Sussex Opera
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Elisabeth Leonskaja and Friends – birthday tribute to virtuoso Pianist 
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New York
Noch eine „lulu“-Review
Metropolitan Opera Review 2015-16 – ‚Lulu‘: Marlis Peterson is Revelation in Virtuosic & Insightful Production 
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Review: Complexions Contemporary Ballet Recycles With „Chronicle’
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Boston
Nelsons, Boston Symphony reflect on mortality during a tragic week 
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Sidney
Review: An Index of Metals (Sydney Chamber Opera) 
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Review: Thus Spake Zarathustra (Sydney Symphony Orchestra) 
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Reviews vom 26.11.2015

Stockholm
Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm — „A roaring success’
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London
Sullivan : The Mikado / ENO, 21st November 2015
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Peaches and Cream: A frothy Fledermaus at the Royal College of Music
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Tempest-tossed on the storm of life: Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer at Fulham Opera
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Cédric Tiberghien plays Boulez and Bartók, Wigmore Hall, review: ‚an evening of illumination‘
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New York
Review: Franco Zeffirelli’s ‚La Bohème‘ Revisits a Take on Love and Loss
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Met’s „Bohème“ provides warmth and comfort in a harsh world
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Review: Ballet Hispanico’s „If Walls Could Speak’ Offers Vignettes of Urban Life
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Chicago
A Buoyant Merry Widow at Lyric Opera of Chicago
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Ottawa
 Opera company’s collapse leaves more than $1M debt
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Feuilleton
Searching for Scarlatti: my mission to rehabilitate the Baroque Daddy
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Reviews vom 25.11.2015

Stuttgart
„Salome“ feierte Premiere in Stuttgart
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London
Lulu – A Murder Ballad (Royal Opera House) 
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Jonathan Miller’s stylish, spirited Mikado revived once again at ENO
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The Mikado review – feels as fresh as paint 
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New York
Maestro Rattle cooks up a fresh Ninth with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Westminster at Carnegie Hall
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Tanz
Review: Thomas Adès Calls for Complexity at City Center 
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Tanz
Review: In „Shadowland’ Opening the Makeup Case and Unleashing a New World 
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San Francisco
Weitere „Meistersinger“-Review
Wagner’s DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG at San Francisco Opera 
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View of the Meistersinger Marathon from the Pit 
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Los Angeles
Weitere „Norma“-Review
‚Norma‘ and ‚La Clemenza di Tito‘ make for a Roman feast 
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Montreal
Weitere „Elektra“-Reviews
Strauss revived at the Opéra de Montréal
http://theconcordian.com/2015/11/strauss-revived-at-the-opera-de-montreal/

Opera Review: Montreal’s „Elektra’ nasty and beautiful
http://www.timesargus.com/article/20151124/NEWS01/151129795

Reviews vom 24.11.2015

Paris
A Day (and Night) at the Opera With Stéphane Lissner
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London
Noch eine Review zu „Morgen und Abend“
Opera reviews: Georg Friedrich Haas’s MORGEN UND ABEND 
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Male ballet dancers are now centre stage, Darcey Bussell says 
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Sheffield
Celebrating Peter Cropper review – a courageous tribute to a dearly missed musician 
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New York
Lulu, live from the Met, review: ‚hard work but fascinating‘
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opera/what-to-see/lulu-live-met-review/

The Operatic Class of 1965, Fifty Years On
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/operatic-class-1965-fifty-years/

Denver
Opera Colorado’s comeback a chance to move Forward 
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San Francisco
Weitere „Meistersinger“-Review
S.F. Opera’s Massive Meistersinger Scores in Intimate Moments 
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Photo Flash: First Look at San Francisco Opera’s DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NURNBERG
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Los Angeles
Tanz
Verklärte Nacht resonates with one-dimensional obsession in LA
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Melbourne
Opera Review: The Elixir of Love
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Feuilleton/ Interview
Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky keeps her house in order 
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Reviews vom 22.11.2015

