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Tchaikovsky: Iolanta - The Nutcracker Sonya Yoncheva, Arnold Rutkowski, Alexander Tsymbalyuk
Dmitri Tcherniakov (director)
There are far more pluses than minuses here: you can say the opera is a great success, the ballet a bit controversial but quite intriguing and definitely a bold approach to a classic. — More…
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Minkus: La Bayadère Svetlana Zakharova (Bayadère Nikiya), Vladislav Lantratov (Solor), Maria Alexandrova (Gamzatti), Alexey Loparevich (Dugmanta, Rajah), Andrey Sitnikov (The High Brahmin) & Denis Medvedev (The Golden Idol)
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Pavel Sorokin
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Schoenberg: Moses und Aron Thomas Johannes Mayer (Moses), John Graham-Hall (Aron), Nicky Spence (A Youth)
Orchestre et Chœurs de National de L'Opéra de Paris, Philippe Jordan (conductor) & Romeo Castellucci (director)
The musical standards are of an exceptionally high order, starting with the chorus of the Paris Opera…Graham-Hall does more than cope with Aron’s punishing tessitura…Castellucci brings live... — More…
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Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice Orpheus - Yann Bridard (ballet), Maria Riccarda Wesseling (opera), Eurydice - Marie-Agnès Gillot (ballet), Julia Kleiter (opera), Amor - Miteki Kudo (ballet ) & Sunhae Im (opera)
Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris & Balthasar-Neumann Chor & Ensemble, Thomas Hengelbrock
Even though I’m a bit allergic to Bausch’s brand of Teutonic gloom, I can’t deny that this has a rare emotional intensity which grows out of the music. — More…
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Le Chevalier de Saint-George: l'Archet Des Lumières (The Enlightened Violinist) Julien Chauvin, Quatuor Cambini Paris, Magali Leger
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Asafyev: Les Flammes De Paris Natalia Osipova (Jeanne), Denis Savin (Jerome), Ivan Vasiliev (Philippe, un Marseillais), Yuri Klevtsov (Marquis Costa de Beauregard), Nina Kaptsova (Adeline), Anna Antonicheva (Mireille de Poitiers) & Ruslan Skvortsov (Antoine Mistral)
Bolshoi Ballet & Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre,...
The Act II Dances are stunning, with Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev mixing breathtaking athleticism with sparkling joie-de-vivre, captured in stunning pictures and sound. — More…
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Bernstein: Wonderful Town Jasmine Roy (Ruth Sherwood), Rafaëlle Cohen (Eileen Sherwood), Dalia Constantin (Helen), Lauren Van Kempen (Violet), Alyssa Landry (Mrs Wade), Maxime De Toledo (Robert Baker), Thomas Boutilier (Wreck) & Franck Lopez (Lonigan)
Orchestre et Choeur de l’Opera de Toulon, Larry Blank (conductor)...
There’s much to like about this Toulon performance. The cast is a strong one – dominated by the excellent, sassy Ruth of Jasmine Roy… — More…
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Wagner: Tannhäuser Peter Seiffert (Tannhäuser), Marina Prudenskaya (Venus), Ann Petersen (Elisabeth), Peter Mattei (Wolfram von Eschenbach), René Pape (Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim conducts his excellent forces as if he really does believe in the work, and the result…is that, though the work may not completely convince, there is far too much powerful music... — More…
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Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites Alain Vernhes (Marquis de la Force), Susan Gritton (Blanche de la Force), Bernard Richter (Chevalier de la Force), Sylvie Brunet (Madame de Croissy), Soile Isokoski (Madame Lidoine), Susanne Resmark (Mère Marie)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Kent Nagano
[the production is] set in a soulless authoritarian state but filmed in a way that underlines individual dilemmas and common humanity. It is worth watching for Sylvie Brunet’s doughty Madame... — More…
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Handel: Hercules Joyce DiDonato (Dejanira), William Shimell (Hercules), Ingela Bohlin (Iole), Toby Spence (Hyllus), Malena Ernman (Lichas) & Simon Kirkbride (Priest of Jupiter)
Les Arts Florissants Chorus & Orchestra, William Christie (conductor) & Luc Bondy (stage director)
