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performances I have seen recently.
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The
Tsarina's Slippers, Royal Opera
Nov 09 Turandot, Met Opera cinema Nov 09 Bluebeard's
Castle, ENO Nov 09 Aida, Met Opera cinema Oct 09 Turn
of the Screw, ENO Oct 09 Tosca, Met cinema Oct 09 Carmen, Royal Opera Oct 09 Tristan
und Isolde, Royal Opera Oct 09 Rigoletto, ENO Sept 09 Le
Grand Macabre, ENO Sept 09 Don
Carlo, Royal Opera Sept 09 Linda
di Chamounix, Royal Opera
Sept 09 Rusalka, Glyndebourne Aug 09 Mariinsky
Visit, London July/Aug 09 Tristan
und Isolde, Glyndebourne, Aug 09 Katya
Kabanova, Holland Park Aug 09 The
Ring, Maryinsky, London
July/Aug 09 Meistersinger, Bayreuth July 09 Tristan
und Isolde, Bayreuth July 09 Un
Ballo in Maschera, Holland Park
July 09 Il
Barbiere di Siviglia, Royal Opera
July 09 Tosca, Royal Opera July 09 L'Amour
de loin, ENO July 09 Glyndebourne
Anniversary Concert, June 09 La
Traviata, Royal Opera June 09 Parthenogenesis, Linbury Studio, June 09 Lulu, Royal Opera June 09 Roberto
Devereux, Holland Park June 09 Peter
Grimes, ENO May 09 La
Cenerentola, Met cinema May 09 Lohengrin, Royal Opera April 09 Il
Trovatore, Royal Opera April 09 Dido
and Aeneas, Royal Opera April 09 Acis
and Galatea, Royal Opera and Ballet
April 09 Macbeth by Bloch, UCOpera March 09 La
Sonnambula, Met cinema March 09 Madama
Butterfly, Met cinema March 09 I
Capuleti e i Montecchi, Royal Opera
March 09 Der
fliegende Holländer, Royal Opera
Feb 09 Der
Rosenkavalier, Deutsche Oper Berlin
Feb 09 Die
Ägyptische Helena, Deutsche Oper
Berlin Feb 09 Cassandra, Deutsche Oper Berlin Feb 09 Elektra, Deutsche Oper Berlin Feb 09 Ariadne
auf Naxos, Deutsche Oper Berlin
Feb 09 Salome, Deutsche Oper Berlin Feb 09 Lucia
di Lammermoor, Met cinema Feb 09 Magic
Flute, ENO Jan 09 Die
Tote Stadt, Royal Opera Jan 09 Orfeo
ed Euridice, Met cinema Jan 09 Britten's
Beggar's Opera, Linbury, ROH
Jan 09 La
Rondine, Met cinema Jan 09 Thaïs, Met
cinema Dec 08 Hansel and Gretel, ROH cinema Dec 08 Riders to the Sea,
ENO Nov 08 Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Royal Opera Nov 08 Boris Godunov,
ENO Nov 08 Elektra, Royal
Opera Nov 08 Dr. Atomic,
Met cinema Nov 08 Partenope,
ENO Oct 08 For You,
Linbury Studio, ROH Oct 08 Tamerlano,
Madrid cinema Oct 08 Aida, ENO Oct 08 Matilde di Shabran, Royal Opera Oct 08 Salome, Met
cinema Oct 08 La fanciulla del West, Royal Opera Sept 08 Cavalleria Rusticana,
ENO Sept 08 I Pagliacci,
ENO Sept 08 La Calisto,
Royal Opera Sept 08 Don Giovanni,
Royal Opera Sept 08 Kashchey the Deathless in concert, Proms Aug 08 Osud in concert,
Proms Aug 08 Love and other Demons, Glyndebourne Aug 08 Iolanta,
Holland Park Opera July 08 La Gioconda,
Holland Park Opera July 08 Rake's Progress,
Royal Opera July 08 L'incoronazione di Poppea, Glyndebourne June 08 Albert Herring, Glyndebourne June 08 Il Trovatore,
Holland Park June 08 Ariadne auf Naxos,
Royal Opera June 08 Powder Her Face, Linbury Studio ROH June 08 Don Carlo,
Royal Opera June 08 Orlando, Chicago
Opera Theater June 08 A Flowering Tree, Chicago Opera Theater May 08. Tosca, Royal
Opera May 08 Simon Boccanegra, Royal Opera May 08 Mitridate,
