En direct, Vidéo: Rechercher des critiques de musique classique, opéra et ballet | Francesca Chiejina

English Touring Opera has revived James Conway's production of La bohème to launch the company back to full operations post-lockdown. What this new run lacks in finesse is made up for in bags of heart and spirit.

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Londres

28 févr. 2022

Bo-ho: ETO takes Bohème to Hackney

Par Dominic Lowe

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Londres

English Touring Opera heads back on the road with Handel's Amadigi

Par Mark Valencia, 01 octobre 2021

It sizzles with energy, fizzes with musical delight and rejoices in an understated sense of fun. Conway gives the work’s incongruities free rein and defies the audience not to chuckle.

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Londres

03 oct. 2021

English Touring Opera heads back on the road with Handel's Amadigi

Par Mark Valencia

Londres

Power and precision from John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London at the Proms

Par Alexander Hall, 04 septembre 2021

Spanning almost a century in musical terms, from the old-world elegance of Johann Strauss to one of his greatest admirers, Erich Korngold, John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London demonstrate orchestral excellence.

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Londres

05 sept. 2021

Power and precision from John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London

Par Alexander Hall

Londres

At Wilton’s Music Hall, a ghost light for Britten’s ghost story

Par Mark Pullinger, 26 janvier 2021

When the pandemic struck and theatres were locked down, OperaGlass Works' staging of The Turn of the Screw was an early casualty. Creative thinking turned the production into a film, with London's oldest music hall the set.

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Londres

28 janv. 2021

At Wilton’s Music Hall, a ghost light for Britten’s ghost story

Par Mark Pullinger

West Horsley

Polished Porgy: Gershwin triumphs in Surrey

Par Matthew Rye, 08 juin 2019

Grange Park Opera’s new production of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess makes for a searingly effective evening of music and drama.

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West Horsley

10 juin 2019

Polished Porgy: Gershwin triumphs in Surrey

Par Matthew Rye

Londres

A bad hair day for Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui's Medusa at The Royal Ballet

Par Graham Watts, 08 mai 2019

A mixed bill of modern work showcases the diverse talents of The Royal Ballet.

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Londres

09 mai 2019

A bad hair day for Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui's Medusa

Par Graham Watts

Londres

Prom 17: Purity and passion from Martyn Brabbins and the BBC NOW

Par Chris Garlick, 27 juillet 2018

Even if Hubert Parry was overshadowed by Holst and Vaughan Williams, this was a splendid concert of British music.

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Londres

28 juil. 2018

Purity and passion in first class British music

Par Chris Garlick

Londres

Netrebko and Lučić in Macbeth: a Covent Garden masterclass in operatic villainy

Par David Karlin, 25 mars 2018

The Royal Opera's revival of Phyllida Lloyd's production is marked by two outstanding Verdian singers and a superb rendering of the score from Pappano and the ROH Orchestra.

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Londres

25 mars 2018

Masterfully villainous: Netrebko and Lučić in Macbeth

Par David Karlin

Londres

Monteverdi on a doughnut: A drab Return of Ulysses fails to thrill the Roundhouse

Par David Karlin, 10 janvier 2018

A series of ill-advised staging choices leads to a disappointingly drab performance of Monteverdi's Homeric epic.

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Londres

11 janv. 2018

Monteverdi on a doughnut: Ulysses fails to thrill

Par David Karlin

Londres

Dimitri Platanias stands out in a mixed Covent Garden Rigoletto

Par David Karlin, 14 décembre 2017

The father-daughter exchanges between Dmitri Platanias's jester and Sofia Fomina's Gilda prove the highlights of an evening which doesn't always catch fire.

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Londres

15 déc. 2017

Dimitri Platanias stands out in a mixed Covent Garden Rigoletto

Par David Karlin

Londres

Tragedy undermined: Peter Brook's La Tragédie de Carmen at Wilton's Music Hall

Par Mark Pullinger, 04 novembre 2017

Paring the action down to just four singers, La Tragédie de Carmen is the perfect vehicle and venue for a handful of the Royal Opera's Jette Parker Young Artists to strut their stuff.

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Londres

05 nov. 2017

Tragedy undermined at Wilton's

Par Mark Pullinger

Londres

Royal Opera's Don Carlo revival fails to completely catch fire

Par Mark Pullinger, 12 mai 2017

Has Health and Safety finally caught up with the Spanish Inquisition? A flameless auto-da-fé and some low-key individual performances meant this revival took time to hit its stride.

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Londres

13 mai 2017

Don Carlo revival fails to completely catch fire

Par Mark Pullinger

Londres

The Royal Ballet: The Human Seasons/ After the Rain / Flight Pattern

Par Graham Watts, 16 mars 2017

A world premiere that gives yet more credence to the burgeoning reputation of Crystal Pite for creating absorbing mass movement of considerable beauty

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Londres

17 mars 2017

The Human Seasons/ After the Rain / Flight Pattern

Par Graham Watts

Londres

Prom 75: Partygoers, pomp and Paddington Bear

Par Rohan Shotton, 10 septembre 2016

The 2016 Proms come to a riotous close at the Royal Albert Hall.

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Londres

13 sept. 2016

Partygoers, pomp and Paddington Bear

Par Rohan Shotton