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Lyric Opera of Chicago: Every year
the Lyric Opera of Chicago sells over 100% of its capacity, and its easy to see
why... - Vol. 4, No. 5 Février / February 1999
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L’Opéra de Montréal: Violetta,
l’héroïne tuberculeuse de La Traviata, de Verdi, n’était pas la seule à
souffrir à l’ouverture de la saison de l’Opéra de Montréal, le 26 septembre
1998... - Vol. 4, No. 5 Février / February 1999
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Mozart : La Flûte Enchantée:
Une production d'Opera Lyra (Ottawa) Timothy Vernon / Orchestre du CNA. Cette production
de La Flûte Enchantée mérite des éloges à plusieurs titres. D'abord, elle atteignait
à un bel équilibre entre le comique et le sérieux... - Vol. 4, No. 5 Février /
February 1999
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Metropolitan Opera: It was a Zeffirelli
autumn at New York’s Metropolitan Opera, with numerous revivals and a few
controversial new productions. Bizet’s Carmen, in Franco Zeffirelli’s recent
bright, busy new Met staging (seen Oct. 26, 1998) showcased debuting French-Spanish mezzo
Beatrice Uria Monzon, who didn’t displace vivid recent memories of Denyce Graves... -
Vol. 4, No. 5 Février / February 1999
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Puccini : La Bohème: Imperial Theatre.
St. John, New Brunswick
Opera New Brunswick’s three-year struggle to stage Puccini’s La Bohème bore
fruit on Oct. 2 before an enthusiastic sold-out audience in St. John’s acoustically
splendid, gorgeously restored Imperial Theatre... - Vol. 4, No. 3 Novembre /
November 1998
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A Tristan for the Ages: Even for the most
inveterate Wagnerite, a perfect Tristan und Isolde happens only once in a lifetime.
Seattle Opera's new production arguably approachd perfection... - Vol. 4, No. 1
Septembre / September 1998
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Desert Songs: A Week at the Santa Fe
Opera: For the past 41 summers, the Santa Fe Opera in New Mexico has offered audiences
a unique blend of world class opera in beautiful natural surroundings... - Vol. 4,
No. 1 Septembre / September 1998
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W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan:
The Mikado: Brian Macdonald's production of The Mikado (seen July 21) is far from new but
it still sparkles, a near-perfect revival of the award-winning 1982 Stratford
production... - Vol. 4, No. 1 Septembre / September 1998
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Un Pur Ravissement Ces Nozze Di Figaro:
Dès les premières mesures, on savait que ces Noces auraient de l'énergie à revendre.
Bernard Labadie dirigeait ses Violons du Roy avec une ferveur à la limite de la
fébrilité... - Vol. 3, No. 7 Mai / May 1998
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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia:
Opera Lyra recently treated the Ottawa public to a fine production of Rossini’s Il
barbiere di Siviglia, the second and final staged operatic production of its 1997-98
season... - Vol. 3, No. 7 Mai / May 1998
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly:The
COC's recent production of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly was better the second time
around.... - Vol. 3, No. 7 Mai / May 1998
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Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd
Bizet: Carmen
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Billy Budd (Britten, d'après la nouvelle de Melville), Opéra Bastille. Sur une scène
qui ressemble à un radeau perdu dans la tempête, et sur laquelle se rassembleront
jusqu'à 300 hommes, le metteur en scène Francesca Zambello orchestre admirablement ce
combat du Bien et du Mal... - Vol. 3, No. 7 Mai / May 1998
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Montreal: Oct. 16, 1997. Australian
guitarist Slava Grigorian stopped in at Centre Pierre-Péladeau on his first North
American tour, organized by his new recording company, Sony... - Vol. 3, No. 5
Février-Mars / February-March 1998
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Toronto: Nov. 18, 1997. The
Kitchener-Waterloo Philharmonic Choir opened its 1997-98 season with Mendelssohn’s
intensely operatic oratorio Elijah. The strong quartet of soloists was led by
bass-baritone Gary Relyea’s inspired reading of the title role... - Vol. 3,
No. 5 Février-Mars / February-March 1998
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Winnipeg: November 15, 1997: Manitoba Opera
Association’s mounting of Gaetano Donizetti’s Don Pasquale proves timely in
marking the bicentenary of the composer’s birth... - Vol. 3, No. 5
Février-Mars / February-March 1998
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New York:
- January 12, 1998. The Metropolitan Opera’s first
staging of Richard Strauss’s Capriccio was a triumphant success.
- Jan. 13. The Met’s new production of
Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress had everything going for it:
beautiful sets by Peter Davison, stylised Roaring ‘20s costumes by Judy Levin, and an
all-star cast directed by Jonathan Miller.
- Jan. 14. Singers and critics alike have abused the 1998 Met
production of Verdi’s Il Trovatore (Joan Sutherland also blasts it
in her new autobiography).
- Jan. 15. Everyone knows Carnegie Hall is an acoustic
miracle, reverberating like a seashell from the wooden floorto the distant cheap seats
(and you hear best from up there).
- Jan. 16. Carnegie Hall was packed for the Marilyn
Horne Foundation’s Fifth Annual Gala.
- Jan. 17. The Bronx Opera Company is a great place to
hear unusual repertoire for under twenty dollars.
- Jan. 18. Die gyptische Helena (The Egyptian Helen,
1928) is one of Richard Strauss’s least known works, but as the American Symphony
Orchestra under Leon Botstein proved this afternoon, it makes for a thrilling
listening experience.
