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Classical music, opera, ballet and dance in Washington, DC, United States

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WashingtonUrbanArias presents "Inbox Zero"

Keegan Theatre, Thu 4 May at 20:00
Hilliard: Inbox Zero
Robert Wood; Dennis Whitehead Darling; Inscape Chamber Orchestra; Keith Phares
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WashingtonNoseda conducts Schubert & Mendelssohn

Kennedy Center: Concert Hall, Apr 27, 28 mat, 29
Mendelssohn, Schumann, Schubert
National Symphony Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda; Abel Pereira; Markus Osterlund; James Nickel; Robert Rearden
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WashingtonThe Sleeping Beauty

Kennedy Center: Eisenhower Theater, May 04, 05, 06 mat, eve, 07 mat
Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty
The Washington Ballet
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WashingtonBeethoven & American Masters: George Walker & Beethoven’s Seventh and Eighth Symphonies

Kennedy Center: Concert Hall, May 12, 13
Beethoven, Walker
National Symphony Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda
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WashingtonLa bohème

Kennedy Center: Opera House, May 13, 14 mat, 15, 19, 21 mat, 24, 26, 27
Puccini: La bohème
Alevtina Ioffe; Peter Kazaras; Washington National Opera; Lee Savage; Jennifer Moeller; Bruno Poet; Washington National Opera Orchestra
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WashingtonBeethoven & American Masters: William Grant Still & Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony

Kennedy Center: Concert Hall, May 19 mat, 20
Still, Beethoven
National Symphony Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda
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United Ukrainian Ballet's Giselle succeeds as politics and as art

Ivy Lin, 04 Feb
The dancers of the United Ukrainian Ballet succeeded on all fronts, which bodes well for its future. Hopefully Giselle is just the beginning for this company.
****1
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Young and Lamsma bring levity to National Symphony Orchestra

Sydney Boyd, 20 Nov
A dark trio of works focused around Benjamin Britten's Violin Concerto made for a compelling concert in Washington DC.
****1
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NSO triumphs with Boyer and Lang Lang

Sydney Boyd, 18 Sep
With a world premiere by Peter Boyer and a stunning Beethoven piano concerto deftly played by Lang Lang, the evening didn’t fail to strike a poignantly significant chord.
****1
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National Symphony makes a fine-sounding digital return to the stage

David Rohde, 19 Mar

Vibrant Mozart G minor symphony anchors the National Symphony’s digital return to the stage as distancing, sound engineering requirements generally score well

****1
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WNO's Samson et Dalila shows how sweet love's poison can sound

Sydney Boyd, 01 Mar
Strong singing but a stellar orchestra and staging make for a riveting production at the Kennedy Center. 
****1
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A #metoo Don Giovanni at Washington National Opera

Sydney Boyd, 29 Feb
Lots of people talk about keeping opera relevant. WNO shows why this opera always has been.
****1
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