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REVIEWS  Mittwoch 5.10.2010

Liège
Opéra royal de Wallonie: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
http://www.concertonet.com/scripts/review.php?ID_review=11816

London
A mixed Tosca from English National Opera
bachtrack

Screams of adoration as Carlos Acosta bids farewell to ballet – review
The Telegraph

Carlos Acosta: The Classical Farewell, Royal Albert Hall review: His whirling turns still wow an audience
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews

Calder Quartet/Komsi review – Eötvös Sirens‘ test is navigated superbly
The Guardian

New York
Review: An Unsatisfying Opera (or Is It a Lecture?)
The New York Times

Dabbling in Provocation at the Fall for Dance Festival
The New York Times

The 21st Century Choreographers at New York City Ballet
bachtrack

Chicago
Weitere „Rheingold“-Reviews
In This “Ring’ Cycle, Gods Dwell in an Old Theater
The New York Times

New Lyric ‚Rheingold‘ filled with imaginative flourishes
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161004/entlife/161009615/

Melbourne
Review: Four Saints in Three Acts (Victorian Opera)
http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/review-four-saints-three-acts-victorian-opera

Four Saints in Three Acts: Victorian youth breeze through nonsense opera
bachtrack

Feuilleton
Neville Marriner 1924-2016: ‚He was one of us‘
Robert Smissen, principal viola of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, looks back in appreciation at three decades of work and friendship with the late conductor
The Guardian

Verdi’s Macbeth: a complete guide
http://www.gramophone.co.uk/feature/verdi-macbeth-a-complete-guide

Jessye Norman: In conversation with music’s First Lady
http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/jessye-norman-first-lady

REVIEWS  Dienstag 4.10.2016

London
Weitere “Don Giovanni”-Reviews
Don Giovanni, opera review: The ENO rises triumphantly to this perennially challenging opera
http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/arts/don-giovanni-opera-review-the-eno-rises

English National Opera: Don Giovanni
http://www.operatoday.com/content/2016/10/english_nationa.php

World Premiere Eötvös, Wigmore Hall, London
http://www.operatoday.com/content/2016/10/_the_basic_arch.php

Leeds
Il Tabarro/Suor Angelica review – Opera North illuminate Puccini’s dark visions of loss and pain
The Guardian

Opera North’s pair of Puccini melodramas are no gloomy sob-fest — review
The Telegraph

Brilliant Il tabarro and Suor Angelica complete Opera North’s Puccini triptych
bachtrack

Chicago
Pure gold: Lyric Opera’s new ‚Rheingold‘ opens the season with vocal splendor
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/ct-lyric-rheingold-review

Das Rheingold, Lyric Opera of Chicago — review
David Pountney’s production comes into its own as the opera progresses
https://www.ft.com/content/7f0e0174-8954-11e6-8cb7-e7ada1d123b1

A terrific cast shines brightly amid the mixed mechanics of Lyric Opera’s “Rheingold”
http://chicagoclassicalreview.com/2016/10/a-terrific-cast-shines-brightly

Riccardo Muti, Indulging a Passion for Overlooked Italian Composers
The New York Times

Muti and DiDonato introduce Italian rarities to Chicago
bachtrack

Feuilleton
Steve Reich – 10 of the best
The composer – one of the founders of minimalism – has been at the forefront of contemporary music for over 50 years. On the day he turns 80, here are 10 works mapping his remarkable creative career
The Guardian

REVIEWS Montag 3.10.2016

Nachruf
Sir Neville Marriner obituary
Prolific conductor who founded the Academy of St Martin in the Fields
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/oct/02/sir-neville-marriner-obituary

Florenz
Musical statues: Impressive singing in Ronconi’s static Semiramide in Florence
bachtrack

Dublin
Don Giovanni in a new adaptation by Roddy Doyle
bachtrack

New York
Tristan und Isolde; Don Giovanni review – passion below decks at the Met
The Guardian

A Singer’s Journey: From Solitary Confinement to the Met Opera
The New York Times

For Orchestras in the U.S., So Much Depends on Their Communities’ Fortunes
New York Times

