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Elder and Elgar: riveting Enigma Variations from Sir Mark in Antwerp

By Cameron Kelsall, 14 May 2021

Mezzo-soprano Stephanie d'Oustrac also met the dramatic and musical challenges of Berlioz's Les Nuits d’été.

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14 May 2021

Elder and Elgar: riveting Enigma Variations from Sir Mark in Antwerp

By Cameron Kelsall

Antwerp

Philippe Herreweghe conducts an energetic Mozart Requiem in Antwerp

By Edward Sava-Segal, 07 May 2021

Despite distancing, the members of Collegium Vocale Gent filled the Queen Elisabeth Hall with an impressively cohesive sound, transparent and powerful at the same time.

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08 May 2021

Philippe Herreweghe conducts an energetic Mozart Requiem in Antwerp

By Edward Sava-Segal

Antwerp

Dido and Aeneas reworked as performance art at Opera Ballet Vlaanderen

By Cameron Kelsall, 24 April 2021

Though ambitious and occasionally arresting, this revised and expanded take on the Purcell classic suffers from subtraction by addition.

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27 Apr 2021

Dido and Aeneas reworked as performance art

By Cameron Kelsall

Antwerp

Debussy rebuild fails the House of Usher

By Kurt Gottschalk, 27 February 2021

The question isn’t if Van Parys and Schoeters did right by Poe so much as if they did right by Debussy. Poe will prevail. Debussy’s opera remains unfinished.

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01 Mar 2021

Debussy rebuild fails the House of Usher

By Kurt Gottschalk

Antwerp

Jaap van Zweden welcomed back in Antwerp

By Zoltán Szabó, 12 February 2021

The Dutch conductor returns to his old orchestra for a concert stream of Beethoven, with Nicholas Angelich, and Tchaikovsky.

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15 Feb 2021

Jaap van Zweden welcomed back in Antwerp

By Zoltán Szabó

Antwerp

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen's Memento Mori: a paradigm shift in filming dance

By Graham Watts, 06 February 2021

Dance of a truly gripping and magical quality as Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s compellingly beautiful work is translated for the screen.

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07 Feb 2021

Memento Mori: a paradigm shift in filming dance

By Graham Watts

Antwerp

All-Russian Sunday matinee double bill from Elim Chan and the Antwerp Symphony

By Marc Haegeman, 02 February 2020

Interrupted melody in Vondráček’s Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto, but magnificent playing from Chan and the Antwerp Symphony.

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03 Feb 2020

All-Russian Sunday matinee double bill from Elim Chan in Antwerp

By Marc Haegeman

Antwerp

Magnificent Beethoven tribute from Chailly and the Filarmonica della Scala in Antwerp

By Marc Haegeman, 23 January 2020

"Beethoven 250" starts in grand form with thrilling performances of Egmont and Symphonies 5 and 8 in Antwerp.

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Antwerp

24 Jan 2020

Magnificent Beethoven tribute from Chailly in Antwerp

By Marc Haegeman

Antwerp

Alexandre Kantorow wows with the Mariinsky Orchestra in Antwerp

By Marc Haegeman, 15 October 2019

Think of a poet irresistibly teasing your senses by his creative use of rhythm, his unpredictable style of speech and his unfailing imagination.

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17 Oct 2019

Alexandre Kantorow wows with the Mariinsky Orchestra in Antwerp

By Marc Haegeman

Antwerp

The American Dream still lives in Antwerp

By Marc Haegeman, 03 May 2019

Špaček subtly illuminated the tough and serious first movement with shafts of light, convincingly sweetened his tone for the lyricism of the intermezzo-like Andante moderato, and gave a dazzling display in the exhilarating finale.

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05 May 2019

The American Dream still lives in Antwerp

By Marc Haegeman

Antwerp

Mob mentality: a powerful La Juive at Opera Vlaanderen

By Mark Pullinger, 10 March 2019

Peter Konwitschny's production strips away much of the religious symbolism, presenting the difference between Jews and Christians as little more than the dyed colour of their hands.

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11 Mar 2019

Mob mentality: a powerful La Juive at Opera Vlaanderen

By Mark Pullinger

Antwerp

Isabelle Faust shines in German early romantics programme from Gardiner and the LSO

By Marc Haegeman, 30 January 2019

A memorable evening: LSO horns on tremendous form with Sir John Eliot Gardiner on the podium and Isabelle Faust in stellar performance.

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02 Feb 2019

Isabelle Faust shines with Gardiner and the LSO

By Marc Haegeman

Antwerp

Beguiling Tchaikovsky from Alban Gerhardt and Klaus Mäkelä in Antwerp

By Marc Haegeman, 28 October 2018

The Rococo Variations show Pyotr Ilyich at his most beguiling and Gerhardt’s cello made the Andante sostenuto variation sing from every bar.

