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BerlinBovary
Various: Bovary
Christian Spuck; Staatsballett Berlin; Rufus Didwiszus; Emma Ryott; Martin Gebhardt; Claus Spahn
BerlinDer NussknackerNew production
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker
Christian Spuck; Staatsballett Berlin; Dominic Limburg; Robert Reimer; Rufus Didwiszus; Emma Ryott
BerlinFearful Symmetries
Bizet, Adams
George Balanchine; Christian Spuck; Staatsballett Berlin; Paul Connelly; Staatskapelle Berlin; Rufus Didwiszus; Emma Ryott
ViennaPique DameNew production
Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades (Pique Dame)
Alexander Soddy; Evgeny Titov; Vienna State Opera; Rufus Didwiszus; Emma Ryott; Martin Gebhardt; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
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Canadian Opera Company opens season with Roméo et Juliette
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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Amy Lane's scattered borrowings from Tim Burton to Stanley Kubrick fail to cohere in the Canadian Opera Company's new Faust.
An enthralling Walküre at Longborough Opera Festival
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.
Spuck delivers compelling drama in Staatsballett's season opener
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.
Fame and feuding on the Rhine: Longborough's new Götterdämmerung
Longborough's Ring Cycle reaches completion in the Cotswold's, effectively staged by Amy Lane.
Fearlessly heroic: Siegfried gets the Longborough Ring back on track
Longborough Festival Opera’s ongoing Ring cycle returns to its fully staged form with a triumphant new Siegfried.