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Don Carlo from Verdi: ascent into madness?

Published on October 6, 2017February 12, 2019 in O & P Highlights/Opera/Reviews by maeshelle west-davies

Don Carlo Premiere 30.09.2017 // Don Carlo (Gaston Rivero) © Kirsten Nijhof

Verdi’s Don Carlo to play twice again this month at Oper Leipzig.

‘Tis the season for Cinderella, Rossini style

Published on December 20, 2016December 20, 2016 in Culture / Entertainment/Opera/Reviews by maeshelle west-davies

La Cenerentola Premiere // Angelina (Wallis Giunta) & Don Ramiro (Matteo Macchioni) © Kirsten Nijhof

Perfect day after Boxing Day activity!

Leipzigers discover Gilbert and Sullivan

Published on November 6, 2016September 6, 2018 in Opera/Opinion/Reviews by Lito Seizani

Photo of Frederick Hobbs, James Hay and Bertha Lewis in The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan, 1919. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

The Pirates of Penzance, playing at the Musikalische Komödie of Leipzig, features superb singing and acting of a British comic opera classic in German.

Bayreuth: our personal pilgrimage for Wagner

Published on October 11, 2016February 13, 2019 in Opera/Travel by leipglo

Richard Wagner

Welcome to the holy grail of festival tickets in Germany.

Rossini’s unmissable ball

Published on May 28, 2016September 6, 2018 in Opera/Stage by Lito Seizani

Rossini's La Cenerentola at Leipzig Oper, photo by Kirsten Nijhof

La Cenerentola at Oper Leipzig: formidable flood of a music which reflects the larger-than-life personality of Rossini.

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