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Best of 2011: Opera & Dance
CultureCritic | 21.December.2011 | 11:17
This year brought a taste of the East to UK, with productions transportingaudiences to Bangladesh, China, India and Japan all featuring in the top
ten. The Nutcracker and Madame Butterfly proved you still can’t beat a
classic, whilst a British cast brought Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio, to
life. The top spot proved the revival of girl power does not lie solely in
the hands of Little Mix, as Rebecca Evans and Ann Murray sent the critics
wild as the leads in Benjamin Britten’s adaptation of The Turn of the Screw.
The Critometer Top 10
1. The Turn of the Screw (90%)
2. The Mariinsky Ballet - La Bayadère (90%)
3. Akram Khan Company - DESH (90%)
5. Opera North - Madame Butterfly (87%)
9. Royal Ballet - The Nutcracker (83%)
= The Damnation Of Faust (82%)
= Fidelio (82%)Staff Picks
"A production with such high pedigree comes with a lot of expectations - it met them."
"Delivered new insights into a well-worn classic."
"Quite interesting and perfectly cordial during our interview."
OperaUpClose - Don Giovanni (62%)
"A brilliant anti-hero and a great updated version."
Opera North - Madame Butterfly (87%)
"Genuinely moving."
...and finally
Why did you do it?
"Get this out of my sight."
Sorry no reviews have been returned.
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Cinema
97% L'Atalante 91% The Artist 82% Martha Marcy May Marlene 78% Bombay Beach 77% The Muppets 76% Shame 76% Margin Call 75% Young Adult 73% The Descendants 70% Carnage 70% Coriolanus 68% War Horse 67% Tatsumi 64% A Dangerous Method 63% Patience (After Sebald) -
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