London
Castor et Pollux, St John’s Smith Square A concert performance of Rameau rich with musical drama and delight
http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/castor-et-pollux-st-johns-smith-square

Spectacular Storytelling: The Warrior Women of Yang at Sadler’s Wells
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Ashton’s Monotones and Two Pigeons, Royal Ballet, review: ’sublime‘ 
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The Two Pigeons: A long lost Ashton favourite returns to the Royal Ballet
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Royal Ballet conductor Koen Kessels: ‚My creativity comes after I’ve gone back in history‘
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/dance/what-to-see/The-world-of-Koen-Kessels/

New York
Is ‚Lulu‘ the Best Opera the Met Has Ever Staged?
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Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker in superb performances of Beethoven 2 and 5
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Salt Lake City
Two Utah sopranos advance to next stage in Met Opera auditions
http://www.sltrib.com/home/3187796-155/two-utah-sopranos-advance-to-next

Montreal
Freud takes a back seat in new productions of Strauss’s Elektra 
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Ottawa
Sarah Jennings: Ottawa needs an opera Scene
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/ottawa-needs-an-opera-scene

Calgary
Calgary Opera gets exotic with Lakme
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Reviews vom 21.11.2015

London
Andreas Scholl/Iestyn Davies review – luminosity and attack from countertenor stars
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New York
Review: Juilliard Opera’s Timely Double Bill
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Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic deliver an edgy, electrifying Beethoven Fifth
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San Francisco
S.F. Opera captures majesty of “Meistersinger’
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Review: San Francisco’s ‚Meistersinger‘ makes for a long, rewarding night at the opera
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San Francisco’s masterful ‚Meistersinger‘
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Zürich
Sir Roger Norrington stars with the “Best of Beethoven” in Zurich
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London
Weitere “Morgen und Abend”-Review
Morgen und Abend is the kind of opera that gives opera a bad name Ignore this Royal Opera House world premiere. Save your money.
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Ballett
A Passing Cloud review at the Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House – “speed, stamina and precision’
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Birmingham
Review: I Puritani, Welsh National Opera at Birmingham Hippodrome
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Glyndebourne
How the Germans made Glyndebourne
It may be quintessentially English but John Christie’s opera festival was the creation of Germanic immigrants
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New York
Weitere “Lulu”-Review
Bloodlust: A New Production of ‚Lulu‘ at the Metropolitan Opera
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Review: A Pierre Boulez Tribute, Eight Months Late
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Richmond
La Bohéme at Virginia Opera, Reviewed
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Toronto
The problems with CanStage’s Julie lie not in the orchestra pit but on the stage
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Reviews vom 20.11.2015

 

Reviews vom 11.11.2015

Paris (Interview in französischer Sprache)
Interview d’Hugues Gall, ancien directeur de l’Opéra de Paris
Nous avons rencontré Hugues Gall, ancien directeur de l’Opéra de Paris, à propos des travaux actuellement en cours dans la salle de l’Opéra Garnier, qui vont dénaturer celle-ci et qui déclenchent une vive polémique. Lire aussi notre article.
http://www.latribunedelart.com/interview-d-hugues-gall-ancien-directeur-de-l-opera-de-paris

Paris
Why is Lissner wrecking the Opéra?
http://slippedisc.com/2015/11/why-is-lissner-wrecking-the-opera/

London
The Force of Destiny, opera review: Hard-hitting and tremendously powerful
http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/music/the-force-of-destiny-opera-review-hardhitting-and-tremendously-powerful-a3111016.html

The Force of Destiny (London Coliseum)
http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/reviews/the-force-of-destiny-london-coliseum_39114.html

The Force of Destiny review at the London Coliseum – „Over-the-top but musically excellent’
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2015/the-force-of-destiny-review-at-the-london-coliseum-over-the-top-but-musically-excellent/

The Force of Destiny, Coliseum, theatre review: Calixto Bieito’s perverse production is saved by briliant singing
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/the-force-of-destiny-coliseum-theatre-review-calixto-bieitos-perverse-production-is-saved-by-a6728531.html

