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Monthly Archives: January 2016
A Traviata to blow away the cobwebs at The Royal Opera
Verdi: La traviata **** The Royal Opera, 16th January 2016 Even we Verdi enthusiasts experience something of a heavy tread as we wend our way to yet another Traviata at the Royal Opera House. Richard Eyre’s classic production is revived … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Crowley, Daniel Dooner, La traviata, Luca Salsi, Richard Eyre, Samuel Sakker, Sarah Pring, Venera Gimadieva, Verdi, Yves Abel
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A Corsaire full of brio from English National Ballet
Le Corsaire **** English National Ballet, The Coliseum, 13th January 2016 For oriental opulence crossed with swashbuckling bravado, English National Ballet’s Le Corsaire is a welcome antidote to winter gloom. Never mind that the plot – nominally based on Byron’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Ringwood, Brooklyn Mack, Cesar Corrales, English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic, Gavin Sutherland, Lauretta Summerscales, Le Corsaire, Osiel Gouneo, Tamara Rojo, Yonah Acosta
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Firing blanks: a disappointing Tosca at Covent Garden
Puccini: Tosca ** The Royal Opera, 11th January 2016 Nothing sweeps away the Christmas excess of multiple Nutcrackers like the biting chords denoting the villainous Baron Scarpia at the start of Tosca. I have a sneaking fondness for Puccini’s ‘shabby … Continue reading
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Tagged Amanda Echalaz, Andrew Sinclair, Donald Maxwell, Emmanuel Villaume, Hubert Francis, Jonathan Kent, Najmiddin Mavlyanov, Puccini, Roberto Frontali, Royal Opera, Tosca, Yuriy Yurchuk
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Nézét-Séguin and Jacobs scamper into Mozart’s harem
Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail Mozart’s Singspiel Die Entführung aus dem Serail is suddenly flavour of the month. After a terrific new David McVicar production at Glyndebourne last summer, recent recordings find two conductors scampering into the harem, each with moments … Continue reading
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Tagged Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Anna Prohaska, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Cornelius Obonya, DG, Diana Damrau, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Dimitry Ivashchenko, Franz-Joseph Selig, Harmonia mundi, Mari Eriksmoen, Maximilian Schmitt, Mozart, Paul Schweinester, René Jacobs, Robin Johannsen, Rolando Villazón, Thomas Quasthoff, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
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