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Pappano's triumphant Royal Opera House Meistersinger in Birmingham

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Reviewed at Symphony Hall, Birmingham on 11 January 2012
Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor
Wolfgang Koch, Hans Sachs
Emma Bell, Eva
Simon O'Neill, Walther von Stolzing
Toby Spence, David
Peter Coleman-Wright, Sixtus Beckmesser
Sir John Tomlinson, Veit Pogner
Siegfried at the RBO: Kosky and Pappano surprise and delight
*****
A new Albrecht makes a polished Giselle shine even brighter
****1
The RB: Peter Wright’s Giselle is as near perfection as you can get
*****
Terfel’s craggy Boris Godunov returns to Covent Garden
****1
Woolf Works for The Royal Ballet: reaching poetic depths
****1
Ermonela Jaho returns in triumph to The Royal Opera’s Traviata
*****
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