The Force of Destiny review – no one is spared in Bieito’s bleak vision of Verdi
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/10/the-force-of-destiny-review-eno-english-national-opera-verdi-bieito

Verdi: La forza del destino / ENO, 9th November 2015
https://operabritanniauk.wordpress.com/2015/11/10/verdi-la-forza-del-destino-eno-9th-november-2015/

Barbed wire and gruel: cold comfort in ENO’s Force of Destiny
https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-force-of-destiny-bieito-wigglesworth-eno-november-2015

Christian Gerhaher/Gerold Huber review – Gerhaher is on superb form
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/10/christian-gerhaher-gerold-huber-wigmore-hall-song-cycles

Chicago
Rockefeller Chapel Choir casts a wide musical net in Kristallnacht homage
http://chicagoclassicalreview.com/2015/11/rockefeller-chapel-choir-casts-a-wide-musical-net-in-kristallnacht-homage/

Washington
Seeing Voting Rights Under Siege, Philip Glass Rewrites an Opera
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/11/arts/music/revisiting-the-opera-appomattox-in-the-course-of-human-events.html?_r=0

Dallas
At The Dallas Opera, Tosca Is a Safe Bet
http://frontrow.dmagazine.com/2015/11/at-the-dallas-opera-tosca-is-a-safe-bet/

Toronto
Canadian Opera Company seeks its next stars
The COC awarded three singers prizes in competition to find fresh talent.
http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2015/11/09/canadian-opera-company-seeks-its-next-stars.html

REVIEWS vom 10.11.2015

Mailand
An expressionistic Wozzeck: Jürgen Flimm’s old classic closes the season at La Scala
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Amsterdam
Dutch National Opera toasts its 50th birthday
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London
Calixto Bieito interview: Opera director on the inspiration behind his bloody new take on Verdi’s ‚The Force of Destiny‘
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In ballet, real-life romance is the enemy of onstage chemistry 
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Gerhaher, Huber, Wigmore Hall
Adventurous programme reveals broad range of the German baritone’s talents 
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Brighton
La Liberazione di Ruggiero review – witty, Wildean version of Caccini’s opera
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/09/la-liberazione-di-ruggiero-review-francesca-caccini

New York

Weitere „Lulu“-Review
Lulu, Metropolitan Opera, New York — „Passion and urgency’
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Review: Robin Rhode Takes Schoenberg’s „Erwartung’ to the Street (Broadway, No Less)
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Pittsburgh
Opera review: Pittsburgh Opera brings multifaceted characters to life in ‚Cosi fan tutte‘
http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music-Review

REVIEWS vom 9.11.2015

Paris
Petition launched against partition-removing changes at Opera Garnier in Paris
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London
Acis and Galatea; Philharmonia/ Salonen; CBSO/ Wellber review – the sweet smell of success 
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New York
Weitere „Lulu“-Review
Lulu at the Met
http://likelyimpossibilities.blogspot.co.at/2015/11/lulu-at-met.html

You Us We All’ Creates a Baroque Vision of Modern Life
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Chicago
Haymarket Opera opens fifth season with magical Handel 
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Kansas City
Lyric Opera’s „Rusalka’ a beautiful telling of lovelorn water nymph 
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Feuilleton
Somersaults in six-inch heels: the punishing world of Peking Opera
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REVIEWS vom 8.11.2015

London
Review: La Bohème (English National Opera), November 5, 2015
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Igor Levit, Wigmore Hall, review: ‚full Beethovenian transcendence was in unexpectedly short supply‘
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New York
Weitere „Lulu“-Reviews
Opera Review: Alban Berg’s ‚Lulu‘ at the Met
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Lulu review – sex, art and murder create a landmark night for the Met
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Review: Zubin Mehta Leads Israel Philharmonic in “Resurrection’

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Nachtrag zum Beczala-Liederabend
Beczala Shines at Carnegie Hall
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Sarasota
Review: A gorgeous and emotional staging of ‚La Boheme‘ opens Sarasota Opera’s fall season
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Toronto
Renée Fleming in Recital
A breath of fresh air
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