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Monthly Archives: May 2013
Poème d’un jour: Ailyn Pérez
Poème d’un jour: Songs by Hahn, Fauré, Obradors, Turina and de Falla; Massenet – Manon (arias); Ailyn Pérez, Iain Burnside (Rosenblatt Recitals/ Opus Arte OA CD9013 D, 68 minutes) Every so often, a singer comes along who completely bowls you … Continue reading
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Tagged Ailyn Pérez, Iain Burnside, Opus Arte, Rosenblatt Recital
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A Ronseal Onegin at Grange Park
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin **** Grange Park Opera, 30th May 2013 Audiences at Grange Park Opera are accustomed to Wafsi Kani bustling onto the stage before a note is delivered to offer up thanks to the numerous sponsors responsible for generously … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne-Marie Owens, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Brett Polegato, Clive Bayley, Eugene Onegin, Francis Bourne, Francis O'Connor, Grange Park Opera, Kathleen Wilkinson, Lynne Hockney, Martyn Brabbins, Robert Anthony Gardiner, Stephen Medcalf, Stuart Kale, Susan Gritton, Tchaikovsky
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A cold, distant Pelléas et Mélisande from Paris (Naïve)
Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande ** (Naïve DR2159) “Ne me touchez pas, ne me touchez pas,” protests Mélisande when Golaud discovers her in the forest in the opening scene of Debussy’s opera. I declared early on in my viewing that Mélisande … Continue reading