En direct, Vidéo: Rechercher des critiques de musique classique, opéra et ballet | Emma Ryott

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Strasbourg

26 mars 2023

Gêne et perplexité face au Couronnement de Poppée à Strasbourg

Par Romain Daroles

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Toronto

Shakespeare in New York: Canadian Opera Company again opens season with Gounod

Par John Gilks, 27 septembre 2025

Amy Lane’s production of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette at the COC is eye-catching and enjoyable but doesn’t offer the same level of insight as her Faust last season.

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Toronto

28 sept. 2025

Canadian Opera Company opens season with Roméo et Juliette

Par John Gilks

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Salzburg

Die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt: Drei Schwestern von Peter Eötvös in Salzburg

Par Thomas Schacher, 08 août 2025

Die Hommage an den 2024 verstorbenen ungarischen Komponisten wird zum Großerfolg: Evgeny Titov wartet mit einer schlüssigen Inszenierung auf, und Maxime Pascal steuert mit dem Klangforum Wien viel Atmosphärisches bei.

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Salzburg

10 août 2025

Die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt: Drei Schwestern von Eötvös in Salzburg

Par Thomas Schacher

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Toronto

Scattered borrowings fail to cohere in Canadian Opera Company's new Faust

Par Gianmarco Segato, 11 octobre 2024

Amy Lane's scattered borrowings from Tim Burton to Stanley Kubrick fail to cohere in the Canadian Opera Company's new Faust.

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Toronto

12 oct. 2024

Scattered borrowings fail to cohere in COC's new Faust

Par Gianmarco Segato

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An enthralling Walküre at Longborough Opera Festival

Par David Karlin, 18 juin 2024

Who wouldn't relish the chance of seeing a Ring cycle at close quarters? Longborough's Die Walküre isn't perfect, but it consistently delivers on the story and on character interpretation.

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Moreton-in-Marsh

19 juin 2024

An enthralling Walküre at Longborough Opera Festival

Par David Karlin

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Berlin

Spuck delivers compelling drama in Staatsballett's season opener

Par Vikki Jane Vile, 24 octobre 2023

Newly appointed Director of Staatsballett Berlin, Christian Spuck makes his mark with this season opener, a world premiere of Bovary, a ballet based on Gustave Flaubert’s classic novel of 1856.

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Berlin

28 oct. 2023

Spuck delivers compelling drama in Staatsballett's season opener

Par Vikki Jane Vile

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Fame and feuding on the Rhine: Longborough's new Götterdämmerung

Par Roy Westbrook, 29 mai 2023

Longborough's Ring Cycle reaches completion in the Cotswold's, effectively staged by Amy Lane.

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Moreton-in-Marsh

30 mai 2023

Fame and feuding on the Rhine: Longborough's new Götterdämmerung

Par Roy Westbrook

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Fearlessly heroic: Siegfried gets the Longborough Ring back on track

Par Matthew Rye, 30 mai 2022

Longborough Festival Opera’s ongoing Ring cycle returns to its fully staged form with a triumphant new Siegfried.

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Moreton-in-Marsh

31 mai 2022

Fearlessly heroic: Siegfried gets the Longborough Ring back on track

Par Matthew Rye

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Ballett Zürich's Monteverdi celebrates music in dance

Par Sarah Batschelet, 15 janvier 2022

Blending the music of Monteverdi with lesser-known contemporaries, and even some pop, choreographer Christian Spuck takes leave of Zürich with a work that is as full of poetry as it is of emotional charge.

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Zurich

17 janv. 2022

Ballett Zürich's Monteverdi celebrates music in dance

Par Sarah Batschelet

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Christian Spuck's loveable Leonce and Lena returns to Ballett Zürich

Par Sarah Batschelet, 08 décembre 2021

Spuck’s Leonce and Lena is a feel-good treat that lifts the spirits measurably and makes a fine case for the modern genre.

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Zurich

10 déc. 2021

Christian Spuck's loveable Leonce and Lena returns to Ballett Zürich

Par Sarah Batschelet

Stuttgart

Woher – Wohin? NEW/WORKS am Stuttgarter Ballett

Par Rainer Zerbst, 19 juin 2021

Das Stuttgarter Ballett zeigt mit NEW/WORKS einen beeindruckenden Abend neuer Werke.

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Stuttgart

21 juin 2021

Woher – Wohin? NEW/WORKS am Stuttgarter Ballett

Par Rainer Zerbst

A semi-successful semi-staging of Die Walküre at Longborough Festival Opera

Par Mark Valencia, 05 juin 2021

Three performances in five days take their toll in a tight schedule of this concert production run in the Cotswolds.

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Moreton-in-Marsh

08 juin 2021

A semi-successful semi-staging of Die Walküre at Longborough

Par Mark Valencia

Christian Spuck's enigmatic Winterreise revived by Ballett Zürich

Par Graham Watts, 13 février 2021

Christian Spuck gives choreographic identity to Hans Zender's composed interpretation of Franz Schubert's Winterreise.

