The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: The Royal Opera, London
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What follows is a piece about Manon at Covent Garden from Miss LCU, the second of three segments from her European holiday. * Tattling * I saw Manon at Covent Garden on July 7th and it is now September. Clearly, I am delinquent with my reporting duties. It does not seem to make sense at this point…
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The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden is planning to present an opera about Anna Nicole Smith by Mark-Anthony Turnage in 2011. Guardian Article
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Damon Albarn’s Monkey: Journey to the West finished a short run at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden from July 23rd to 26th. The work is in Mandarin but was first performed last year in Manchester, and has since appeared at the Théâtre du Châtelet and the Spoleto Festival USA. Reviews of ROH Performances: Daily…
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Opening night tickets for Don Giovanni at Covent Garden will be only available to readers of The Sun. BBC Article | Royal Opera House | The Sun
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Robert LePage’s production of The Rake’s Progress is currently at Covent Garden. The reviews seem mixed, Rupert Christiansen found the production dull, but Warwick Thompson found it magical. I should have liked to hear John Relyea sing Nick Shadow, as I found James Morris a bit boring in that role last year. Richard Morrison’s Review in the…
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This week’s The Economist has an article on Peter Gelb‘s simulcasts. San Francisco Opera and the Royal Opera House are also mentioned. I especially like these two sentences from the article: Opera purists are not at all happy about Mr Gelb’s foray into cinemas. They argue that opera was made to be seen live in opera houses and they…
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Voigt returns to Covent Garden tonight in the title role of Ariadne auf Naxos. AP Article | Deborah Voigt Official Site | Production Site | YouTube
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Next season the Royal Opera, London will show live performances of both ballet and opera in movie theaters across the UK. As for this season, ROH will present pre-recorded a performance of Carmen, along with the ballets Sylvia, Romeo and Juliet, The Tales of Beatrix Potter, and Sleeping Beauty. Telegraph | CBC News |Official Site
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September 8- October 4 2008: Don GiovanniSeptember 16-29 2008: La fanciulla del WestSeptember 23- October 10 2008: La CalistoOctober 11-18 2008: La BohèmeOctober 23- November 11 2008: Matilde di ShabranNovember 9-24 2008: ElektraNovember 25- December 13 2008: Les Contes d'HoffmannDecember 9 2008- January 1 2009: Hänsel und GretelDecember 22- January 23 2008: TurandotJanuary 20-31 2009:…
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The chief executive of the Royal Opera House Tony Hall recently reviewed youth dance in the UK and dance is to receive £5.5 million from the Departments for Culture, Media and Sport and Children, Schools and Families and Arts Council England. Press Release | BBC Article
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