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Monthly Archives: August 2016
Bolshoi reflections: creaky drama and a rising star in London
Don Quixote, Swan Lake, The Taming of the Shrew, Le Corsaire We’re over a month into the BBC Proms season, yet I’ve only attended one concert thus far. What gives? Apart from a week away at Verbier Festival and Dorset … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexei Fadeyechev, Alexei Ratmansky, Artemy Belyakov, Bolshoi Ballet, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Denis Rodkin, Don Quixote, Le Corsaire, Minkus, Olga Smirnova, Shostakovich, Svetlana Zakharova, Swan Lake, Tchaikovsky, The Taming of the Shrew, Yulia Stepanova, Yuri Grigorovich
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Enchanted Wood: dream of a Dream at Glyndebourne
Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream ***** Glyndebourne, 11th August 2016 “Out of this wood do not desire to go!” Tytania orders Bottom. Glyndebourne’s revival of Peter Hall’s classic production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is eerily enchanting, weaving its spell right … Continue reading
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Tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, Anthony Gregory, Benjamin Hulett, Britten, Claudia Huckle, Colin Judson, David Evans, David Soar, Duncan Rock, Elizabeth DeShong, Glyndebourne, Jakub Hrůša, John Bury, Kate Royal, Kathleen Kim, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Lynne Hockney, Matthew Rose, Michael Sumuel, Peter Hall, Sion Goronwy, Tim Mead, Trinity Boys Choir, William Dazeley
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Kiss me, Katya: Bolshoi’s Shrew a slinky, sexy delight
Shostakovich: The Taming of the Shrew ***** Bolshoi Ballet, Royal Opera House, 3rd August 2016 “If I be waspish, best beware my sting.” Thus the feisty Katharine warns off Petruchio in Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, but he’s irresistibly … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Tikhomirova, Artemy Belyakov, Bolshoi Ballet, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Ekaterina Krysanova, Igor Dronov, Jean-Christophe Maillot, Olga Smirnova, Semyon Chudin, Shostakovich, The Taming of the Shrew, Vladislav Lantratov
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