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Category Archives: Reviews
Globe: Farinelli & the King
Carlo Broschi, called Farinelli (1705-82), is known as one of the most famous castrati. Obviously, there survives no recording of this unique voice save for the last castrato in the Western World died in 1922. He was Alessandro Moreschi and he recorded … Continue reading
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Provocative – Hilary and the Wolf –
The Tudors & Wolf Hall – or who’s afraid of Hilary Mantel’s wolf? Below a Rood Screen – in Brittany – these were also typical of northern European church interiors before the Reformation – before the art, the stained glass … Continue reading
Glenn Richardson: The Field of Cloth of Gold
The Field of Cloth of Gold: I do not often these days get the chance to review books. This therefore makes a delightful exception. This book also makes a delightful read. Richardson’s account not only updates Stephen Anglo’s scholarly and … Continue reading
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ENO at the Colloseum – Madam Butterfly
Madam Butterfly G. Pucinni Original Director, Anthony Minghella Revival Director, Sarah Tipple Conductor, Gianluca Marciano Italian conductor Gianluca Marciano makes his ENO debut conducting Dina Kuznetsova as Cio-Cio San and Timothy Richards B.F. Pinkerton. I had never seen this … Continue reading
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Royal Opera: Les Vêpres Siciliennes, 30th October 2013
Royal Opera: Les Vêpres Siciliennes Composer – Giuseppe Verdi Conductor – Antonio Pappano Director – Stefan Herheim Set designs – Philipp Fürhofer Lighting design – Anders Poll Costume designs – Gesine Völlm Choreography – Johan Kobborg Cast: Hélène – Lianna Haroutounian … Continue reading
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Covent Garden: Elektra, 9th October 2013
Royal Opera House 9th October 2013 Elektra by Richard Strauss from a one act play by Hugo von Hofmannsthal Conducted by: Christopher willis Christine Goerke: Elektra Adrianne Pieczonka: Chrysothemis Iain Paterson: Oreste John Daszak: Agisth Michaela Schuster: Klytamnestra There are … Continue reading
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I Have a Little list or Grade II Listing in London Borough of Lambeth
The colours that you find inside Comrade Chyorniy’s mind…. There is nothing more incomprehensible than the mind of a bureaucrat. This is not my judgement but rather a paraphrase of Tolstoy’s famous judgement. In some ways it is refreshing to … Continue reading
West Side Story – a tale of two cities?
WEST SIDE STORY – Sadler’s Wells Based on a conception by Jerome Robbin Book by Arthur Laurents Music by Leonard Bernstein Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Entire original production directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins Originally produced on Broadway by Robert E. Griffith and Harold S. … Continue reading
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R. Strauss – Capriccio
Royal Opera House Covent Garden R. Strauss: Capriccio, a concert performance The Countess: Renee Fleming Strauss’s last opera is once more about the nature of his art. Is the poet greater than the composer; is the librettist greater than … Continue reading
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Most Serine: ENO’s Death in Venice
Death in Venice Benjamin Britten (1970) This is in fact a revival of the most exquisite production which previously I had not seen. My first and until last month only Death in Venice was in Aldeburgh – I am guessing … Continue reading
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