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Something unusually sensible
This makes excellent reading. Sample:The best argument to use with opera traditionalists who argue that productions should be done the one “faithful” way and no other way?Liz Taylor and Richard Burton...
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Alain Platel - C(h)oeurs
La Monnaie, Brussels, Sunday September 1 2013Conductor: Marc Piollet. Concept, production and sets: Alain Platel. Lighting: Carlo Bourguignon. Costumes: Dorine Demuynck. Additional music: Steven...
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Gluck - Alceste
ONP Garnier, Wednesday September 26 2013Conductor: Marc Minkowski. Production: Olivier Py. Sets & costumes: Pierre-André Weitz. Lighting: Bertrand Killy. Admète: Yann Beuron. Alceste: Sophie Koch....
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Janacek - Vec Makropoulos
ONP Bastille, Wednesday October 2 2013Leos Janacek and his wifeConductor: Susanna Mälkki. Production: Krzysztof Warlikowski. Sets and costumes: Malgorzata Szczesniak. Video: Denis Guéguin. Lighting:...
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Mamali Shafahi - Daddy Sperm
Galerie Nicolas Silin"Daddy Sperm, an installation combining multiple videos with related objects, is the culmination of two years’ reflection on the “miracle” of life - how a simple drop of liquid...
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Mozart - La Clemenza di Tito
La Monnaie, Brussels, Sunday October 13 2013Conductor: Ludovic Morlot. Production: Ivo van Hove. Sets: Jan Versweyveld. Costumes: An D’Huys. Video: Tal Yarden. Tito Vespasiano: Kurt Streit. Vitellia:...
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Verdi - Aida
ONP Bastille, Friday October 25, 2013Conductor: Philippe Jordan. Production: Olivier Py. Sets and costumes: Pierre-André Weitz. Lighting: Bertrand Killy. Il Re: Carlo Cigni. Amneris: Luciana D’intino....
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Britten - War Requiem
La Monnaie – Bozar, Brussels, Sunday November 3 2013Conductor: Ludovic Morlot. Soprano: Sabina Cvilak. Tenor: Mark Padmore. Baritone: Dietrich Henschel. Orchestra and Chorus of La Monnaie. Flemish...
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Richard Strauss - Elektra
ONP Bastille, Paris, Monday November 4 2013Conductor: Philippe Jordan. Production: Robert Carsen. Sets: Michael Levine. Costumes: Vazul Matusz. Lighting: Robert Carsen, Peter Van Praet. Klytämnestra:...
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George Benjamin - Written on Skin
Opéra Comique, Paris, Monday November 18 2013Conductor: George Benjamin. Production: Katie Mitchell. Sets and costumes: Vicki Mortimer. Lighting: Jon Clark. The Protector: Christopher Purves. Agnès:...
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The Castrato Project
The Stile Galante baroque orchestra, under Stefano Aresi, plans to record a new CD with Ann Hallenberg devoted to one of the most famous, celebrated and important castrato singers of Mozart's age:Ann...
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Bellini - I Puritani
ONP Bastille, Friday December 6 2013Conductor: Michele Mariotti. Production and Costumes: Laurent Pelly. Sets: Chantal Thomas. Lighting: Joël Adam. Lord Gualtiero Valton: Wojtek Smilek. Sir Giorgio:...
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Schumann - Manfred
Opéra Comique, Paris, Wednesday December 11 2013Conductor: Emmanuel Krivine. Production and lighting: Georges Lavaudant. Sets and costumes: Jean-Pierre Vergier. Manfred: Pascal Rénéric. The Witch, The...
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Ambroise Thomas - Hamlet
La Monnaie, Brussels, Sunday December 15 2013Conductor: Marc Minkowski. Production: Olivier Py. Sets and Costumes: Pierre-André Weitz. Lighting: Bertrand Killy. Claudius: Vincent Le Texier. La Reine...
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Glass - Einstein on the Beach
Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, Friday January 10 2014Conductor: Michael Riesman. Production, set and lighting design: Robert Wilson. Costumes: Carlos Soto. Lighting: Urs Schönebaum. Sound: Kurt Munkasci....
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They left at the interval
Béraud - La Sortie de ThéâtreThe ever-excellent Parterre Box has found and published the perfect picture for this blog. I reproduce it here.
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Delibes - Lakmé
Opéra Comique, Paris, Tuesday January 14 2014Conductor: François-Xavier Roth. Production: Lilo Baur. Sets: Caroline Ginet. Costumes: Hanna Sjödin. Lighting: Gilles Gentner. Choreography: Olia Lydaki....
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La Monnaie - Salle Malibran, Brussels, Sunday January 19 2014Conductor: Roger Vignoles. Production: Ted Huffman. Sets and costumes: Samal Blak. Lighting: Marcus Doshi. Thérèse: Aoife Miskelly. Le mari:...
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