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Eugene Onegin returns to the Sydney Opera house in Kasper Holten’s slightly awkward production but the singing and orchestral playing are exemplary.
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A committed cast struggles to lend a spark of life to Kasper Holten's static staging of Mozart's first mature opera.
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Though Bournonville himself saw A Folk Tale as his finest work, it’s rarely performed outside Denmark. The Royal Danish Ballet bring fleet-footed buoyancy to it all.
A fine company achievement: English National Ballet's Manon
Jurgita Dronina impresses as the heroine in this matinee performance of Sir Kenneth MacMillan's ballet at the Coliseum.
Cojocaru leads a fine cast in ENB's Manon
A performance that overflows with rich detailing in every role
Master masons: Holten’s Meistersinger comes to Melbourne
Having offered a strong feminist reading of Wagner's Ring, could Kasper Holten do the same again for Die Meistersinger? Opera Australia's co-production had moments of excellence, but ultimately left the viewer with more questions than answers
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Massenet: Manon
Sir Kenneth MacMillan; English National Ballet; Mia Stensgaard; Mikki Kunttu; English National Ballet Philharmonic