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Widescreen operatic chiller: Karina Canellakis unlocks the doors to Bluebeard’s Castle

Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle TivoliVredenburg, 3rd July 2020 There can be little doubt that, along with ballet, fully staged opera will be the last of the arts to return to any sort of normality once this pandemic is over (unless it’s … Continue reading

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Musical gifts from Karina Canellakis and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

Canellakis/ Netherlands Radio Philharmonic TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, 19th June 2020 Bouquets are usually given at the end of a performance, but Karina Canellakis and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra began their concert in TivoliVredenburg with a floral offering, Puccini’s Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums). This closing event in the Avrotros … Continue reading

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Karina Canellakis skippers a French voyage with the Oxford Philharmonic

Saint-Saëns, Debussy: Canellakis/Oxford Philharmonic *** Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 28th January 2017 Oxford may well be far from the coast, but it played host to a bracing French voyage last night at the Sheldonian Theatre. Cramped in the decks beneath Sir … Continue reading

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