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29 Oct 2018

Beguiling Tchaikovsky from Gerhardt and Mäkelä in Antwerp

By Marc Haegeman

Antwerp

Radiant Vilde Frang opens Antwerp season

By Marc Haegeman, 09 September 2018

Attentive to the dynamics and tempi, Frang meshed her violin with the orchestra, naturally coming into the footlights or receding into an accompanying role when required. In effect, the performance had a feel of an improvisation.

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12 Sep 2018

Radiant Vilde Frang opens Antwerp season

By Marc Haegeman

Antwerp

Alice Sara Ott and Edo de Waart bring magnificent Mozart and Dvořák to Antwerp

By Marc Haegeman, 19 May 2018

The Antwerp Symphony Orchestra make Dvořák’s Ninth Symphony sound like new, while Alice Sara Ott’s joy in playing Mozart is palpable.

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21 May 2018

Ott and de Waart bring magnificent Mozart and Dvořák to Antwerp

By Marc Haegeman

Antwerp

Thrilling Beethoven and Mahler from Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra in Antwerp

By Marc Haegeman, 18 April 2018

A night to remember in Antwerp as Salonen and the Philharmonia demonstrated once again that, in the right hands, familiar repertory can still prove compelling and even surprising.

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20 Apr 2018

Thrilling Beethoven and Mahler in Antwerp

By Marc Haegeman

Antwerp

Miracle in a wasteland: Das Wunder der Heliane returns to Flanders

By John Johnston, 01 October 2017

At its local Antwerp première, David Bösch’s new production of Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s Das Wunder der Heliane makes it the only house ever to have mounted twice.

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02 Oct 2017

Miracle in a wasteland: Das Wunder der Heliane

By John Johnston

Antwerp

Agrippina meets Dynasty: Joan Collins' spirit hovers over Antwerp

By Laura Servidei, 25 March 2017

Opera Vlaanderen revives a production of Handel's Agrippina based on American soap operas of the 1980s.

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27 Mar 2017

Agrippina meets Dynasty in Antwerp

By Laura Servidei

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Multi-media stress test for Antwerp’s new Queen Elisabeth Hall

By Sam Johnstone, 18 March 2017

Overshadowed by its Hanseatic cousin Hamburg, Antwerp recently celebrated the opening of its own new concert hall. In his Symphony no. 2, Wim Henderickx tested the hall's capabilities with a multi-media extravaganza.

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21 Mar 2017

Multi-media stress test for Antwerp’s new hall

By Sam Johnstone

Antwerp

Confusing darkness: Inside the mind of the Moor with Thalheimer's Otello in Antwerp

By David Pinedo, 14 February 2016

The unclear ideas and the excessive blackness in Thalheimer’s concept failed to convince, but Stoyanov and Joel’s presentation of Verdi’s score made up for those problems.

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16 Feb 2016

Inside the mind of the Moor with Thalheimer's Otello in Antwerp

By David Pinedo

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Understated elegance: Robert Carsen's sublime La bohème in Antwerp

By David Pinedo, 27 December 2015

Robert Carsen's understated elegance on stage counterbalances Puccini’s highly charged melodrama.

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29 Dec 2015

Understated elegance: Robert Carsen's sublime Bohème

By David Pinedo

Antwerp

Alexis Kossenko exhume un merveilleux Zoroastre à Anvers

By Patrice Lieberman, 28 April 2022

Dans la belle Salle bleue du Singel à Anvers, Alexis Kossenko exhume la version originale du rare Zoroastre de Rameau avec une distribution de grande qualité.

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29 Apr 2022

Alexis Kossenko exhume un merveilleux Zoroastre à Anvers

By Patrice Lieberman

Antwerp

Entflammtes Herz fürs Original: Zoroastre in der Premierenfassung von 1749

By Jens Klier, 28 April 2022

Les Ambassadeurs – La Grande Ecurie, der Chœur de Chambre de Namur und Solisten zeigen unter Alexis Kossenko eine theatralische Weltpremiere mit lichtgestaltlichen Qualitäten.

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29 Apr 2022

Entflammtes Herz fürs Original: Zoroastre

By Jens Klier

Antwerp

Der Silbersee à Anvers : du jamais vu !

By Patrice Lieberman, 03 October 2021

À l'Opéra de Flandre, l'ouvrage rare de Kurt Weill bénéficie de la mise en scène extraordinairement inventive d'Ersan Mondtag et d'une excellente distribution.

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06 Oct 2021

Der Silbersee à Anvers : du jamais vu !

