Tag Archives: Adam Smith

Top ten operas 2022

Posted on December 26, 2022 by Mark Pullinger

This was the year that opera houses got back to something approaching “normality” post-pandemic. It’s easy to forget that at the start of 2022, Covid restrictions were still very much in place: visiting Vienna in January, one needed proof of … Continue reading →

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Rewriting Rimsky: Daniel Kramer directs a dismal Sadko in Ghent

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Mark Pullinger

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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A bit of East End bovver: UC Opera stages I Lombardi

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Mark Pullinger

Verdi: I Lombardi alla prima crociata  UC Opera, Bloomsbury Theatre, 18th March 2013 Pole-dancing in early Verdi? Things are clearly looking up in the world of Regietheater! A red telephone box parked stage right in University College Opera’s annual production … Continue reading →

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