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Zurich

15 févr. 2021

Christian Spuck's enigmatic Winterreise revived by Ballett Zürich

Par Graham Watts

Transcendental spheres: dancing Verdi’s Messa da Requiem in Zurich

Par Sarah Batschelet, 24 novembre 2019

Christian Spuck revisits Verdi’s sublime Messa da Requiem with a host of gifted dancers and singers at the Zurich Opernhaus.

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Zurich

26 nov. 2019

Transcendental spheres: dancing Verdi’s Messa da Requiem in Zurich

Par Sarah Batschelet

Down with bourgeoise indifference: a new ballet in Zurich

Par Sarah Batschelet, 12 octobre 2019

In the Zurich premiere of The Little Match Girl, choreographer Christian Spück tackles a project of major proportions.

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Zurich

14 oct. 2019

Down with bourgeoise indifference: a new ballet in Zurich

Par Sarah Batschelet

“For never was a story of more woe…”: brilliant revival of Spuck's Romeo and Juliet in Zurich

Par Sarah Batschelet, 01 juin 2019

Giulia Tonelli's Juliet was sheer perfection, the true mainstay of this unforgettable performance.

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Zurich

02 juin 2019

Brilliant revival of Spuck's Romeo and Juliet in Zurich

Par Sarah Batschelet

On longing and abandonment: Spuck’s Winterreise premieres in Zurich

Par Sarah Batschelet, 18 octobre 2018

Christian Spuck, Zurich’s ballet director has crafted a new version of Hans Zender’s adaptation of Die Winterreise

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Zurich

19 oct. 2018

On longing and abandonment: Spuck’s Winterreise premieres in Zurich

Par Sarah Batschelet

Berlin

Full immersion: Spuck's gloomy Dutchman drops anchor at Deutsche Oper Berlin

Par Zenaida des Aubris, 07 mai 2017

Eric’s dream of a love story with no redemption in Christian Spuck's new production of Der fliegende Holländer at Deutsche Oper Berlin.

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Berlin

09 mai 2017

Full immersion: Spuck's gloomy Dutchman in Berlin

Par Zenaida des Aubris

A Russian Reality Revisited: A new cast for Anna Karenina in Zürich

Par Sarah Batschelet, 15 janvier 2017

Just as rereading a favourite novel can give the reader new literary impulses to explore, so, too, can the revival of a popular ballet offer a fresh interpretation.

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Zurich

16 janv. 2017

Revisiting Anna Karenina

Par Sarah Batschelet

Shaking fists at the fates: Christian Spuck's Messa da Requiem in Zurich

Par Sarah Batschelet, 03 décembre 2016

Christian Spuck’s new ballet Messa da Requiem in Zurich, is a breathtakingly powerful achievement. But its profound impact is spurred by more than dance alone.

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Zurich

04 déc. 2016

Messa di Requiem

Par Sarah Batschelet

Serving dark powers and evil games: Spuck’s Der Sandmann in Zurich

Par Sarah Batschelet, 28 mai 2016

Christian Spuck’s marvellous ballet "Der Sandmann" (Sandman) was first performed in Stuttgart in the spring of 2006, but this marks its first run in Zurich.

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Zurich

29 mai 2016

Spuck's Der Sandman, Zurich Ballet

Par Sarah Batschelet

The pulp of great fiction: Christian Spuck’s Romeo and Juliet in Zurich

Par Sarah Batschelet, 16 avril 2016

At the Zurich opera house, ballet director and chief choreographer Christian Spuck employs emotionally charged imagery and highly acrobatic dance technique to tell the story his way.

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Zurich

17 avril 2016

Spuck's Romeo und Julia for Zurich Ballett

Par Sarah Batschelet

Another Good Woman Goes Down: The Zurich Ballet's "Anna Karenina"

Par Sarah Batschelet, 17 octobre 2014

The Zurich Ballet's production of Anna Karenina is an opulent feast. The great tragedy of love, loyalty and betrayal was set against a seamless score of music by Sergei Rachmaninoff and Witold Lutoslawski.

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Zurich

18 oct. 2014

Spuck's Anna Karenina, Zurich Ballet

Par Sarah Batschelet

Berlin

A spooky Damnation de Faust in Berlin transports us to a sinister world

Par Christie Franke, 23 février 2014

Christian Spuck's new La damnation de Faust for the Deutsche Oper Berlin is creepy and elegant. Its impact will stay with you long after the opera is finished.

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Berlin

24 févr. 2014

A spooky Damnation de Faust in Berlin transports us to a sinister world

Par Christie Franke

Zürich Ballett in Christian Spuck’s Woyzeck

Par Katja Vaghi, 13 décembre 2013

The Zürich Ballet and Christian Spuck celebrate Georg Büchner’s anniversary with Woyzeck at the Zürich Opera House: a tragic ballet that perfectly balances emotion and form, abstraction and natural movement maintaining real life ambiguity.

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