By Patrice Lieberman

Antwerp

Leben und Lernen mit Bach: Collegium Vocale Gents tröstlicher Gruß aus Belgien

By Jens Klier, 04 February 2021

Das CVG und seine Solisten geben unter Herreweghe mit der Kraft der Musik und Worte den intentionsgetreuen Sinn, der ernste Sorgen beiseiteschiebt.

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04 Feb 2021

Leben und Lernen mit Bach: Collegium Vocale Gents Gruß aus Belgien

By Jens Klier

Antwerp

Schubert fast in Superlative: Die Große vom B'Rock Orchestra und René Jacobs

By Jens Klier, 10 December 2020

Mit Schnörkellosigkeit, Strenge, Luzidität und Feinfühligkeit bewältigen die Musiker in ihrem Schubert-Zyklus die Selbstidentität ausstrahlende Achte.

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10 Dec 2020

Schubert fast in Superlative: Die Große vom B'Rock Orchestra

By Jens Klier

Antwerp

Come back, Euridice!: García Alarcóns Wunsch-Rückkehr zu Monteverdis L'Orfeo

By Jens Klier, 17 January 2020

Eine verheißungsvolle Kraft der Tonsprache Monteverdis, der nur ein minimales Quäntchen zur Ergriffenheitsschwelle fehlte für den Olymp.

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18 Jan 2020

Come back, Euridice!: Eine Wunsch-Rückkehr zu Monteverdis L'Orfeo

By Jens Klier

Antwerp

Ein barockes Nachhausekommen: Bach und Händel mit den Balthasar-Neumann-Ensembles

By Jens Klier, 25 September 2019

Was für eine Freude, diesen begeisterten und begeisternden Stimmen zu lauschen – eine Auffahrt in den Musikhimmel für Hengelbrocks Chor und Orchester!

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26 Sep 2019

Ein barockes Nachhausekommen mit den Balthasar-Neumann-Ensembles

By Jens Klier

Antwerp

Soif de pouvoir et folie meurtrière : Macbeth à Anvers

By Patrice Lieberman, 27 June 2019

La mise en scène de Michael Thalheimer va à l’essentiel dans Macbeth, dernière production du mandat d'Aviel Cahn à la tête de l’Opéra de Flandre.

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01 Jul 2019

Soif de pouvoir et folie meurtrière : Macbeth à Anvers

By Patrice Lieberman

Antwerp

Quand l’amour de l’art rend fou : Cardillac à l'Opéra de Flandre

By Patrice Lieberman, 03 February 2019

Nouvelle production à l'Opéra de Flandre : le trop rare Cardillac de Hindemith, dans l'excellente mise en scène de Guy Joosten. Menée par le superbe Simon Neal, la distribution homogène contribue à la réussite de l'ouvrage.

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08 Feb 2019

Quand l’amour de l’art rend fou : Cardillac à l'Opéra de Flandre

By Patrice Lieberman

Antwerp

À la recherche du temps perdu : Les Pêcheurs de perles à Anvers

By Patrice Lieberman, 16 December 2018

Pour sa première mise en scène à l'Opéra de Flandre, le FC Bergman joue sur la nostalgie de Pêcheurs de perles placés en maison de retraite. Une approche audacieuse qui ne manque pas d'émouvoir.

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18 Dec 2018

À la recherche du temps perdu : Les Pêcheurs de perles à Anvers

By Patrice Lieberman

Antwerp

Un Lohengrin de belle tenue à Anvers

By Patrice Lieberman, 10 October 2018

L'Opéra de Flandre propose une nouvelle production du Lohengrin de Richard Wagner. Mise en scène sombre, très réussie, de David Alden.

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12 Oct 2018

Un Lohengrin de belle tenue à Anvers

By Patrice Lieberman

Antwerp

Un opéra-ballet ? Pelléas et Mélisande à Anvers

By Patrice Lieberman, 02 February 2018

On ne pourra pas dire que l’équipe des metteurs en scène/chorégraphes Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui et Damien Jalet, associée à Marina Abramovic qui signait et le décor et le concept, aient fait dans le conventionnel, offrant une approche à la fois futuriste et rétro de Pelléas et Mélisande.

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04 Feb 2018

Un opéra-ballet ? Pelléas et Mélisande à Anvers

By Patrice Lieberman

Antwerp

Kein großes Opernkino bei Christoph Waltz' Falstaff in Flandern

By Jens Klier, 29 December 2017

Christoph Waltz setzt auf blanken Ernst statt Komik – doch ein gutes Solistenensemble, ein solides Orchester und ein Schachzug verhindern eine Falstaff-Enttäuschung.

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30 Dec 2017

Kein großes Opernkino bei Falstaff in Flandern

By Jens Klier