En direct, Vidéo: Rechercher des critiques de musique classique, opéra et ballet | Russell Thomas

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Paris

27 juin 2023

La classe américaine : The Met Orchestra et Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Par Tristan Labouret

Paris

La Force du destin à Bastille : Anna vole au secours d’Anna !

Par Stéphane Lelièvre, 12 décembre 2022

Beau succès pour cette reprise de La Force du destin à l’Opéra Bastille, notamment grâce à Anna Pirozzi qui, remplaçant Anna Netrebko, interprète une magnifique Leonora.

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Paris

12 déc. 2022

La Force du destin à Bastille : Anna vole au secours d’Anna !

Par Stéphane Lelièvre

Victoria Karkacheva (Charlotte) © Michael Cooper

Toronto

Massenet’s Werther oozes quiet despair in new Canadian Opera Company staging

Par John Gilks, 07 mai 2026

Excellent performances cannot turn a conventional production of Massenet’s Werther into a dramatic experience for the 21st century.

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Toronto

07 mai 2026

Werther oozes quiet despair in new Canadian Opera Company staging

Par John Gilks

Russell Thomas (The Emperor) © Evan Zimmerman | Met Opera

Metropolitan Opera revives a cartoonish Frau ohne Schatten

Par Cameron Kelsall, 29 novembre 2024

Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's ode to humanity, returning after an eleven-year absence, suffers from generalized acting and inconsistent musical values.

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New York

29 nov. 2024

Metropolitan Opera revives a cartoonish Frau ohne Schatten

Par Cameron Kelsall

Ludovic Tézier (Scarpia) © ROH | Marc Brenner

Ludovic Tézier's suave Scarpia steals the limelight in ROH Tosca revival

Par Mark Pullinger, 11 juillet 2024

Tosca is back for another run, more dimly lit than ever, but illuminated by French baritone Ludovic Tézier as a Scarpia oozing with sinister charm and ironic humour.

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Londres

11 juil. 2024

Tézier's suave Scarpia steals the limelight in ROH Tosca revival

Par Mark Pullinger

Compelling Turandot as LA Opera imports Hockney's spectacular designs

Par Matthew Richard Martinez, 18 mai 2024

Angela Meade and Russell Thomas provide the vocal fireworks in LA Opera's staging of David Hockney's beloved production designs.

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Los Angeles

18 mai 2024

Compelling Turandot as LA Opera imports Hockney designs

Par Matthew Richard Martinez

Edimbourg

A Child of Our Time: deeply moving and impressive at the Edinburgh International Festival

Par David Smythe, 20 août 2023

The RSNO, Sir Andrew Davis and the Edinburgh Festival Chorus perform Tippett's oratorio with an excellent line-up of soloists.

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Edimbourg

20 août 2023

A Child of Our Time: deeply moving and impressive in Edinburgh

Par David Smythe

Joyce DiDonato, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Met Orchestra © Mark Allan | Barbican

A bite of the Big Apple: Yannick Nézet-Séguin brings the Met Orchestra to London

Par Dominic Lowe, 29 juin 2023

The Met's first European tour in 20 years makes it to London for an evening of Shakespeare and Berlioz.

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Londres

29 juin 2023

A bite of the Big Apple: Nézet-Séguin and the Met Orchestra in London

Par Dominic Lowe

Oily malevolence: Maltman’s Iago the driving force in tepid Otello revival at Covent Garden

Par Mark Pullinger, 12 juillet 2022

The Royal Opera's revival of Keith Warner's staging feels underbaked, although interest is largely focused on the pit as the latest contender to take over from Antonio Pappano as Music Director is auditioned.

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Londres

12 juil. 2022

Maltman’s Iago the driving force in tepid Otello revival

Par Mark Pullinger

Philadelphia

Nézet-Séguin and Philadelphia recreate “Mahler’s greatest symphony”

Par Erica Miner, 27 mai 2021

Mahler did not compose an opera, but the writing in Das Lied is intensely operatic; Yannick Nézet-Séguin shows himself to be a great singer’s conductor.

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Philadelphia

27 mai 2021

Nézet-Séguin and Philadelphia recreate “Mahler’s greatest”

Par Erica Miner

Hambourg

Erhabener Beethoven mit den Wiener Philharmonikern und Andris Nelsons

Par Sebastian Urmoneit, 07 mars 2020

Nelsons und die Philharmoniker brachten sowohl das Komische als auch das Erhabene in Beethoven heraus.

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Hambourg

07 mars 2020

Erhabener Beethoven mit den Wiener Philharmonikern und Andris Nelsons

Par Sebastian Urmoneit

Washington

Russell Thomas shines in David Alden's gloomy Otello staging in Washington DC

Par Vishnu Bachani, 26 octobre 2019

The combination of a strong, spirited cast and a first-rate orchestral performance led by Daniele Callegari rendered the opera a moving experience in spite of drab staging and latent, unexplored tensions.

