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TallinnBallet: Light from the End of the World
Kruusmaa: Light from the End of the World
Jevgeni Grib; Estonian National Opera; Kaspar Mänd; Andres Kaljuste; Kristjan Suits; Tanel Veenre
TallinnOpera: Lohengrin
Wagner: Lohengrin
Arvo Volmer; Michiel Dijkema; Estonian National Opera; Jula Reindell; Estonian National Opera Orchestra
TallinnBallet: La Fille mal gardée
Hérold: La Fille mal gardée
Marc Ribaud; Estonian National Opera; Lauri Sirp; Mikk Murdvee; Andres Kaljuste
TallinnOperetta: Orpheus in the Underworld
Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers (Orpheus in der Unterwelt)
Arvo Volmer; Liis Kolle; Estonian National Opera; Kaspar Mänd; Jaan Ots; Jaagup Roomet; Reili Evart
TallinnBallet: The Corsair
Adam: Le Corsaire
Marius Petipa; José Carlos Martínez; Estonian National Opera; Lauri Sirp; Andres Kaljuste; Iñaki Cobos Guerrero; Rasmus Rembel
TallinnOpera: Le nozze di Figaro
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (Die Hochzeit des Figaro)
Arvo Volmer; Marco Gandini; Estonian National Opera; Kaspar Mänd; Lauri Sirp; Andrea Tocchio; Simona Morresi
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A dramatic Roméo et Juliette at Estonian National Opera
Stephen Barlow's intelligent production makes Gounod's grand opéra as dramatic as it is tuneful.
Murdering the customers, murdering the score
At the Estonian National Opera, Vilppu Kiljunen's staging of Hindemith's crime opera Cardillac is wonderfully eerie. Unfortunately, conductor Vello Pähn's reading of the score doesn't do it justice.