REVIEWS vom 20.10.2015
Wien
L’incoronazione di Poppea im Theater an der Wien: Sinn und Sinnlichkeit, Wahn- und Frohsinn
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Berlin
Pretty Yende’s Lucia di Lammermoor charms Berlin
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London
Weitere „Boheme“-Reviews:
La Bohème, opera review: Why this heroine should stay off the heroin
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La bohème @ Coliseum, London
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Birmingham
Royal Ballet Variations Triple Bill review – Balanchine blitz and an Ashton enigma
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Carlos Acosta on leaving the Royal Ballet: „I will miss the people – but not the pain‘
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/dance/what-to-see/carlos-acosta-interview/
New York
Review: „Tosca’ Returns to Metropolitan Opera With a Rotating Lineup
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Review: White Light Festival Opens With a Wrenching Schubert Marathon
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Seattle
Rough Pearl: Seattle Opera’s Pearl Fishers nearly hits the mark
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Feuilleton
Carmen through the ages: 140 years of Bizet’s opera – in Pictures
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REVIEWS vom 19.10.2015
Brüssel
Classical French drama: fine singing and acting in Spontini’s La Vestale
https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-la-vestale-la-monnaie-october-2015
Amsterdam
The Orchestra of the 18th century charms in Nozze di Figaro at the Concertgebouw
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London
Interview
Australian soprano Nicole Car stars in Bizet’s Carmen at Royal Opera House
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Jonas Kaufmann review – a golden voice and a golden smile
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Dance review: Swan Lake by the Birmingham Royal Ballet
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New York
The Romantic Played With Classic Perfection Maurizio Pollini, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Alan Gilbert
http://www.concertonet.com/scripts/review.php?ID_review=10991
After shaky start, Padmore, Bezuidenhout deliver powerful Schubert
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Boston
Goerke, Barkmin heat up Strauss’s „Elektra“ with Nelsons, BSO
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Toronto
Vorschau
Pyramus and Thisbe, COC’s brand new Canadian opera
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Sidney
Review: Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis (SSO)
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REVIEWS vom 18.10.2015
Düsseldorf
All in the mind: a powerful Fiery Angel in Düsseldorf
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Mailand
Daniele Gatti and Robert Carsen tout a blithely-polished Falstaff
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London
La Bohème, English National Opera, review: ‚infantile, unengaging, unmoving‘
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La bohème (London Coliseum)
English National Opera disappoints with its new production of Puccini’s romance
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La Bohème, English National Opera
Heroin-blighted update of Puccini’s realistic tragicomedy is no hit, and sludgily conducted
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A heroine on heroin: ENO’s cold Bohème lacks heart
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New York
Gotham Opera’s Liabilities Bring Scrutiny
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Review: Benjamin Grosvenor, Boy Lord of the Piano, Takes Carnegie Hall
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Seoul
Korea National Opera Opens 2015-2016 Seasonal Repertoire With “The Pearl Fishers’ By French Composer Georges Bizet
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REVIEWS vom 17.10.2015
Mailand
Classical creativity: Beethoven and Spontini from Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
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London
Royal Opera House unveils new costume store in Thurrock
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Vorschau
Mimi shoots up heroin in new ENO production of La boheme
English National Opera says having Mimi take heroin in La Boheme is ‚an appropriate theatrical metaphor‘
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Philharmonia/Hrůša/Trifonov review – magical, poetic Rachmaninov
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New York
Review: „In Their Footsteps,’ a New York Philharmonic Tribute
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Chicago
Review: „Sylvia’ at the Joffrey Ballet, a Myth Revamped
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Joffrey’s beautiful work can’t save uneven ‚Sylvia‘
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Tulsa
Review: Tulsa Opera’s ‚La Boheme‘ balances drama, comedy with talented cast
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Ton- und Bildträger
Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail CD review – energetic and vivacious reworking
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REVIEWS vom 16.10.2015
Berlin
Tradition and transformation of a culture: Staatsoper Berlin’s Die Meistersinger
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Two Toscas a century apart in Berlin
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London
Baritone Andrew Shore: from baring all for Beckmesser, to toupees and Timing
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OAE/Devine/Bostridge review – not a stale moment all evening
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A successful Swan Lake and a unique Odette by the Birmingham Royal Ballet
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Krzysztof Penderecki and London Philharmonic Orchestra, review: ‚flawed‘
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New York
Review: Yannick Nézet-Séguin Leads the Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall
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Review: American Classical Orchestra Revives a Rarely Heard Telemann Masterpiece
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Review: City Ballet’s „Harlequinade’ and „N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz’ Delve Into Human Nature
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Salt Lake City
Superb talent in Utah Opera’s Tosca
http://www.theutahreview.com/superb-talent-utah-operas-tosca/
Toronto
Love and Sacrifice at the Opera
Soprano Joyce El-Khoury talks ‚La Traviata‘
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1878489-love-and-sacrifice-at-the-opera/
Ottawa
Cash crisis causes Opera Lyra to cease operations
http://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/local-arts/opera-lyra-ceases-operations
Feuilleton
Why have female composers achieved so little in opera?