Freiburg, Germany Apr 08 Gianni Schicchi, Brno, Cz Apr 08 I Pagliacci,
Brno, Cz Apr 08 The Minotaur,
Royal Opera Apr 08 Tristan und Isolde, Met cinema Mar 08 Barber of Seville,
Lyric Opera Mar 08 Eugene Onegin,
Lyric Opera Mar 08 Peter Grimes,
Met cinema Mar 08 Salome, Royal
Opera Feb 08 Manon Lescaut, Met cinema Feb 08 La Traviata,
Royal Opera Jan 08 Macbeth, Met
cinema Jan 08 Parsifal,
Royal Opera Dec 07 Romeo et Juliette,
Met cinema Dec 07 La Cenerentola, Royal Opera Dec 07 Die Frau ohne Schatten, Lyric Nov 07 Giulio Cesare,
Lyric Nov 07 Der Ring des Niebelungen, Royal Opera Oct 07 La Traviata,
Lyric Oct 07 L'amore dei tre Re,
Holland Park Aug 07 St. Matthew Passion, Glyndebourne Aug 07 La Traviata, Holland Park Jul 07 La Cenerentola, Glyndebourne Jul 07 Lakmé, Holland Park Jul 07 Rigoletto,
Royal Opera Jul 07 Katya Kabanova,
Royal Opera Jul 07 Thaïs, Royal
Opera Jun 07 Love for Three Oranges, Maryinsky Jun 07 The Gambler,
Maryinsky Jun 07 Nabucco,
Holland Park Jun 07 Death in Venice,
ENO Jun 07 Don Giovanni,
Royal Opera Jun 07 Jenufa, Holland
Park Jun 07 Cosi fan tutte,
Glyndebourne May 07 Fidelio, Royal
Opera May 07 L'heure espagnol, Royal Opera Mar 07 Gianni Schicchi, Royal Opera Mar 07 The Tempest,
Royal Opera Mar 07 Dialogues des Carmélites, Lyric Feb 07 La Fille du Regiment, Royal Opera
Jan 07 Carmen, Royal Opera Jan 07 Il Trovatore,
Lyric Nov 06 Salome, Lyric
Oct 06 Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Proms in concert Aug 06 Giulio Cesare,
Glyndebourne Aug 06 Pique Dame,
Holland Park Jul 06 Die Fledermaus,
Glyndebourne Jul 06 The Makropulos
Case, ENO May 06 Bluebeard's Castle, Royal Opera May 06 Cyrano de Bergerac,
Royal Opera May 06 Götterdämmerung, Royal Opera May 06 |
Agon,
Sphinx, Limen (2), Royal Ballet Nov 09 Cyrano, Birmingham Royal Ballet Nov 09 Quantum
Leaps: Powder, E = mc2, and The Centre and its
Opposite, BRB Nov 09 Rite
of Spring, Fabulous Beast Dance
Theatre Nov 09 Agon,
Sphinx, Limen, Royal Ballet
Nov 09 Mayerling (2),
Royal Ballet Oct 09 Sleeping
Beauty, Royal Ballet Oct 09 Mayerling, Royal Ballet Oct 09 Goldberg, by Brandstrup, ROH Linbury Sept 09 Mariinsky
Visit, London July/Aug 09 Sleeping
Beauty, Maryinsky, London Aug 09 Homage
to Balanchine, Maryinsky, London
Aug 09 Swan
Lake, Maryinsky, London Aug 09 Romeo
and Juliet, Maryinsky, London
Aug 09 Jewels, Royal Ballet June 09 Tribute
to Diaghilev, ROH June 09 Ondine, Royal Ballet May 09 Les
Sylphides, Royal Ballet May 09 Sensorium, Royal Ballet May 09 The
Firebird, Royal Ballet May 09 Sylvia, Birm. Royal Ballet April 09 Serenade, Birm. Royal Ballet April 09 Enigma
Variations, BRB April 09 Still
Life at the Penguin Café, BRB
April 09 Giselle, Royal Ballet April 09 Swan
Lake, American Ballet Theater,
March 09 Dances
at a Gathering, Royal Ballet
March 09 Isadora, Royal Ballet March 09 Seven
Deadly Sins, Royal Ballet Jan 09 Carmen, Royal Ballet Jan 09 DGV: Dance à grande vitesse, Royal Ballet Jan 09 La
Bayadere, Royal Ballet Jan 09 Sleeping
Beauty, ENB Dec 08 Voluntaries, Royal Ballet Nov 08 The
Lesson, Royal Ballet Nov 08 Infra, Royal Ballet Nov 08 Manon, Royal Ballet Oct/Nov 08 Sleeping
Beauty in concert, Proms Aug 08 Pulchinella, Holland Park Opera July 08 Le
