REVIEWS vom 30.9.2015
London
The Barber of Seville review – Miller’s clever staging endures
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Shore’s Bartolo shines in a Barber as frothy as Figaro’s shaving foam at ENO
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Weitere Review zur „Lady“
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Coliseum, opera review: Crudely split both in atmosphere and time
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The King and I: Iestyn Davies on being Farinelli
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Philharmonia Orchestra, season opening concert, review: ’sublime‘
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Philharmonia/Von Dohnányi review – Beethoven didn’t have the clarity it Needs
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Cardiff
Weitere „Orlando“-Review
Orlando, Welsh National Opera, review: ‚a game of three halves‘
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New York
Aufführung vom 24.9.
Otello at the Met
http://likelyimpossibilities.blogspot.co.at/2015/09/otello-at-met.html
Ballet star Mikhail Baryshnikov on his arts center’s 10th anniversary
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Melbourne
Opera review: Stella, Lyric Opera of Melbourne
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Ankara
Ankara opera opens new season with modern, comic take on „Cinderella’
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REVIEWS vom 29.9.2015
London
Turning opera inside out: how I got Lost in Thought
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Cardiff
Orlando review – WNO’s musically restorative evening
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Review: Welsh National Opera’s Orlando is a pacy production which makes the eyes water
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New York
Radvanovsky leads off Met’s Donizetti triptych with a memorable „Anna Bolena“
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Review: „Il Trovatore’ and „Anna Bolena’ Showcase Courage and Command at the Met
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Sondra Radvanovsky reigns over a lackluster set: Anna Bolena at the Met
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Chicago
REVIEW: More comedy than pain in „Marriage of Figaro’s’ battle of the sexes
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Pleasures are few in Lyric Opera’s garish, charmless „Figaro“
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Cleveland
Welser-Möst leads Cleveland Orchestra season opener in a glorious Alpine Symphony
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Columbus
Review: Opera Project Columbus‘ Puccini pieces often sublime
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Minneapolis
Review: Minnesota Opera’s engaging, season-opening ‚Ariadne auf Naxos‘
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Vancouver
Review: Vancouver Opera’s latest Rigoletto shines
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REVIEWS vom 28.9.2015
London
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, English National Opera, review: ‚a musically powerful achievement‘
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Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk review – magnificent descent to self-destruction
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Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (London Coliseum)
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London Philharmonic Orchestra, Festival Hall, review: ‚time appeared to stand still‘
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Dance Review: Romeo and Juliet at the Royal Opera House
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New York
Weitere „Trovatore“-Review
Hvorostovsky’s return adds emotion to Met’s dramatic „Trovatore“
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Jamie Barton, Opera’s Nose-Studded Rock Star, Returns to the Met
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Sidney
National Opera Review finds ‚artistic vibrancy‘ of companies at risk due to financial pressures
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REVIEWS vom 27.9.2015
Paris
Paris Opera Shows Off Its Brilliance
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Birmingham
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/ Christian Macelaru/ Nielsen review: ‚irresistible‘
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New York
Metropolitan Opera Review 2015-16: Il Trovatore
– Anna Netrebko, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Dolora Zajick, Yonghoon Lee Deliver Definitive Performances in Powerful McVicar Production
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Met Opera Crowd Cheers Ailing Russian Baritone
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Interview
Q&A: Sondra Radvanovsky on Tackling Opera’s Triple Crown
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Review: Lang Lang Opens Philharmonic Season, as Avery Fisher Hall Is Renamed
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Costa Mesa
Review
Mariinsky Ballet’s ‚Raymonda‘ at Segerstrom: Why love story could use a little heart
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Mariinsky Ballet’s ‚Raymonda‘ is a living masterpiece in Costa Mesa
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Sidney
Review: Anne-Sophie Mutter plays Dvořák (SSO)
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REVIEWS vom 26.9.2015
London
Vorschau
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk and the muddle surrounding Shostakovich’s opera
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New ENO music director admits company has „lost its way’
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McVicar’s Figaro looks increasingly fossilised. Time for the Royal Opera to ditch it
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BBC Symphony Orchestra, Mahler 3rd symphony, review: ‚magnificent‘
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Leeds
Kiss Me Kate review – bringing joy and skill to frothy Cole Porter
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Kiss Me Kate, Opera North, review: ‚irresistible‘
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Stirling
Così Fan Tutte review – pocket-sized Mozart ducks the moral murk
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New York
Review: Met Opera’s „Turandot’ Reveals Layers of Humanity
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Metropolitan Opera 2015-16 – ‚Turandot‘: Goerke, Alvarez, Gerzmava Dominate in Zeffirrelli’s Classic Production
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Soprano Gerzmava shines brightly in Met’s „Turandot“
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Met Opera: Love Wins Again in Puccini’s ‚Turandot‘
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Turandot @ Metropolitan Opera, New York City
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Sara Mearns Soars in New York City Ballet’s Bumpy Swan Lake
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Chicago
Lyric Opera team anticipates a joyous opening with new production of „Figaro“
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Seattle
Seattle Opera executive director moves North
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Feuilleton
Exclusive stream: Listen to a new recording of Aida, featuring Harteros, Kaufmann and Pappano
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REVIEWS vom 25.9.2015
London
Vertical time: where mindfulness and music meet
The practice and proven benefits of „mindfulness’ have inspired Rolf Hind to create a new opera, Lost in Thought – perhaps the first ever to be as much a performance as a group Meditation
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LPO/Jurowski review – a less than coherent account of Mahler’s seventh
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Cardiff
Welsh National Opera appoints Czech conductor as its new Music Director
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New York
Celebrities and Off-Duty Opera Stars at Met’s Annual Fete
Bette Midler, Renée Fleming, Anna Netrebko and more come out for opening night at the Met
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New York City Ballet Gambles on Unknown Choreographers
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San Francisco
San Francisco Opera names new general director
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Ankara
Ankara State Opera Ballet opens new season