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Category Archives: Opera
Farcical elements to the fore in Eyre’s witty new Figaro as Met Opera season opens
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro **** Metropolitan Opera, 22nd September 2014 Le nozze di Figaro is often cited as the most perfect opera ever composed – a claim against which I find it difficult to argue. Based on Beaumarchais’ revolutionary La folle … Continue reading
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Tagged Amanda Majeski, Ildar Abdrazakov, Isabel Leonard, James Levine, Le nozze di Figaro, Marlis Petersen, Metropolitan Opera, Mozart, Peter Mattei, Richard Eyre
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No brimstone as Kasper Holten turns Don Giovanni on its head
Mozart: Don Giovanni **** The Royal Opera, 12th February 2014 Jean-Paul Sartre closes No Exit with the line, “Hell is other people” (“L’enfer, c’est les autres”), yet in Kasper Holten’s new production of Don Giovanni, Hell is quite the opposite … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Esposito, Alexander Tsymbalyuk, Anja Vang Kragh, Antonio Poli, Dawid Kimberg, Don Giovanni, Elizabeth Watts, Es Devlin, Kasper Holten, Luke Hall, Malin Byström, Mariusz Kwiecien, Mozart, Nicola Luisotti, Paul Wingfield, Véronqiue Gens
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The Met’s gorgeous Rusalka doesn’t probe the murky depths
Dvořák: Rusalka *** Metropolitan Opera, 8th February 2014 I’ve an inkling this production of Dvořák’s Rusalka at the Metropolitan Opera is the sort we’re supposed to shake our heads and sneer at. Sumptuously costumed and featuring handsome, realistic sets, Otto … Continue reading
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Tagged Dísella Làrusdóttir, Dolora Zajick, Dvořák, Emily Magee, John Relyea, Laurie Feldman, Maya Lahyani, Metropolitan Opera, Otto Schenk, Piotr Beczała, Renée Fleming, Renée Tatum, Rusalka, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
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‘Shabby shocker’ fails to impress
Puccini: Tosca ** Metropolitan Opera, 9th November 2013 Putting tried and trusted productions out to grass and replacing them is always a gamble. ENO unveiled its new Magic Flute last week, a spritely filly though some will hanker after Hytner’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Eduardo Valdes, George Gagnidze, James Courtney, John Del Carlo, Luc Bondy, Metropolitan Opera, Patricia Racette, Puccini, Richard Bernstein, Roberto Alagna, Roberto Frizza, Tosca
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