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Washington

26 oct. 2019

Russell Thomas shines in gloomy David Alden's Otello

Par Vishnu Bachani

Berlin

Verdi Wars: Frank Castorf’s Forza del destino at Deutsche Oper Berlin

Par Hugo Shirley, 14 septembre 2019

Audience uproar brings a much needed sense of theatre to a disappointing production of Verdi’s middle-period epic.

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Berlin

14 sept. 2019

Verdi Wars: Frank Castorf’s Forza del destino at Deutsche Oper

Par Hugo Shirley

Berlin

Russell Thomas convinces as Otello at Deutsche Oper Berlin

Par Laura Servidei, 14 juin 2019

Deutsche Oper Berlin presents Verdi’s old-age masterpiece in Kriegenburg’s production, which still fails to convince. A much more satisfying cast seals a successful musical production.

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Berlin

14 juin 2019

Russell Thomas convinces as Otello at Deutsche Oper Berlin

Par Laura Servidei

Technicolor La clemenza di Tito from Thaddeus Strassberger at LA Opera

Par Laurence Vittes, 02 mars 2019

Any parallels between Rome in the first century under Emperor Titus and the United States two millennia later under Emperor Trump were lost in a Tinseltown graphic novel sweep.

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Los Angeles

02 mars 2019

Technicolor Clemenza at LA Opera

Par Laurence Vittes

Prom 9: A lively Beethoven 9 from Runnicles and the World Orchestra for Peace

Par Rohan Shotton, 21 juillet 2018

Donald Runnicles conducts the World Orchestra for Peace and BBC Proms Youth Choir at The Proms

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Londres

21 juil. 2018

Prom 9: A lively Beethoven 9 from Runnicles

Par Rohan Shotton

Dudamel serves up Otello at the Hollywood Bowl

Par Néstor Castiglione, 15 juillet 2018

Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic unleash the darkness of Verdi’s late masterpiece Otello upon the picnickers at the Hollywood Bowl.

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Los Angeles

15 juil. 2018

Dudamel serves up Otello at the Hollywood Bowl

Par Néstor Castiglione

Amsterdam

Beautiful but infuriating: the Currentzis-Sellar Clemenza in Amsterdam

Par Nicolas Nguyen, 07 mai 2018

The transfer of last year's Clemenza di Tito from Salzburg delights and irritates in equal measure.

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Amsterdam

07 mai 2018

A beautiful but infuriating Clemenza in Amsterdam

Par Nicolas Nguyen

LA Phil’s multimedia Das Lied von der Erde is a sight to hear

Par Matthew Richard Martinez, 06 avril 2018

What can multimedia wizardry add to Mahler's masterpiece?

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Los Angeles

06 avril 2018

LA Phil’s multimedia Das Lied is a sight to hear

Par Matthew Richard Martinez

Washington

Musically resplendent Don Carlo in Washington

Par Edward Sava-Segal, 03 mars 2018

The team of soloists, the chorus and the orchestra, under the baton of Philippe Auguin, powerfully conveyed the spectacular qualities of Verdi's Don Carlo.

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Washington

03 mars 2018

Musically resplendent Don Carlo in Washington

Par Edward Sava-Segal

Atlanta

Spano conducts a concert version of Verdi's Otello in Atlanta

Par William E Ford, 07 octobre 2017

With Verdi's Otello, Music Director Robert Spano continues a recent Atlanta Symphony Orchestra tradition of presenting grand operatic works in a concert hall version

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Atlanta

07 oct. 2017

Spano Conducts a Concert Version Otello in Atlanta

Par William E Ford

Salzburg

Der Tod des milden Titus: Mozarts Geist kehrt zurück nach Salzburg

Par Daniel Url, 27 juillet 2017

Lange hat man Mozart in Salzburg nicht mehr so mitreißend erlebt. Mit dem neuen Titus gelingt Neo-Intendant Markus Hinterhäuser ein Coup, der erhoffen lässt, dass sich Salzburg einer neuen goldenen Ära entgegenbewegt.

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Salzburg

27 juil. 2017

Der Tod des milden Titus in Salzburg

Par Daniel Url

Immortals and human passions in New York Philharmonic’s Das Rheingold under Alan Gilbert

Par Edward Sava-Segal, 01 juin 2017

Alan Gilbert reaches a pinnacle at the end of his tenure at the New York Philarmonic.

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New York

01 juin 2017

New York Philharmonic’s Das Rheingold

Par Edward Sava-Segal

Chicago

In new Norma, bel canto in the Iron Age

Par Dan Wang, 28 janvier 2017

In the end, Newbury’s production leaves you with more questions than it answers.

