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Month: June 2010
Musically Astute Armida, Garsington
Garsington has become a distinctive part of the English summer opera season.
Better than Wagner
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article7146754.ece
Le Grand Macabre, Avery Fisher Hall, NY
Gyˆrgy Ligeti (1923-2006) was a naughty boy, and he reveled in it.
Pearl Fishers, ENO
The opening tableau of Penny Woolcock’s new production depicts deep waters with rays of sun hitting the surface; in the murky blue depths, three harnessed acrobats glide down to the sea bed and back up again.
Valencia Ring: Siegfried.
Siegfried is a challenging opera to stage effectively, and the presentation by La Fura dels Baus in Zubin Mehta’s new Ring cycle merits attention on various counts.
Festive Concert with Jessye Norman
It was more the ruins than the remnants of a once-great voice that Jessye Norman brought to Israel’s new, 6500-seat outdoor opera theater at the foot of historic Masada Mountain.
Nabucco at Masada
Israel Opera Nabucco includes three Va pensiero’s It’s apocrypha, of course, but legend has it that since its 1843 premiere at La Scala audiences have wanted an encore of the chorus Va pensiero when Verdi’s Nabucco is on stage.
Armida, Garsington Opera
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/opera/7811652/Armida-Garsington-Opera-review.html
A Dog’s Heart, Het Muziektheatre, Amsterdam
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/8ab066ec-7313-11df-ae73-00144feabdc0.html