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  Don Giovanni Live

  Before... This production of Don Giovanni had its premiere in winter 2020, but before I had a chance to see it, Covid happened, and everything closed down. They did show it online at Stage24 (recor...

  06.10.2023 | Kommentteja 0 | Magpie's Feather

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  Siegfried!

  Siegfried has had excellent reviews, and for a good reason. It is brilliant, although I must admit I yawned a few times during the last act - but that was all Wagner's fault. Another slight fault in m...

  18.04.2023 | Kommentteja 0 | Magpie's Feather

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  I loved Turandot

  My first opera of the year was Turandot, a co-production with Malmö Opera, which has received varied reviews in the newspapers. Helsingin Sanomat writes of it being of orientalistic prettiness, conv...

  03.02.2023 | Kommentteja 0 | Magpie's Feather

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  Sofi Oksanen's Opera

  Well,actually it was sold as Innocence by Kaija Saariaho. I have liked her music, but I didn't care for this one. In my ears the music was average mid-20th century modernism. It largely was in the bac...

  13.11.2022 | Kommentteja 0 | Magpie's Feather

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