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REVIEWS vom 15.10.2015
Zürich
Three Choreographers, Three Masterpieces: Zürich Ballet Triple Bill
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Paris
French opera houses are accused of favouring foreign singers to save tax vom 15.10.2015
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London
Still reigning: Leo Nucci’s masterly Rosenblatt Recital
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Swan Lake, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Sadler’s Wells, review: ’supremely classy‘
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Glyndebourne
Don Pasquale review – a revival brings charm and warmth
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New York
Weitere „Tannhäuser“-Reviews
Metropolitan Opera Review 2015-16 — ‚Tannhauser‘:
Westbroek, Botha, Mattei, Levine Shine in Wagner Gem
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Met Opera: A Subline Tannhauser From Levine, Botha, Groissböck and Westbroek
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Columbus
History of Opera In Columbus
http://radio.wosu.org/post/history-opera-columbus#stream/0
Ton- und Bildträger
The best classical music albums of 2015
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/classical-music/best-new-albums/
Wien/ mdw
Ulrike Sych: Job-in statt Drop-out
An der Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien tritt Ulrike Sych nach einer turbulenten Rektorswahl ihre Leitung an. Für die Außenbeziehungen der Uni holte sie Christian Meyer ins Boot
http://derstandard.at/2000023861680/Ulrike-Sych-Job-in-statt-Drop-out
Literatur/ Buch
REVIEWS vom 14.10.2015
Zürich
Love, loyalty and treason exposed: Bellini’s Norma in Zurich
https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-norma-bartoli-osborn-zurich-october-2015
London
Weitere „Ariadne“-Reviews
Ariadne auf Naxos, opera review: A tangled web finely woven
http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/music/ariadne-auf-naxos-opera-review-a-tangled-web-finely-woven-a3089151.html
Ariadne auf Naxos @ Royal Opera House, London
http://www.musicomh.com/classical/reviews-classical/ariadne-auf-naxos-royal-opera-house-london-2
Strauss : Ariadne auf Naxos / Royal Opera, 10th October 2015
https://operabritanniauk.wordpress.com/2015/10/12/strauss-ariadne-auf-naxos-royal-opera-10th-october-2015/
Tales of Hoffmann, English Touring Opera, review: ‚weirdly ghoulish, hugely enjoyable‘
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opera/what-to-see/tales-of-hoffman-english-touring-opera-review/
Glasgow
Carmen review – Gringyte impresses in Scottish Opera’s robust production
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/oct/13/carmen-review-justina-gringyte-scottish-opera
Glyndebourne
Die Entführung … review – visual delights and strong cast for Glyndebourne’s tour
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/oct/12/die-entfuhrung-aus-dem-serail-review-glyndebourne-sussex
Die Entführung aus dem Serail @ Glyndebourne Tour, Lewes
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New York
Review: Maurizio Pollini Finds His Verve at Carnegie Hall
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/13/arts/music/review-maurizio-pollini-finds-his-verve-at-carnegie-hall.html?ref=music
Review: Five by Balanchine, Stark and Dramatic, at City Ballet
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/14/arts/dance/review-five-by-balanchine-stark-and-dramatic-at-city-ballet.html?_r=0
Review: Jennie Somogyi Stirs Memories in Her City Ballet Goodbye
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/13/arts/dance/review-jennie-somogyi-stirs-memories-in-her-city-ballet-goodbye.html
REVIEWS vom 13.10.2015
Wien Vorstellung vom 7.10. Christian Räth’s Macbeth enjoys a bloody première at the Vienna Staatsoper read more Amsterdam Àlex Ollé’s dark Great War Trovatore at Dutch National Opera read more London Weitere „Ariadne“-Reviews Ariadne auf Naxos review – sound that hits you in the solar Plexus read more Ariadne auf Naxos at the Royal Opera House review – „works a treat’ read more Karita Mattila a peerless Ariadne at the Royal Opera read more Werther, English Touring Opera, review: ‚prissy and precise‘ read more Friedrich Cerha Day review – a deeper picture of the man who finished Lulu read more LSO, Barbican, review: ‚the good and bad of Gergiev‘ read more New York A Schubert Song Cycle Highlights Lincoln Center’s White Light Festival read more Review: American Ballet Theater in Mark Morris’s Take on Manners Mehr Info Boston Boston Lyric Opera Begins Search for New Home Mehr Info Pittsburgh Music review: Pittsburgh Opera opens season with Verdi’s ‚Nabucco‘ Mehr Info Review: Pittsburgh Opera’s ‚Nabucco‘ is powerful, imaginative vision of Verdi classic Mehr Info Salt Lake City Utah Opera kicks off season with stirring „Tosca’ http://www.sltrib.com/home/3044607-155/utah-opera-kicks-off-season-with
