En vivo, Video: Buscador de críticas de conciertos de música clásica, ópera, ballet y danza | Dick Bird

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Madrid

17 abr 2023

Iluminando la historia: Nixon in China aterriza en Madrid

Por David Karlin

Madrid

Una canica y una estrella: vívida Street Scene en el Teatro Real

Por Fernando Remiro, 14 febrero 2018

La olvidada "Ópera americana" de Weill se estrena en Madrid con una renovada producción de John Fulljames y un reparto sólido encabezado por Patricia Racette.

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Madrid

14 feb 2018

Una vívida Street Scene en el Teatro Real

Por Fernando Remiro

Sangeun Lee (Sugar Plum Fairy), Gareth Haw (Cavalier) and English National Ballet dancers © Photography by ASH

Candy-crazed: English National Ballet’s sweet-toothed Nutcracker returns

Por Mark Pullinger, 11 diciembre 2025

Returning for its first anniversary, Arielle Smith and Aaron S Watkin’s Nutcracker for English National Ballet remains a feast for hungry eyes, despite its flaws.

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Londres

11 dic 2025

Candy-crazed: ENB’s sweet-toothed Nutcracker returns

Por Mark Pullinger

Yui Yonezawa as Giselle and Shun Izawa as Albrecht in Miyako Yoshida's Giselle © Tristram Kenton

National Ballet of Japan’s Giselle: a triumphant London debut

Por Graham Watts, 24 julio 2025

National Ballet of Japan offer a 21st-century remake of this 19th-century Romantic classic with impeccable performances.

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Londres

24 jul 2025

National Ballet of Japan’s Giselle: a triumphant London debut

Por Graham Watts

Ayako Ono as Giselle and Yudai Fukuoka as Albrecht in Giselle © Kiyonori Hasegawa

National Ballet of Japan's revival of Giselle: a dramatic return

Por Naomi Mori, 10 abril 2025

National Ballet of Japan has revived their production of Giselle, ahead of their tour to the Royal Opera House in London, replicating the triumphant success it had in 2022.

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Tokyo

10 abr 2025

National Ballet of Japan's revival of Giselle: a dramatic return

Por Naomi Mori

Risako Ikeda as the Firebird and Takuro Watanabe as Prince Ivan in The Firebird © Takashi Shikama

National Ballet of Japan’s new triple bill is full of bold challenges

Por Naomi Mori, 15 marzo 2025

While National Ballet of Japan’s latest triple bill presents many challenges, one hopes these valuable masterpieces will be revived, enabling the company to develop its virtuosity and artistry.

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Tokyo

15 mar 2025

National Ballet of Japan’s new triple bill is full of bold challenges

Por Naomi Mori

Birmingham Royal Ballet in Sir Peter Wright's The Nutcracker © Andrew Ross

Birmingham Royal Ballet enchants in Peter Wright's The Nutcracker

Por Deborah Weiss, 29 diciembre 2024

The Royal Albert Hall turns out to be a wonderful venue for Birmingham Royal Ballet's transporting Nutcracker.

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Londres

29 dic 2024

Birmingham Royal Ballet enchants in Peter Wright's The Nutcracker

Por Deborah Weiss

Ivana Bueno as Clara and Francesco Gabriele Frola as the Nutcracker Prince in Nutcracker © Johan Persson

ENB's new Nutcracker more than satiates an acute sugar craving

Por Graham Watts, 12 diciembre 2024

A long-awaited new production of ENB's perennial seasonal classic is a visual feast.

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Londres

12 dic 2024

ENB's new Nutcracker more than satiates an acute sugar craving

Por Graham Watts

National Ballet of Japan in the Cave of Riches in David Bintley's Aladdin © Takashi Shikama

David Bintley's Aladdin: a beloved production returns to Tokyo

Por Naomi Mori, 14 junio 2024

National Ballet of Japan has revived Sir David Bintley’s Aladdin for the first time in five years and it shows how the company has developed since the premiere in 2008.