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Chicago

28 janv. 2017

In new Norma, bel canto in the Iron Age

Par Dan Wang

A Nabucco lacking a central baritone at The Met

Par Robert Levine, 12 décembre 2016

Elijah Moshinsky’s 15-year old production of Verdi’s Nabucco has returned to the Met, ostensibly as a vehicle for Placido Domingo.

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New York

12 déc. 2016

A Nabucco lacking a central baritone at The Met

Par Robert Levine

Worth the price of admission: Angela Meade shines in LA Opera's Norma

Par Matthew Richard Martinez, 21 novembre 2015

Angela Meade is the standout on opening night of Los Angeles Opera's Norma.

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Los Angeles

21 nov. 2015

Worth the price of admission: Angela Meade's Norma

Par Matthew Richard Martinez

Seattle

Seattle Nabucco aims for innovation but falls flat

Par Thomas May, 08 août 2015

To open its season, Seattle Opera presents its first-ever Nabucco in a production undermined by weak staging and uneven casting.

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Seattle

08 août 2015

Seattle Nabucco aims for innovation but falls flat

Par Thomas May

New York Philharmonic’s impressive Verdi Requiem

Par Ako Imamura, 17 janvier 2015

New York Philharmonic under its music director Alan Gilbert delivered an impressive performance of Verdi's famous Requiem, with an excellent ensemble of soloists and chorus.

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New York

17 janv. 2015

New York Phil’s impressive Verdi Requiem

Par Ako Imamura

A Passion for our times: Adams' The Gospel According To The Other Mary premières at ENO

Par David Karlin, 21 novembre 2014

The view of Jesus as the archetypal left wing radical, champion of the poor and dispossessed and scourge of the wealthy forms the foundation of John Adams and Peter Sellars’ oratorio The Gospel According To The Other Mary. A strong score and outstanding conductor and singers make for an impressive première.

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Londres

21 nov. 2014

A Passion for our times: The Gospel According To The Other Mary

Par David Karlin

Berlin

Don Carlo at the Deutsche Oper Berlin shines with outstanding singers

Par Christie Franke, 31 octobre 2013

Verdi’s Don Carlo – the four-act Italian version – at the Deutsche Oper combines strong singing and acting with lush music in an evening that, despite its beauty, is not without its faults.

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Berlin

31 oct. 2013

Deutsche Oper Berlin: Don Carlo

Par Christie Franke

Turnage's Beethoven and Gilbert's Ninth at the Philharmonic

Par David Allen, 03 octobre 2013

In the 15,606 concerts given by the New York Philharmonic and its predecessors before this, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony had received nearly 200 renditions.

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New York

03 oct. 2013

Turnage's Beethoven and Gilbert's Ninth at the Philharmonic

Par David Allen

Simon Boccanegra at the Royal Opera

Par David Karlin, 27 juin 2013

Last night’s Covent Garden revival of Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra was a study in time slips. On stage, there is the 25 year slip between the end of the prologue, when Simon is named Doge of Genoa, and the dramatic events of Act I. There is the 24 year gap between the disastrous première of the original opera and the triumph of the heavily revised 1881 version.

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Londres

27 juin 2013

Simon Boccanegra at the Royal Opera

Par David Karlin

The Gospel according to Peter Sellars: The LA Phil bring a European première to the Barbican

Par Paul Kilbey, 16 mars 2013

Have you heard the good news? The Los Angeles Philharmonic have recently formed a partnership with the Barbican, and they were strutting their impressive stuff in London last week for their first International Associate Residency. Also: Christ died for our sins and was reborn.

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Londres

16 mars 2013

The Gospel according to Peter Sellars: The LA Phil bring a European première to the Barbican

Par Paul Kilbey

Donizetti's Belisario at the Barbican

Par Emily Owen, 28 octobre 2012

The second collaboration between Opera Rara and the BBC Symphony Orchestra brought a starry cast to the Barbican Centre on Sunday evening for a revival of Donizetti’s tragic opera Belisario. Written in 1836, immediately after the triumph of Lucia di Lammermoor, it was an instant success following its première at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice and remained in the repertoire for several decades.

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Londres

28 oct. 2012

Donizetti's Belisario at the Barbican

Par Emily Owen

World première of Adams' The Gospel According to the Other Mary in LA

Par Ted Ayala, 31 mai 2012

The Los Angeles Philharmonic, under the direction of Gustavo Dudamel, brought its season to a close with a world premiere of an oratorio the orchestra commissioned from one of today’s greatest living composers. On paper the alignment of the LAPO, Dudamel, and John Adams appeared to augur well for a memorable close to a season abounding in memorable music-making.

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Los Angeles

31 mai 2012

World première of Adams' The Gospel According to the Other Mary in LA

Par Ted Ayala

The Met in HD, Macbeth, 2008

Par Aksel Tollåli, 12 décembre 2008

Read our review of Adrian Noble's production of Macbeth by Verdi, in its 2008 HD broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera in New York.