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BirminghamThe Nutcracker
Tschaikowsky: Der Nussknacker
Sir Peter Wright; Lev Ivanov; Vincent Redmon; Birmingham Royal Ballet; John Macfarlane; David Finn
LondonLondon City Ballet: Firebird – A Double Bill
Schubert, Strawinsky
John Neumeier; Glen Tetley; London City Ballet; John Macfarlane; David Finn
New York CityTosca
Puccini: Tosca
Oksana Lyniv; Sir David McVicar; Metropolitan Opera; John Macfarlane; David Finn; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
AmsterdamJohannes-Passion
Bach: Johannes-Passion, BWV245
Leonardo García-Alarcón; Sasha Waltz; Niederländische Oper; Heike Schuppelius; Bernd Skodzig; David Finn; Netherlands Bach Society Orchestra
SydneyThe Nutcracker
Tschaikowsky: Der Nussknacker
Lev Ivanov; Sir Peter Wright; Vincent Redmon; The Australian Ballet; John Macfarlane; David Finn; Opera Australia Orchestra
New York CityTosca
Puccini: Tosca
Daniele Rustioni; Sir David McVicar; Metropolitan Opera; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; John Macfarlane; David Finn
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London City Ballet: a double bill of exceptional poignancy
London City Ballet are back on at Sadler’s Wells in an intriguing double bill comprising John Neumeier’s Ghost Light and Glen Tetley’s Firebird. The company is looking stronger than ever.
The Ring returns to the Rhine: Götterdämmerung at La Scala
Under Alexander Soddy’s powerful conducting and Sir David McVicar’s dark, evocative staging, the Ring finds a searing conclusion, anchored by a powerful Brünnhilde from Camilla Nylund, as the world burns.
BRB’s The Nutcracker at the Royal Albert Hall is at its best
Sir Peter Wright’s beautiful Nutcracker ticks every box with Birmingham Royal Ballet at the Royal Albert Hall.
American Ballet Theatre: Twyla Tharp still has it!
Twyla@60: A Tharp Celebration is an overall triumph though not just for Tharp, but for Susan Jaffe’s vision for American Ballet Theatre.
Siobhan Stagg leads a strong Marriage of Figaro revival in Sydney
Siobhan Stagg is an outstanding Susanna in a strongly cast and well produced Marriage of Figaro at the Sydney Opera House
Klaus Florian Vogt a successful Siegfried at La Scala
McVicar’s most successful Ring chapter yet: Siegfried convinces with beautiful imagery and a stellar cast, with Alexander Soddy at the baton.
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