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Tokyo

14 jun 2024

David Bintley's Aladdin: a beloved production returns to Tokyo

Por Naomi Mori

Andreas Schager (Otello) und Nicole Car (Desdemona) © Wiener Staatsoper | Michael Pöhn

Ein kraftstrotzender Otello an der Wiener Staatsoper

Por Isabella Steppan, 16 mayo 2024

Nicht mit der feinsten Klinge unterwegs, aber dennoch beeindruckend, war Andreas Schager in seinem Wiener Otello-Debüt.

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Viena

16 may 2024

Ein kraftstrotzender Otello an der Wiener Staatsoper

Por Isabella Steppan

Jonas Kaufmann (Otello) and Ludovic Tézier (Iago) © Wiener Staatsoper | Michael Pöhn

A satisfying Otello starring Jonas Kaufmann at the Wiener Staatsoper

Por Ako Imamura, 25 octubre 2023

A revival of Adrian Noble’s abstract and dark production of Verdi’s Otello fields a strong cast led by Jonas Kaufmann, Ludovic Tézier and Rachel Willis-Sørensen.

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Viena

25 oct 2023

A satisfying Otello starring Jonas Kaufmann at the Wiener Staatsoper

Por Ako Imamura

Samantha Clarke, Nicholas Lester (Guglielmo), Kitty Whately and Alessandro Fisher (Ferrando) © Craig Fuller

Alresford

A stylish Così fan tutte at The Grange Festival

Por David Truslove, 16 junio 2023

Entertainment ideal for country house opera-goers, enhanced by some fine singing and excellent playing from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

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Alresford

16 jun 2023

A stylish Così fan tutte at The Grange Festival

Por David Truslove

Kosuke Okumura (Albrecht) and Ayako Ono (Giselle) © Takashi Shikama

A spellbinding new Giselle for the National Ballet of Japan

Por Naomi Mori, 21 octubre 2022

NBJ's season opens with a successful new production of the 19th-century classic Giselle, directed by Miyako Yoshida and choreographed by Alastair Marriott.

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Tokyo

21 oct 2022

A spellbinding new Giselle for the National Ballet of Japan

Por Naomi Mori

Utopia, Limited proves surprisingly timely in rare Scottish Opera revival

Por David Smythe, 20 octubre 2021

A semi-staged concert that boasts strong musical performances and appealing production values makes a spirited case for reappraising Gilbert and Sullivan's penultimate collaboration.

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Glasgow

20 oct 2021

Scottish Opera revives Gilbert and Sullivan's timely Utopia, Limited

Por David Smythe

Scottish Opera's spectacular Gondoliers bump starts its new season

Por David Smythe, 16 octubre 2021

Stuart Maunder directs a lavishly costumed cast, Derek Clark conducts fine playing and singing and Isabel Baquero’s choreography sparkles.

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Glasgow

16 oct 2021

Scottish Opera's spectacular Gondoliers bump starts its new season

Por David Smythe

Monte-Carlo

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

Por Manon Decroix, 23 febrero 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

23 feb 2020

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

Por Manon Decroix

Stylish, powerful Nixon in China from Scottish Opera

Por David Smythe, 22 febrero 2020

Scottish Opera’s Nixon in China in a stylish, living history production from John Fulljames, with strong performances across the board, Joana Carneiro stoking the fires in the pit.

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Glasgow

22 feb 2020

Stylish, powerful Nixon in China from Scottish Opera

Por David Smythe

Otello an der Wiener Staatsoper in beeindruckender Besetzung

Por Snapdragon, 28 enero 2020

Stephen Gould und Krassimira Stoyanova triumphieren in einer unaufregenden Wohlfühlinszenierung von Adrian Noble.

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Viena

28 ene 2020

Otello an der Wiener Staatsoper in beeindruckender Besetzung

Por Snapdragon

Mistrust, rage and colonialism: Adrian Noble’s new Otello at the Wiener Staatsoper

Por Chanda VanderHart, 20 junio 2019

During the “Salce” and “Ave Maria” in Act Four Bezsmertna turned this to magical effect, thinning out and floating her shimmering soprano into gossamer threads.

