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Monthly Archives: June 2017
John Copley directs a peach of an Albert Herring for Grange Festival
Britten: Albert Herring **** Grange Festival, 25th June 2017 With a combined age of 161 years, John Copley and Steuart Bedford certainly bring ample experience to Grange Festival’s new production of Britten’s Albert Herring. As a youngster, Copley played the apprentice in Peter Grimes, while his … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Thompson, Albert Herring, Alexander Robin-Baker, Andri Björn Róbertsson, Anna Gillingham, Aurora Orchestra, Britten, Catriona Hewitson, Clarissa Meek, Emily Vine, Grange Festival, John Copley, Kathleen Wilkinson, Kitty Whately, Orla Boylan, Prue Handley, Richard Pinkstone, Steuart Bedford, Tim Reed, Timothy Nelson
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A bronze-toned lion of Venice: Kaufmann debuts as Otello at Covent Garden
Verdi: Otello **** The Royal Opera, 21st June 2017 After all the hype, he sang. Speculation about whether Jonas Kaufmann would even turn up for rehearsals to sing his first Otello have kept both press and social media frenzied for months. Even … Continue reading
Rewriting Rimsky: Daniel Kramer directs a dismal Sadko in Ghent
Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko ** Opera Vlaanderen, Ghent, 20th June 2017 Opera is capable of great ironic timing. On Monday, the hapless David Davis trooped into Brussels to begin Brexit negotiations with the European Union. The next day, half an hour northwest … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Smith, Anatoli Kotscherga, Annette Murschetz, Betsy Horne, Constance Hoffman, Daniel Kramer, Dmitri Jurowski, Koor Opera Vlaanderen, Opera Vlaanderen, Pavel Yankovski, Raehann Bryce-Davis, Rimsky-Korsakov, Sadko, Symfonisch Orkest Opera Vlaanderen, Tijl Faveyts, Victoria Yarovaya, Zurab Zurabishvili
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Ekaterina Bakanova a touchingly fragile Violetta in Covent Garden Traviata
Verdi: La traviata *** The Royal Opera, 14th June 2017 Kasper Holten was right. The affable former Director of Opera always defended yet another run of Verdi’s La traviata at Covent Garden by arguing that for every regular operagoer jaded by seeing … Continue reading
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Tagged Angela Simkin, Atalla Ayan, Ekaterina Bakanova, Gyula Nagy, Jeremy White, La traviata, Maurizio Benini, Richard Eyre, Royal Opera, Samuel Sakker, Sarah Pring, Verdi
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A silvery Dream lost among the shadows: Britten at the Aldeburgh Festival
Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream **** Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh Festival, 12th June 2017 Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is an opera swathed in a sensual, yet sinister score, conjured from a tiny ensemble where Oberon’s fairy kingdom is evoked by glistening glockenspiel, … Continue reading
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Tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Andrew Shore, Britten, Clare Presland, Clive Bayley, Eleanor Dennis, George Humphreys, Iestyn Davies, Jack Lansbury, Lawrence Wiliford, Leah-Marian Jones, Matthew Rose, Netia Jones, Nicholas Sharratt, Nick Pritchard, Ryan Wigglesworth, Simon Butteriss, Sion Goronwy, Sophie Bevan
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