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Monthly Archives: June 2015
A bumpy ride: thrills and spills in the LSO’s Sibelius and Berlioz
Sibelius/Berlioz: LSO/Heras-Casado *** Barbican, 28th June 2015 Fire and ice. When the cool, steely tone of Joshua Bell’s ‘Huberman’ Stradivarius met the feverish impetuosity of Pablo Heras-Casado at the helm of the London Symphony Orchestra for the final leg of … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlioz, Joshua Bell, Pablo Heras-Casado, Sibelius
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Fright at the Museum: Slater’s Aida flops at Holland Park
Verdi: Aida ** Opera Holland Park, 24th June 2015 Third time unlucky? After a scorching start to the summer, with superb productions of Il trittico and Flight, Opera Holland Park’s season came unstuck with a horror of a show in … Continue reading
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Tagged Aida, City of London Sinfonia, Daniel Slater, Graeme Broadbent, Gweneth-Ann Jeffers, Heather Shipp, Jonathan Veira, Keel Watson, Manlio Benzi, Opera Holland Park, Peter Audy, Verdi
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When the voice alone is not enough: BBC Cardiff Singer prize eludes favourite
BBC Cardiff Singer, Grand Final St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 21st June 2015 Cardiff Castle hosted an entertaining bout of medieval jousting yesterday afternoon, but in the evening all eyes and ears turned to the vocal jousting in St David’s Hall. … Continue reading
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Tagged Amartuvshin Enkhbat, BBC Cardiff Singer, BBC NOW, Jongmin Park, Lauren Michelle, Martyn Brabbins, Nadine Koutcher, Oleksiy Palchykov, Thomas Søndergård
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April’s first kiss: Susana Gaspar’s Mimì shines in a frustrating Bohème
Puccini: La bohème ** Grange Park Opera, 14th June 2015 La bohème: a classic of the operatic repertory. Many will recall with fondness a certain production or treasure a particular Rodolfo/ Mimì pairing. The challenge for any company presenting a new … Continue reading
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Tagged Brett Polegato, Gianluca Terranova, Grange Park Opera, Kelebogile Pearl Besong, La bohème, Nicholas Crawley, Nicholas Folwell, Puccini, Quirijn de Lang, Stephen Medcalf, Susana Gaspar
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