REVIEWS vom 12.10.2015
Oslo I like a boy in uniform: a frustrating Carmen in Oslo https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-carmen-bieito-bradic-oslo-october-2015 London Ariadne auf Naxos (Royal Opera House) An early return for Christof Loy’s production shows the Royal Opera at its peak read more Cressida Pollock: I’m no opera buff but I’m the right woman for the Job The new chief executive of the ENO talks to Joe Shute. read more Opera reviews: Pelleas et Melisande and Werther by the English Touring Opera read more Daniil Trifonov; Angela Hewitt; Total Immersion: Górecki review – fireworks and Finesse read more Dance reviews: Raven Girl and Connectome by the Royal Ballet read more Glyndebourne Clément’s cruel Don Pasquale strikes a sour note as Glyndebourne Tour opens read more New York Metropolitan Opera Review 2015-16 ‚Anna Bolena‘: Sondra Radvanovsky Gives Performance for the Ages as Anna Bolena read more Tuscon Review: Arizona Opera’s ‚Arizona Lady‘ doesn’t take itself seriously read more
Reviews vom 11.10.2015
London Werther @ Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, London read more The Tales of Hoffmann (English Touring Opera – tour) read more Glasgow Opera review: Scottish Opera: Carmen, Glasgow read more New York Review: James Levine Conducts “Tannhäuser’ at the Met read more Magnificent cast makes Met’s “Tannhäuser” a Wagner night to remember read more Anna Bolena @ Metropolitan Opera, New York City read more San Francisco Review: San Francisco Opera delivers powerful ‚Lucia di Lammermoor,‘ despite glitches read more San Francisco Opera sets the right mood for “Lucia di Lammermoor’ read more
The men take over in S.F. Opera’s “Lucia’ read more
REVIEWS vom 10.10.2015
Berlin Lacking a sense of abandon: Cranko’s Onegin at Staatsballett Berlin read more London Riccardo Chailly: „I want to do things differently, to put life on hold’ read more Gergiev and the LSO: fond farewells or sighs of relief? read more London Symphony Orchestra, Ingolf Wunder, St Luke’s, review: ‚jaw-dropping‘ read more Cardiff Handel’s Orlando given a lively update read more New York Vorstellung vom 7.10. Full-bodied, thrilling „Trovatore“ from Netrebko, Lee at the Met https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-verdi-trovatore-met-netrebko-october-2015 Review: New York Philharmonic Ushers in Carnegie Birthday Season read more Philharmonic, Kissin roar on Carnegie’s opening night read more Mercedes Bass Is Elected Acting Chairwoman of Carnegie Hall read more Sidney Angela Gheorghiu review: Soprano finds full voice in voluptuous French Romantic opera Mehr Info Review: Angela Gheorghiu (4D-International) Mehr Info Hong Kong Review: Opera Hong Kong’s Tosca a success but not without flaws Mehr Info
Reviews vom 9.10.2015
A tale of three Hoffmanns: Kosky’s Komische Oper production a Triumph read more Leeds The Barber of Seville review – young talent meets old-school staging read more REVIEW: Young cast shine in Opera North’s Barber of Seville at Leeds Grand Theatre read more New York Learning Italian at the Metropolitan Opera http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/learning-italian-metropolitan-opera/ Boston BLO’s updated „Bohème“ proves more amiable than revolutionary read more Los Angeles Dudamel combines forces in stirring Beethoven’s Ninth read more Ton- und Bildträger Verdi: Aida review – Pappano brings gorgeous colours and textures to a spectacular studio recording http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/oct/07/verdi-aida-review-pappano
REVIEWS vom 8.10.2015