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Viena

20 jun 2019

Mistrust, rage and colonialism: Otello at the Staatsoper

Por Chanda VanderHart

Nueva York

The Pearl Fishers: a lackluster evening at The Met

Por Ako Imamura, 17 noviembre 2018

The second performance of the Met's Pearl Fishers saw one of the leads withdraw mid-performance again. A welcome performance by young baritone Alexander Birch Elliott could not rescue the evening.

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Nueva York

17 nov 2018

The Pearl Fishers: a lackluster evening at The Met

Por Ako Imamura

Birmingham Royal Ballet brings Aladdin to London

Por Graham Watts, 31 octubre 2017

All the creative contributions of direction, choeography, designs and music come together to achieve a stirring ballet that tells a familar story with great clarity

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Londres

31 oct 2017

BRB: Aladdin

Por Graham Watts

Los Angeles

Fishing for pearls: LA Opera's second attempt at Bizet proves a charmer

Por Laurence Vittes, 07 octubre 2017

The casting was something special. Each of the principals was fun to watch, magnificent to listen to, believable in every gesture, look and touch.

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Los Angeles

07 oct 2017

Fishing for pearls in Los Angeles

Por Laurence Vittes

Alresford

Grange Festival delivers an engaging Mansfield Park by Jonathan Dove

Por David Truslove, 16 septiembre 2017

A newly-orchestrated version of Jonathan Dove’s chamber opera drew some impressive performances from Heritage Opera in this pared-down adaption of Jane Austen’s third novel.

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Alresford

16 sep 2017

Grange Festival delivers an engaging Mansfield Park by Jonathan Dove

Por David Truslove

Slow to ignite: tepid revival of Bizet’s Pearl Fishers at ENO

Por Mark Pullinger, 19 octubre 2016

Penny Woolcock's shanty town production continues to improve with each outing. This time, ENO has found singers who can negotiate the vocal challenges more naturally.

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Londres

19 oct 2016

Slow to ignite: Bizet’s Pearl Fishers at ENO

Por Mark Pullinger

Scottish Opera’s Mikado: A Victorian variety show on Japanese Night

Por David Smythe, 07 mayo 2016

Martin Lloyd Evans returns to Scottish Opera direct a visually rich and lively Mikado. Richard Suart is a veteran Ko-Ko with no-one safe from his Little List as it changes for every performance.

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Glasgow

07 may 2016

A Victorian variety show on Japanese Night

Por David Smythe

Mánchester

Inspirational: Bach's St Matthew Passion takes to Manchester's streets

Por Imogen Phoebe Webb, 25 marzo 2016

Under the baton of Harry Christophers and direction of Penny Woolcock, Streetwise Opera, The Sixteen, Sixteen Orchestra, backed by a number of Manchester-based organisations came together to bring a well-crafted Easter dramatisation of one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s seminal oratorios.

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Mánchester

25 mar 2016

The Passion takes to Manchester's streets

Por Imogen Phoebe Webb

Nueva York

Gorgeous trio of voices in Met Opera’s Pearl Fishers

Por Robert Levine, 04 enero 2016

Les Pêcheurs de Perles is a graceful if senseless piece, composed when Georges Bizet was only 25 years old and miles away from the psycho-musical drama of Carmen.

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Nueva York

04 ene 2016

Gorgeous trio of voices in the Met’s Pearl Fishers

Por Robert Levine

Sophisticated Christmas sparkle: The Firework-Maker's Daughter at the Royal Opera House

Por Charlotte Valori, 10 diciembre 2015

Philip Pullman's exotic adventure about a girl determined to follow her father's footsteps gets a gently magical outing with Sri-Lankan inspired shadow puppetry and a strong cast.

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Londres

10 dic 2015

Sophisticated Christmas sparkle at the Royal Opera House

Por Charlotte Valori

High Wycombe

Wedding chaos, deception and duplicity in Garsington’s Così fan tutte

Por Mark Pullinger, 05 junio 2015

Weddings bring out the cynic in me. They also bring out the cynic in Don Alfonso and it’s at a wedding breakfast that John Fulljames sets his production of Così fan tutte.

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High Wycombe

05 jun 2015

Wedding chaos, deception and duplicity at Garsington

Por Mark Pullinger

Not a wooden performance in sight: The Adventures of Pinocchio

Por Penny Homer, 04 marzo 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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