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Plums and turkeys: a musical voyage around 2016

Posted on December 28, 2016 by Mark Pullinger

Most people I know cannot wait to see the back of 2016. But in the year in which Brexit, Trump and the Grim Reaper were the big winners, I admit to having had a terrific twelve months. A whirl of … Continue reading →

Posted in Comment | Tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, Akhnaten, Akram Khan, Aleksandra Kurzak, Alice Sara Ott, Alvis Hermanis, Anastasia, Anna Netrebko, Attila, Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris, Barrie Kosky, BBCSO, Beethoven, Boris Godunov, Cavalleria rusticana, Cesar Corrales, Chabrier, Charles Dutoit, Così fan tutte, Daniel Barenboim, David Bösch, David Bruce, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Dmitri Tcherniakov, Don Carlo, Dutch National Opera, Elina Garanca, Enescu, English National Ballet, English National Opera, Ermonela Jaho, Eugene Onegin, Florent Schmitt, Garsington Opera, Giselle, Glass, Glyndebourne, Grange Park Opera, Grigory Sokolov, Herbert Blomstedt, Il trovatore, Iolanta, Jaap van Zweden, Jan Philipp Gloger, Jean-Christophe Maillot, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Karita Mattila, Katie Mitchell, L'Étoile, La canterina, La Fenice, La Scala, Le Concert d'Astrée, Le Corsaire, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Lucia di Lammermoor, Madama Butterfly, Mariss Jansons, Matthew Bourne, Maurizio Pollini, Natalia Osipova, Nothing, Oedipe, Opera Holland Park, Opéra national de Paris, Opera North, Opera Rara, Orchestre de Paris, Pagliacci, Peter Hall, Philippe Cassard, Pique Dame, Puccini, Riccardo Chailly, Richard Farnes, Richard Jones, Roderick Williams, Rodula Gaitanou, Rossini, Royal Ballet, Royal Opera, Ruxandra Donose, Semiramide, Shostakovich, Sondra Radvanovsky, Sonya Yoncheva, Stefan Herheim, Stuart MacRae, Tamara Rojo, Teatro alla Scala, The Devil Inside, The Golden Cockerel, The Nose, The Nutcracker, The Queen of Spades, The Red Shoes, The Rose and the Ring, The Sleeping Beauty, The Taming of the Shrew, The Winter's Tale, Verbier Festival, Verdi, Vladimir Stoyanov, Welsh National Opera, Written on Skin, Zenaida Yanowsky | Comments Off

Tcherniakov triumphs with Iolanta, but hobbles Nutcracker at the Garnier

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Mark Pullinger

Tchaikovsky: Iolanta/ The Nutcracker *** Opéra de Paris, Palais Garnier, 11th March 2016 At the 1892 première of Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta and The Nutcracker, it was the opera which scored the bigger hit with the critics, even though it’s the ballet which … Continue reading →

Posted in Ballet, Opera | Tagged Alain Altinoglu, Alexander Tsymbalyuk, Alice Renavand, Andrei Zhilikhovsky, Anna Patalong, Arnold Rutkowski, Arthur Pita, Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris, Choeur d'enfants de l'Opéra National de Paris, Choeurs de l'Opéra National de Paris, Édouard Lock, Elena Zaitseva, Elena Zaremba, Gennady Bezzubenkov, Iolanta, Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine, Marion Barbeau, Nicholas Paul, Opéra national de Paris, Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris, Paola Gardina, Paris, Roman Shulakov, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Sonya Yoncheva, Stéphane Bullion, Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker, Vito Priante | Comments Off

A cold, distant Pelléas et Mélisande from Paris (Naïve)

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Mark Pullinger

Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande ** (Naïve DR2159) “Ne me touchez pas, ne me touchez pas,” protests Mélisande when Golaud discovers her in the forest in the opening scene of Debussy’s opera. I declared early on in my viewing that Mélisande … Continue reading →

Posted in DVD/Blu-ray | Tagged Anne Sofie von Otter, Debussy, Elena Tsallagova, Franz Josef Selig, Julie Mathevet, Naive, Opéra national de Paris, Pelléas et Mélisande, Robert Wilson, Stéphane Degout, Vincent Le Texier | 1 Comment

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