Halte de Cavalerie, Mikhailovsky
Ballet July 08 Divertissements, Mikhailovsky Ballet July 08 Paquita, Mikhailovsky Ballet July 08 Dances
at a Gathering, Royal Ballet
May 08 The
Dream, Royal Ballet May 08 Serenade, Royal Ballet May 08 Rushes, Royal Ballet May 08 Homage
to the Queen, Royal Ballet
May 08 Electric
Counterpoint, Royal Ballet
Feb 08 Afternoon
of a Faun, Royal Ballet Feb 08 Tzigane, Royal Ballet Feb 08 Month
in the Country, Royal Ballet
Feb 08 Chroma, Royal Ballet Feb 08 Different
Drummer, Royal Ballet Feb 08 Rite
of Spring, Royal Ballet Feb 08 Sylvia, Royal Ballet Feb 08 Les
Patineurs, Royal Ballet Dec/Jan 08 Beatrix
Potter, Royal Ballet Dec/Jan 08 Giselle,
Joffrey Oct 07 Don Q, Bolshoi
Aug 07 Spartacus,
Bolshoi Aug 07 Ballet Boyz Gala, July 07 Romeo and Juliet, Eifman Jun 07 Checkmate,
Royal Ballet Jun 07 Symphonic Variations, Royal Ballet Jun 07 Song of the Earth,
Royal Ballet Jun 07 Seven Deadly Sins,
Royal Ballet May 07 Pierrot Lunaire, Royal Ballet May 07 La fin du jour,
Royal Ballet May 07 Onegin, Royal
Ballet Mar 07 Apollo,
Royal Ballet Mar 07 Children of Adam, Royal Ballet Mar 07 Theme and Variations, Royal Ballet Mar 07 Les Présages,
Joffrey Feb 07 Apollo,
Joffrey Feb 07 The Green Table, Joffrey Feb 07 Sleeping Beauty,
Royal Ballet Dec 06 Nutcracker,
Joffrey Dec 06 Swan Lake,
Kirov Nov 06 Cinderella,
Joffrey Oct 06 Don Q, Bolshoi
Aug 06 Go for Broke,
Bolshoi Aug 06 Pique Dame,
Bolshoi Aug 06 Symphony in C, Bolshoi Aug 06 The Bright Stream, Bolshoi Aug 06 |
Our
Man in Havana, Richmond Nov 09 Enron, Royal Court Theatre, Oct 09 Browning
Version, Rose, Kingston Sept 09 Hamlet, Wyndham's Theatre Aug 09 Helen, Globe Theatre Aug 09 Cherry
Orchard, Old Vic June 09 Phèdre National Theatre June 09 Arcadia, Duke of York's June 09 Wallenstein, Chichester June 09 Winter's
Tale, Old Vic June 09 View
from the Bridge, Richmond Theatre,
May 09 Burnt
by the Sun, National Theatre
May 09 The
Winslow Boy, Rose, Kingston
May 09 Madame
de Sade, Wyndham's Theatre
May 09 Romeo
and Juliet, Globe Theatre May 09 Collaboration, Chichester May 09 Taking
Sides, Chichester May 09 Duet
for One, Richmond Theatre Apr 09 Mary
Goes First, Orange Tree, Richmond
Jan 09 Twelfth
Night, Wyndham's Theatre Jan 09 Love's
Labour's Lost, Rose, Kingston
Nov 08 A
Disappearing Number, Barbican
Oct 08 Ivanov, Wyndham's Theatre Oct 08 Oedipus, National Theatre Oct 08 Leaving, Orange Tree, Richmond Oct 08 In-i, National Theatre Sept 08 Gigi, Open Air, Regent's Park Aug 08 King
Lear, Globe Aug 08 Merry
Wives of Windsor, Globe Aug 08 Pygmalion, Old Vic July 08 Blackbird, Rose, Kingston Apr 08 Brief
Encounter, Kneehigh Theatre Co.,
Cinema Haymarket Apr 08 Dealer's
Choice, Trafalgar Studios Feb 08 The
Vortex, Richmond Feb 08 The
Vertical Hour, Royal Court Feb 08 War
Horse, NT Feb 08 Uncle Vanya,
Rose, Kingston Jan 08 The Seagull,
New London Dec 07 Kean, Apollo
May 07 Nan, Orange
Tree, Richmond May 07 Equus, Gielgud
Mar 07 Antony and Cleopatra, Novello Jan 07 Frost/Nixon,
Gielgud Jan 07 Amy's View,
Garrick Dec 06 The Life of Galileo, National Aug 06 Rock'n'Roll,
Duke of York's Aug 06 Embers, Duke
of York's May 06 The Crucible,
Gielgud May 06 |