- Jan. 19. A packed but surprisingly cool house greeted the
opening night of the Met L’Elisir d’Amore, suggesting that
the public’s infatuation with a certain ailing tenor is waning... - Vol. 3,
No. 5 Février-Mars / February-March 1998
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Paris: Aufstieg und
Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Weill-Brecht), Pelléas et Mélisande
(Debussy-Maeterlinck) - Quel contraste entre ces deux productions! Autant l'une est
minimaliste, maniérée, abstraite, autant l'autre est surchargée et grouillante!... -
Vol. 3, No. 5 Février-Mars / February-March 1998
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Constantin Lifschitz, Salle Pierre-Mercure
November 24, 1997. The Montreal debut of pianist Constantin Lifschitz was a musical event
of major importance... - Vol. 3, No. 4 Décembre / December 1997
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Le Nozze de Figaro (Mozart-Da Ponte)
Opéra National de Paris: Créée en 1973 dans la petite salle de l'Opéra du château de
Versailles (500 places), cette célèbre production de Giorgio Strehler supporte plutôt
bien son transfert sur la grande scène de l'Opéra Bastille... - Vol. 3, No. 3
Novembre / November 1997
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Les Noces de Figaro (Mozart-Da
Ponte/Schmitt) Nabucco / Idomeneo / Peter Grimes. Regarder
un opéra dont on ne comprend ni les dialogues, ni l'action, c'est comme cultiver sa
virginité dans une maison de passe... - Vol. 3, No. 3 Novembre / November 1997
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Chicago Lyric Opera Turandot
(Puccini-Adam/Simoni). As a fitting tribute to their recently departed
general director Ardis Krainik the Lyric Opera of Chicago continues its tradition of
excellence... - Vol. 3, No. 3 Novembre / November 1997
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Opéra National de Paris: Puccini:
Turandot. Francesca Zambello, qui signe la mise en scène de cette
nouvelle production de Turandot, aime les défis... - Vol. 3, No. 3
Novembre / November 1997
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Opéra National de Paris:
- Le Nozze de Figaro (Mozart-Da Ponte) Créée en 1973
dans la petite salle de l'Opéra du château de Versailles (500 places), cette célèbre
production de Giorgio Strehler supporte plutôt bien son transfert sur la grande scène de
l'Opéra Bastille...
- Les Noces de Figaro (Mozart-Da Ponte/Schmitt)
Nabucco / Idomeneo / Peter Grimes. Regarder
un opéra dont on ne comprend ni les dialogues, ni l'action... - Vol. 3, No. 3
Novembre / November 1997
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Chicago Lyric Opera Nabucco
/ Idomeneo / Peter Grimes. As a fitting tribute to their recently departed
general director Ardis Krainik the Lyric Opera of Chicago continues its tradition of
excellence. The new Elijah Moshinsky/ Michael Yeargan production of Verdi's Nabucco
was a smash hit... - Vol. 3, No. 3 Novembre / November 1997
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Opéra National de Paris Turandot
(Puccini-Adami/Simoni). Francesca Zambello, qui signe la mise en scène
de cette nouvelle production de Turandot, aime les défis... - Vol. 3, No. 3
Novembre / November 1997
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Metropolitain Opera, New York Puccini:
Turandot / R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos / Massenet:
Manon. Impossible to get a ticket for the Pavarotti-Eaglen
Turandot. This week the Zeffirelli production served as a back drop for a futile exercise
in Pavarotti-worship... - Vol. 3, No. 3 Novembre / November 1997
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New York City Opera Gluck: Iphigénie
en Tauride / Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri / Mozart:
The Magic Flute. The $27 million dollar question this autumn at the New York City
Opera is whether Paul Kellogg's policy of transferring Glimmerglass Opera productions to
the City Opera will work. I am happy to report almost total success... - Vol. 3,
No. 3 Novembre / November 1997
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En concert An Evening of
Brahms and Schubert Sonatas / Brahms: Trios and Sonatas / Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
/ Holst: The Planets. Lorraine and Oliver Esmonde-White are on a mission to
repersonalize classical music. For the past four years the Esmonde-Whites have presented a
panoply of Canada's best musicians in the intimacy of their Laval home... - Vol.
3, No. 3 Novembre / November 1997
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En concert - Bach: Goldberg Variations Weep, o
Montrealers! The best concert yet this season was the most poorly attended. Les Violons du
Roy’s stunning Salle Claude-Champagne performance of Bernard Labadie’s brilliant
new transcription for strings and continuo... - Vol. 3, No. 2 Octobre / October
1997
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MSO - OSM in Concert Carl von Weber: Euryanthe
Overture / Tchaikowsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 / Beethoven: Symphony No. 6. The Euryanthe
Overture felt like a short, light, warm-up with a particularly well-played Largo which
grew from eight violins to encompass most of the strings... - Vol. 3, No. 2
Octobre / October 1997
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L’Opéra de Montréal - Faust Début de saison
mouvementé si l’on en juge par les huées qui ont ponctué les applaudissements tout
au long de la représentation. Il y a même un spectateur qui m’a confié au premier
entracte que «cette production était une honte»... - Vol. 3, No. 2 Octobre /
October 1997
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Canadian Opera Company - Oedipus Rex The Canadian Opera Company’s reputation for innovative and unconventional
productions is strongly reaffirmed by their current double bill... -
Vol. 3, No. 2 Octobre / October 1997
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| Cecilia Bartoli in Recital Cecilia Bartoli’s
September 28 concert at Roy Thompson Hall was a triumphant success. La Bartoli was in
sensational voice and obviously enjoyed herself enormously... -
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