Tag Archives: Andrew Slater

Brooding Tabarro and a humdinger of a Gianni Schicchi from ETO

Posted on March 3, 2018 by Mark Pullinger

Puccini: Il tabarro & Gianni Schicchi **** English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire, 2nd March 2018 Rip the beating heart from Puccini’s Il trittico and, surprisingly enough, you’re still left with a very satisfying evening. The full triptych is long and cannot squeeze comfortably … Continue reading →

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Broad slapstick eclipses Haydn’s Life on the Moon

Posted on October 18, 2014 by Mark Pullinger

Haydn: Life on the Moon ** English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire, 17th October 2014 Few composers deal in genial wit better than Joseph Haydn, so I was baffled that his opera buffa Il mondo della luna left me so grumpy … Continue reading →

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Fairies at the bottom of Wagner’s garden

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Mark Pullinger

Wagner: Die Feen Chelsea Opera Group, Queen Elizabeth Hall, 17th March 2013 There are fairies at the bottom of the garden. On the Wagner-Verdi bicentenary dual carriageway, the Chelsea Opera Group charabanc trundled into town for the first of its … Continue reading →

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