Berlin A dud bullet: Thalheimer’s Der Freischütz fires blanks at Staatsoper Berlin read more Wroclaw After 300 years,Handel’s Rinaldo debuts in Wrocław’s spectacular new NFM Concert Hall https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-nfm-concert-hall-wroclaw-handel London French soprano Dessay gives up opera but not the stage read more Raven Girl/Connectome, Royal Ballet, review: ’seldom stirring‘ read more Royal Ballet: Raven Girl/Connectome review – Wayne McGregor in fine feathe read more New York Plan to Revive New York City Opera Has Creditors’ Backi read more Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Being Treated for Brain Tumor, Sends Love to Fans read more Misty Copeland on Pushing Ballet’s Boundaries read more Atlanta Review: For the Atlanta Opera’s „La Bohème,“ familiarity breeds an engagingly comfortable zon read more San Diego San Diego Opera board stands behind new director read more Toronto Arin Arbus on directing Canadian Opera Company’s La Traviata read more
REVIEWS vom 7.10.2015
Prag A timely, and timeless, Norma in Prague read more London Magdalena Kožená/ Mitsuko Uchida review – mixed Blessings read more New York Heartbreak Almost Destroyed This Opera Singer’s Voice As tenor Stephen Costello prepared to take to the Met Opera’s stage, he lost his voice—down to the upset, he says, caused by the breakdown of his marriage. read more Magical Thinking Stalks New York’s Opera World http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/magical-thinking-stalks-new-yorks-opera-world/ Great Matinées at New York City Ballet read more Chicago With a superb cast and charming production, Lyric hits several high notes in delightful „Cenerentola“ read more Lyric’s madcap ’Cinderella’ charms with wild costumes, inventive effects read more Boston The Boston Lyric Opera Transports „La Bohème“ to the 1960s http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2015/10/6/boston-lyric-la-boheme/ Vancouver Vancouver Opera’s Rigoletto redeemed by its cast Mehr Info Feuilleton Nowe that’s what I call music: Anne Boleyn’s favourite Songs read more Is traditional ballet facing its swansong? Top choreographer says public demand will see classical form blended into contemporary works Mehr Info
REVIEWS vom 6.10.2015
Berlin Meistersinger, Staatsoper Berlin, review: ‚marvellous‘ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opera/what-to-see/meistersinger-in-berlin–review—/ Paradise regained: Vasco da Gama sets sail in style at Deutsche Oper Mehr Info Mailand Naïf Art Nostalgia: L’elisir d’amore at Teatro alla Scala https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-l-elisir-d-amore-teatro-alla-scala-october-2015 London Werther review – emotional power despite the reductions read more New York Carnegie Hall Faces Internal Strife Ahead of Anniversary Season read more New York City Ballet Fall Gala 2015: An Evening of Fashion and Dance http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alexandra-villarreal/new-york-city-ballet-fall_b_8238336.html Review: At Fall for Dance Festival, Stepping Out in All Directions read more Boston Worlds collide in Boston Symphony’s Russian opener with a modern Nelsons and romantic Kissin read more Salt Lake City Utah Opera jumps into a new season with Puccini’s perennially beloved „Tosca’ http://www.sltrib.com/home/3005742-155/utah-opera-jumps-into-a-new
REVIEWS vom 5.10.2015
Berlin Exuberant playing as the Berliner Philharmoniker’s Beethoven cycle Begins read more London Opera reviews: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, The Barber of Seville and Il Ritorno d’Ulysse read more Natalie Dessay review – fascinatingly unpredictable and occasionally exquisite read more Górecki Total Immersion, Barbican, review: ’searing intensity‘ read more New York Review: „Canta-Concerto’ by Marc Neikrug by the New York Philharmonic read more Boston Boston Lyric Opera Breathes New Life Into „La Bohème’ http://artery.wbur.org/2015/10/04/boston-lyric-opera-la-boheme Cleveland The Cleveland Orchestra and Franz Welser-Möst capture Mahler’s sound world in his Symphony No. 3 read more Philadelphia LA TRAVIATA (Opera Philadelphia): A stunning new design and a stellar new Violetta read more Chicago Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra tackle warhorses and novelties read more Minneapolis Bringing it all back home with ‚Ariadne‘ Mehr Info
REVIEWS vom 4.10.2015
