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Criticks Reviews: Music

Dutch National Opera: Handel’s Tamerlano and Alcina

Dutch National Opera: Handel’s Tamerlano and Alcina

Eighteenth and twentieth-century aesthetics were at odds in Dutch National Opera's Handel duo, but the singers and orchestra were excellent

Event Date(s): 24th Feb 2015

Location: Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam

Reviewed by: Julie and Frans Muller

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A Performance in Marylebone Gardens recreated: Pergolesi’s ‘La Serva Padrona’

A Performance in Marylebone Gardens recreated: Pergolesi’s ‘La Serva Padrona’

Insieme offer a highly enjoyable recreation of an eighteenth-century experience with Pergolesi's 'La Serva Padrona'

Event Date(s): 27th Feb 2015

Location: Wilton's Music Hall, London

Reviewed by: Angela Escott

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Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and Master Chorale: Mozart’s ‘Requiem’ Discovery Concert

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and Master Chorale: Mozart’s ‘Requiem’ Discovery Concert

Jeffrey Kahane and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra provide a highly informative evening with a superb performance of Mozart's Requiem.

Event Date(s): 26th Feb 2015

Location: Ambassador Auditorium, LA

Reviewed by: Howard D. Weinbrot

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OperaUpClose: Mozart’s ‘Marriage of Figaro’

OperaUpClose: Mozart’s ‘Marriage of Figaro’

OperaUpClose's new production of 'The Marriage of Figaro' provides new insights into Mozart's much-loved opera.

Event Date(s): 18th Feb 2015

Location: The North Wall, Summertown, Oxford

Reviewed by: Peter Schofield

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Mozart in London Festival Weekend

Mozart in London Festival Weekend

Classical Opera's Mozart in London Festival Weekend offers an in-depth exploration of the Mozart family's extended stay in England's capital.

Event Date(s): 20th Feb 2015

Location: Milton Court Concert Hall, London

Reviewed by: Hannah Templeton

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Baroque Band and Cedille Records: Maurice Greene’s Overtures

Baroque Band and Cedille Records: Maurice Greene’s Overtures

Baroque Band and Gary Clarke present a fine, if at times unadventurous, recording of Maurice Greene's little-known Overtures.

Event Date(s): 2nd Feb 2015

Location: Recorded in Chicago

Reviewed by: Joseph Lockwood

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Classical Opera’s ‘1765: A Retrospective’

Classical Opera’s ‘1765: A Retrospective’

Classical Opera's superb snapshot of music from 1765 marks the launch of their innovative 'Mozart 250' project.

Event Date(s): 22nd Jan 2015

Location: Wigmore Hall

Reviewed by: Hannah Templeton

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Camerata Academica of the Antipodes concert: Corelli, Purcell, Bach, Nachez, Gilbert and Sullivan

Camerata Academica of the Antipodes concert: Corelli, Purcell, Bach, Nachez, Gilbert and Sullivan

Camerata Academica of the Antipodes present another stunning evening of music to end their 2014 season.

Event Date(s): 31st Dec 2014

Location: St Alban’s Church Hall, Epping, Sydney, Australia

Reviewed by: Timothy Harries (University of Sydney) and Jenny Vergison

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Handel's 'Xerxes' at the Graz Opera

Handel’s ‘Xerxes’ at the Graz Opera

Stefan Herheim's creative interpretation of Handel's 'Serse' entertains at Graz Opera.

Event Date(s): 4th Dec 2014

Location: Graz

Reviewed by: Ivan Ćurković

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Gioaccino Rossini: Mosè in Egitto, Guillaume Tell

Gioaccino Rossini: Mosè in Egitto, Guillaume Tell

The Welsh National Opera present a mixed bag with two Rossini operas

Event Date(s): 1st Nov 2014

Location: New Theatre. Oxford

Reviewed by: Peter Schofield

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