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Author Archives: Mark Pullinger
Sylphs and tales from the harem: Kazakh State Ballet makes its UK debut
Scheherazade/ Chopiniana Abay Kazakh State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Coliseum, 17th November 2019 Citing Attila the Hun with pride, Erlan Idrissov, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the UK, declared to the Coliseum audience that his country was launching a “cultural … Continue reading
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Tagged Abay Kazakh State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Arisa Hashimoto, Azamat Askarov, Chopin, Chopiniana, Dinara Yessentaeva, Malika Elchibayeva, Nelson Joaquin Peña Núñez, Nurzhan Baibusinov, Rahim Dairov, Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade, Ulan Badenov, Vyacheslav Okunev, Zhanel Tukeeva
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Poetic Rachmaninov from Lugansky, but Rouvali’s Swan Lake not always on pointe
Rouvali/ Philharmonia Royal Festival Hall, 3rd November 2019 “See the music, hear the dance.” Few have encapsulated the relationship between dance and music as deftly as the great choreographer George Balanchine. Presenting ballet scores in concert raises issues. Liberated from … Continue reading
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Tagged Nikolai Lugansky, Philharmonia, Rachmaninov, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky
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Dangerous Liaisons and Magic Horns close Oxford Lieder
Louise Alder, Nikolay Borchev, Konstantin Krimmel Oxford Lieder, 26th October 2019 There is something deliciously perverse about opening the final recital of a 16-day, 80-event song festival with an opera overture, but Sholto Kynoch, pianist, artistic director and programming mastermind … Continue reading
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Tagged Brahms, Doriana Tchakarova, Konstantin Krimmel, Loewe, Louise Alder, Mahler, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Nikolay Borchev, Oxford Lieder, Richard Strauss, Schubert, Sholto Kynoch, Wolf
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Rossinian Bake-Off: a delicious double bill at Wexford
Synott: La cucina Rossini: Adina Wexford Festival Opera, 24th October 2019 As operatic incarcerations go, being confined to a giant wedding cake isn’t so bad. This is the fate of the heroine in Rossini’s Adina, or at least in Rosetta … Continue reading
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Tagged Adina, Chorus of Wexford Festival Opera, Claudia Pernigotti, Daniele Antonangeli, Emmanuel Franco, La cucina, Levy Sekgapane, Luca Nucera, Máire Flavin, Manuel Amati, Michele Spotti, Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera, Rachel Kelly, Rosetta Cucchi, Rossini, Sheldon Baxter, Simon Corder, Synott, Tiziano Santi, Wexford Festival Opera
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