London Werther (English Touring Opera – tour) ETO’s up-close production sets Massenet’s romance in a 1950s kitchen read more Natalie Dessay, Barbican, review: ’sublime‘ read more New York In Praise of Healthy Voices http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/praise-healthy-voices The Met’s James Levine Won’t Conduct New “Lulu” read more Metropolitan Opera 2015-16 Preview: Kristine Opolais Headlines Puccini’s ‚Madama Butterfly‘ read more Review: New York Theater Ballet, Mixing Classics With Comedy read more Emanuel Ax shines in Brahms with New York Phil read more San Francisco Song Over Story (But That’s OK): San Francisco Opera’s Luisa Miller and Lucia di Lammermoor read more
REVIEWS vom 3.10.2015
Florenz Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor / Opera di Firenze, 27th September 2015 read more London Natalie Dessay: ‚You can’t teach personality‘ read more Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria review – Ian Bostridge brings richness amid reflection read more Pelléas et Mélisande, ETO, review: ‚honourable but over-ambitious‘ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opera/what-to-see/pelleas-et-melisande-eto-review/ Pelléas et Mélisande (English Touring Opera – tour) ETO’s chamber version of Debussy’s enigmatic opera gets most things right read more Pelléas et Mélisande review – a brave, deeply affecting achievement read more Pelleas et Melisande, Britten Theatre, opera Review: This show’s one remediable weakness lies in the pit read more New York Not only in New York – how the most powerful man in opera took the Met to the world read more Gotham Chamber Opera Announces That It Will Close read more Review: New York City Ballet Gives a Dance Form a Makeover Mehr Info Washington Olga Peretyatko and Donald Runnicles make Washington debuts Mehr Info
REVIEWS vom 2.10.2015
Prag Opera: Bellini’s Norma set to premiere read more Právo: Prague State Opera to be closed over repairs in 2016-18 read more London Noch eine „Barbier“-Review The Barber of Seville, opera Review read more Poole Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Strauss’s Salome, Poole, review: ‚richly allusive‘ read more Salome review – staging hinders a top-quality cast read more New York Debating “Otello,’ Blackface and Casting Trends read more Weitere „Trovatore“-Reviews Met Opera: A Rousing ‚Trovatore‘ With A Stellar Cast read more The Met’s Triumphant “Il Trovatore’ Is a Return to Opera’s Golden Age http://observer.com/2015/09/observer-arts/ Weitere „Turandot“-Review The Met’s glitzy, glorious Turandot returns with a great Princess read more Chicago Chicago Symphony musicians ratify contract, get 5% raise and no reduction in health benefits read more San Francisco SFist Reviews: Sweeney Todd At SF Opera read more Los Angeles Plácido Domingo Dominates L.A. Opera’s Double Bill Opener read more Sidney Opera Queensland may lose “major’ status to Victorian Opera read more Bücher World Ballet Day – eight books that bring ballet to life read more Sprechtheater
REVIEWS vom 1.10.2015
Budapest Hungarian State Opera To Present New Productions „The Queen Of Sheba“ And „Werther“ In October read more Berlin/ Tanz im August Verbogene Liebe Finale von „Tanz im August http://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/finale-von-tanz-im-august-verbogene-liebe/12280058.html London Il ritorno d‘ Ulisse in patria, AAM, Egarr, Barbican A soberly beautiful coda to the Barbican’s Monteverdi cy http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/il-ritorno-d-ulisse-patria-aam-egarr-barbican Weitere „Barbier“-Review The Barber of Seville (London Coliseum) Jonathan Miller’s sure-footed production of Rossini’s comedy returns to ENO read more Light from Darkness in Cherkaoui’s Genesis https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-genesis-cherkaoui-wang-sadler’s-wells-london-september-2015 Theater Farinelli and the King, Duke of York’s Theatre, review: ‚leaves us hanging on every word‘ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/farinelli-and-the-king-duke-of-yorks-theatre-review/ Tanz Chéri, ROH’s Linbury Studio Theatre, review: ‚dynamite‘ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/dance/what-to-see/cheri-royal-opera-house-linbury-review/ Dallas The Dallas Opera Banks on the Most Successful Living American Composer with Great Scott read more Seattle Pacific Northwest Ballet – See the Music https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-see-the-music-pacific-northwest-ballet-mccaw-hall-seattle-september-2015 San Francisco Trifonov’s Otherworldly Playing Kicks Off New Season for S.F. Symphony read more