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Monthly Archives: December 2016
Confusion in the chocolate box: a return for Wayne Eagling’s Nutcracker at ENB
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker ** English National Ballet, The Coliseum, 14th December 2016 The Nutcracker was the entry point for many into ballet, either via excitable school trips or through benevolent relations. It’s the perfect length, Tchaikovsky’s chocolate box music is … Continue reading
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Tagged Emilio Pavan, English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic, Gavin Sutherland, James Streeter, Junor Souza, Laurretta Summerscales, Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker
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Verdi at full throttle: an exhilarating Attila returns to La Fenice
Verdi: Attila **** Teatro La Fenice, Venice, 9th December 2016 On the nearby island of Torcello, there is a stone throne which is said to have been used by Attila, King of the Huns, during his 5th-century invasion of Italy. … Continue reading
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Tagged Attila, Daniele Abbado, Julian Kim, La Fenice, Riccardo Frizza, Roberto Tagliavini, Stefan Pop, Verdi, Vittoria Yeo
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Tears of blood among the cherry blossoms: La Scala make amends with a return to Puccini’s original Madama Butterfly
Puccini: Madama Butterfly **** Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 7th December 2016 For years I’ve wondered why Cio-Cio San refers to her bridegroom as F.B. Pinkerton when the Imperial Commissioner names him as Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton in the wedding ceremony. Was … Continue reading
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Tagged Alvis Hermanis, Annalisa Stroppa, Bryan Hymel, Carlo Bosi, Carlos Álvarez, La Scala, Madama Butterfly, Maria José Siri, Nicole Brandolino, Puccini, Riccardo Chailly, Teatro alla Scala
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Comic strip Trovatore a damp squib at the Royal Opera
Verdi: Il trovatore ** The Royal Opera, 4th December 2016 “Do you really want to see Trovatore on the stage with that story? Really?!” exclaimed Antonio Pappano to me recently. I can’t be sure the Music Director of the Royal … Continue reading
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Tagged Anita Rachvelishvili, David Bösch, Gábor Bretz, Il trovatore, Maria Agresta, Najmiddin Mavlyanov, Quinn Kelsey, Richard Farnes, Royal Opera, Verdi
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Shrill frenzy: fierce Walton from Nicholas Collon and the Philharmonia
Walton, Vaughan Williams, Ravel: Philharmonia/Collon *** Royal Festival Hall, 1st December 2016 Breaking up is hard to do. If his First Symphony is anything to go by, William Walton took it particularly badly. A turbulent love affair with his mistress, … Continue reading
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Tagged Francesco Piemontesi, Nicholas Collon, Philharmonia, Ravel, Vaughan Williams, Walton
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