Women Fill New York City Ballet’s Season With Splendor
New York Times

Baltimore
Concert Review: Rossini’s “Tancredi’ at Baltimore Concert Opera
http://mdtheatreguide.com/2016/10/concert-review-rossinis-tancredi

Chicago
Chicago Opera Theater makes a case for Martin’s austere “Le vin herbé”
http://chicagoclassicalreview.com/2016/10/chicago-opera-theater-makes-an

Opera Theater’s ‚Love Potion‘ casts a haunting spell
chicagotribune

Washington
Borrowed & Blue: “The Marriage of Figaro” at Washington National Opera
Huffington Post

REVIEWS  Sonntag 2.10.2016

Amsterdam
Anna Prohaska pure and precise in Baroque arias at the Concertgebouw
bachtrack

London
This is a striking, if ultimately unsatisfying, Don Giovanni – review
The Telegraph

Don Giovanni, English National Opera
Offbeat drama and meaningful singing in Mozart’s trickiest masterpiece
http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/don-giovanni-english-national-opera-1

Review: Don Giovanni (London Coliseum)
English National Opera’s shortened season opens with a new Don Giovanni from Richard Jones
http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/reviews/review-don-giovanni

Don Giovanni review – Richard Jones moves from Mozart with touches of brilliance and BDSM
The Guardian

Don Giovanni review at the London Coliseum – “musically authoritative, theatrically fascinating’
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2016/don-giovanni-review

Cencic/ Il Pomo d’Oro/ Emelyanychev review – dazzling grace and fiery bravura
The Guardian

New York
Gilbert, Kožená and Philharmonic bring a fresh, modern touch to Berlioz and Rimsky
http://newyorkclassicalreview.com/2016/09/gilbert-kozena-and-philharmonic

Boston
Review: A Delicious “Rosenkavalier’ in Boston
Andris Nelsons conducting Renée Fleming, Franz Hawlata, Susan Graham and the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Strauss’ ”Der RosenKavalier.
The New York Times

A starry cast soars in Boston Symphony’s “Rosenkavalier”
http://theclassicalreview.com/2016/10/a-starry-cast-soars-in-boston-symphonys-rosenkavalier/

Salt Lake City
Utah Opera opens its season with the fatal romance of “Carmen.”
http://www.sltrib.com/home/4390909-155/utah-opera-opens-its-season-with

San Francisco
Maurizio Muraro Is Brilliant in S.F. Opera’s Don Pasquale
https://www.sfcv.org/reviews/san-francisco-opera/maurizio-muraro-is-brilliant-in-sf-operas-don-pasquale

REVIEWS  Samstag 1.10.2016

London
Mozart’s Don Giovanni: in pictures
Ahead of Richard Jones’s new staging for English National Opera we look at key productions of the last decade.
The Guardian

Christopher Purves on playing Don Giovanni: how to seduce without sleaze
The Telegraph

La Fille mal gardée, Royal Opera House, London, review: ‚An enchanting blend of sweetness and brilliant dancing‘
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/la-fille-mal

BBCSO/Oramo review – there’s real terror in Brett Dean’s Knocking at the Hellgate
The Guardian

Cardiff
Kiss Me Kate review – Welsh National Opera cranks up the feelgood factor
The Guardian

New York
Review: “La Bohème,’ in All Its Excessive Glory
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/30/arts/music/review-la-boheme-in-all-its-excessive

Met’s “Bohème” offers vocal highlights with room for dramatic growth
http://newyorkclassicalreview.com/2016/09/mets-boheme-offers-vocal-highlights-with

50 Years at the New Metropolitan Opera House
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/50-years-new-metropolitan-opera-house/

San Francisco
SF Opera’s “Pasquale’ is charming, well-sung and thin
http://www.sfgate.com/music/article/SF-Opera-s-Pasquale-is-charming-9448851.php

Review: San Francisco Opera’s “Don Pasquale’ is seriously funny
http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/09/29/review-san-francisco-operas

SF Opera’s “Don Pasquale’ an uproarious delight
http://www.sfexaminer.com/san-francisco-operas-don-pasquale-uproarious-delight/

Comedy and cruelty in Don Pasquale at San Francisco Opera
https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-don-pasquale-san-francisco-opera-september-2016

 

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