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Monthly Archives: June 2016
Disobedient daughter, outraged wife: Wotan’s woes mount in Opera North’s Die Walküre
Wagner: Die Walküre **** Opera North, Royal Festival Hall, 29th June 2016 In Anna Russell’s wittily deadpan analysis of Wagner’s Ring cycle, she describes Wotan as “the head god” – pausing for dramatic effect before adding “and he’s a crashing … Continue reading
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Tagged Claudia Huckle, Die Walküre, Fiona Kimm, Giselle Allen, Heather Shipp, James Creswell, Kate Valentine, Katherine Broderick, Kelly Cae Hogan, Lee Bisset, Madeleine Shaw, Michael Weinius, Opera North, Orchestra of Opera North, Peter Mumford, Richard Farnes, Robert Hayward, Sarah Castle, Wagner, Yvonne Howard
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Dipping a toe into the Rhine: Wagner therapy from Opera North
Wagner: Das Rheingold **** Opera North, Royal Festival Hall, 28th June 2016 Richard Jones has a lot to answer for. His cartoon-kitsch Ring for The Royal Opera back in 1994-5 scarred me so deeply that I’ve been reluctant to return … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Foster-Williams, Ceri Williams, Das Rheingold, Giselle Allen, James Creswell, Jeni Bern, Jo Pohlheim, Madeleine Shaw, Mark Le Brocq, Mats Almgren, Michael Druiett, Opera North, Orchestra of Opera North, Peter Mumford, Richard Farnes, Richard Roberts, Sarah Castle, Wagner, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Yvonne Howard
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Nuns on the run: laughs aplenty in Chelsea Opera’s Le Comte Ory
Rossini: Le Comte Ory *** Chelsea Opera Group, 25th June 2016 Whether fortuitous or sly programming, all three operas performed by Chelsea Opera Group this season have featured nuns: Isabella, propositioned in Wagner’s early comedy Das Liebesverbot; Leonora, about to … Continue reading
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Tagged Benedict Nelson, Chelsea Opera Group, Claire Booth, Heather Lowe, Le Comte Ory, Margo Arsane, Mark Milhofer, Rossini, Steven Page, Toby Purser
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Lisztian tempests: Marc-André Hamelin at Wigmore Hall
Liszt, Feinberg, Lyapunov: Marc-André Hamelin *** Wigmore Hall, 19th June 2016 One of music’s first “rock stars”, Franz Liszt created the piano recital: performing without a score, turning the piano sideways – so audiences could admire his profile – striding … Continue reading
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Tagged Feinberg, Liszt, Lyapunov, Marc-André Hamelin
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Circle of Life: Janáček’s Cunning Little Vixen returns to Glyndebourne
Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen **** Glyndebourne Festival Opera, 12th June 2016 Seventy years before Elton John’s “The Circle of Life” graced The Lion King, Leoš Janáček celebrated nature’s cycle in The Cunning Little Vixen. His inspiration was drawn from … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Vassiliev, Alexandre Duhamel, Alžběta Poláčková, Christopher Purves, Colin Judson, Dinah Collin, Elena Tsallagova, Glyndebourne, Glyndebourne Chorus, Jakub Hrůša, Janáček, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Melly Still, Sarah Pring, The Cunning Little Vixen, Tom Pye
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