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Tag Archives: Meyerbeer
From Auber to Halévy: El-Khoury and Spyres celebrate a pair of French stars in style
Opera Rara: Joyce El-Khoury & Michael Spyres **** Cadogan Hall, 14th July 2017 Opera Rara celebrated Bastille Day with a tribute to two great French singers, Julie Dorus-Gras and Gilbert Duprez. Dorus-Gras was a leading soprano in Paris in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Auber, Carlo Rizzi, Donizetti, Halévy, Hérold, Joyce El-Khoury, Meyerbeer, Michael Spyres, Rossini, The Hallé, Verdi
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Paradise regained: Vasco da Gama sets sail in style at Deutsche Oper
Meyerbeer: Vasco da Gama **** Deutsche Oper Berlin, 4th October 2015 There are some random ways to die in opera – caught in an avalanche, hurled into a cauldron of boiling water, thrown to the lions – but inhaling the … Continue reading
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Tagged Deutsche Oper, Enrique Mazzola, Jens Kilian, Markus Brück, Meyerbeer, Nino Machaidze, Roberto Alagna, Sophie Koch, Vasco da Gama, Vera Nemirova
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