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Madrid

30 Jun 2024

Butterfly en el Real: una revisión fallida

Von Juan José Freijo

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Madrid

Viaje al abismo con La pasajera de Weinberg en el Teatro Real

Von Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro, 24 März 2024

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla manejó con equilibrio sonoro tanto la orquesta como el escenario y dio vida a las demandas emocionales de la magnífica obra de Weinberg.

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Madrid

28 Mär 2024

Viaje al abismo con La pasajera de Weinberg en el Teatro Real

Von Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro

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Birmingham

Dancing on the grave: Brabbins conducts Stanford’s unshakeably happy Requiem in Birmingham

Von Simon Cummings, 02 Juli 2022

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and University of Birmingham Singers revel in the ecstasy, majesty and glory of Stanford’s Requiem.

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Birmingham

03 Jul 2022

Dancing on the grave: Brabbins conducts Stanford’s Requiem

Von Simon Cummings

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Rare and intense drama on the Cornish coast: Dame Ethel Smyth's The Wreckers at Glyndebourne

Von David Karlin, 21 Mai 2022

Smyth's rarely performed tale of evil deeds on the Cornish coast provides searing drama marred by poor intelligibility and an overpowering orchestra.

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Glyndebourne

22 Mai 2022

Rare and intense drama: Smyth's The Wreckers at Glyndebourne

Von David Karlin

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Geneva

Rage against the machine: Ulrich Rasche's Elektra grinds down its performers

Von Elodie Olson-Coons, 31 Januar 2022

More of a distraction than an enhancement, Ulrich Rasche’s giant steel machine grinds down the performers of this dark Elektra, which ultimately stumbles over its own feet.

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Geneva

01 Feb 2022

Rage against the machine: Rasche's Elektra grinds down performers

Von Elodie Olson-Coons

Unknown

A labour of love and determination: L’Enfant et les sortilèges

Von David Smythe, 16 November 2020

Virtual Opera made real as Ravel's miniature masterpiece is recorded remotely around the world and melded with Leanne Vandenbussche’s picture-book drawings and the London Philharmonic Orchestra's soundtrack to create magic.

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Unknown

18 Nov 2020

A labour of love and determination: L’Enfant et les sortilèges

Von David Smythe

Monte-Carlo

Street Scene à Monte-Carlo : une séduisante East Side Story

Von Manon Decroix, 23 Februar 2020

L'ouvrage lyrique méconnu de Kurt Weill bénéficie d'une distribution américaine inspirée, d'une mise en scène agréablement surprenante et d'un excellent Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo.

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Monte-Carlo

24 Feb 2020

Street Scene à Monte-Carlo : une séduisante East Side Story

Von Manon Decroix

Die Zauberflöte at Glyndebourne: a mixed bag of paper cut-outs

Von Mark Valencia, 18 Juli 2019

André Barbe and Renaud Doucet's Magic Flute is ideal entertainment for a fizz-filled summer night.

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Glyndebourne

19 Jul 2019

Die Zauberflöte at Glyndebourne: a mixed bag of paper cut-outs

Von Mark Valencia

Faust finds salvation thanks to jump-in soprano at The Royal Opera

Von Mark Pullinger, 11 April 2019

A devilishly fun performance of Gounod's take on Goethe, saved when Mandy Fredrich flew in at short notice to take over the role of Marguerite.

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London

12 Apr 2019

Faust finds salvation thanks to jump-in soprano

Von Mark Pullinger

The Monstrous Child: Norse hell in the depths of the Royal Opera House

Von David Karlin, 21 Februar 2019

The Linbury re-opens its doors to opera with a new work whose libretto is superbly crafted by Francesca Simon, featuring a tour de force performance by Marta Fontanals-Simmons as the Norse goddess Hel.

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London

22 Feb 2019

The Monstrous Child: Norse hell in Covent Garden

Von David Karlin

High Wycombe

Truth and Wisdom: a searching Zauberflöte at Garsington

Von Mark Pullinger, 31 Mai 2018

A twist on the usual Enlightenment path, this is an admirable production, excellently executed.

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High Wycombe

01 Jun 2018

Truth and Wisdom: a searching Zauberflöte at Garsington

Von Mark Pullinger

Madrid

A marble and a star: a vivid Street Scene at the Teatro Real

Von Fernando Remiro, 14 Februar 2018

Weill's neglected "American Opera" opens in Madrid with a refurbished production by John Fulljames and a strong cast led by Patricia Racette.

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Madrid

16 Feb 2018

A vivid Street Scene at the Teatro Real

Von Fernando Remiro

High Wycombe

Le nozze di Figaro at Garsington

Von Katherine Cooper, 04 Juni 2017

A slick production from the Garsington Opera Company, who use the location of the Wormley Estate to their full advantage.

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High Wycombe

07 Jun 2017

Le nozze di Figaro at Garsington

Von Katherine Cooper

Paris

Paris Opera Competition : Finale publique du concours 2017

Von Maeva Da Cruz, 20 Januar 2017

Vendredi 20 Janvier 2017, la finale du concours Paris Opera Competition récompensait de jeunes chanteurs lyriques se produisant devant un jury de professionnels, lors d'un concert-concours public au Théâtre des Champs-Elysées. Verdict.

Paris

22 Jan 2017

Paris Opera Competition : Finale publique du concours 2017

Von Maeva Da Cruz

Downtown Nagasaki comes to Glyndebourne in Annilese Miskimmon's Madama Butterfly

Von Mark Pullinger, 14 Oktober 2016

How picturesque do you like your Puccini? Do you take your Turandot sweet or sour? How much lacquer is layered over your ideal Madama Butterfly?

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Glyndebourne

15 Okt 2016

Downtown Nagasaki comes to Glyndebourne

Von Mark Pullinger

Prom 75: Partygoers, pomp and Paddington Bear

Von Rohan Shotton, 10 September 2016

The 2016 Proms come to a riotous close at the Royal Albert Hall.

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London

13 Sep 2016

Partygoers, pomp and Paddington Bear

Von Rohan Shotton

Circle of Life: Janáček's Cunning Little Vixen returns to Glyndebourne

Von Mark Pullinger, 12 Juni 2016

Melly Still returns to revive her 2012 staging at Glyndebourne, laying nature bare. Cartoonish, but never sentimental, it presents Vixen red in tooth and claw,

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Glyndebourne

13 Jun 2016

Circle of Life: Vixen returns to Glyndebourne

Von Mark Pullinger

The value of Nothing: a dark operatic thriller at Glyndebourne

Von Mark Pullinger, 27 Februar 2016

There’s something decidedly odd about pitching up at Glyndebourne sans picnic hamper, wrapped up in heavy layers, the aroma of mulled wine wafting through the foyer...

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Glyndebourne

29 Feb 2016

The value of Nothing: a dark thriller at Glyndebourne

Von Mark Pullinger

Rutter celebrates his 70th birthday in St Paul’s

Von Kathryn Wareham, 05 November 2015

Positioned at the heart of St Paul’s Cathedral, Rutter took to the stage to perform a sold out concert dedicated to his life as a composer.

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London

07 Nov 2015

Rutter celebrates his 70th birthday in St Paul’s

Von Kathryn Wareham

Not a wooden performance in sight: The Adventures of Pinocchio

Von Penny Homer, 04 März 2014

The future of opera is in good hands, if Tuesday night’s opening of Jonathan Dove's The Adventures of Pinocchio at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama is any indication.

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