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Tag Archives: Ashley Riches
Beethoven keeps the flame burning: Salonen and the Philharmonia recreate the 1808 Akademie
Beethoven: 1808 Reconstructed Salonen/ Philharmonia, Royal Festival Hall, 15th March 2020 The legendary Akademie at the Theater an der Wien on 22nd December 1808 was quite an event: a benefit concert for Ludwig van Beethoven, stuffed with premieres. Some of … Continue reading
Berlioz with a bronze glow as Benvenuto Cellini crowns 150th anniversary
Prom 59: Benvenuto Cellini Gardiner/ ORR, Royal Albert Hall, 2nd September 2019 “Concert performance” the Proms Guide had announced, primly underselling what turned out to be an exuberant “production” – fully costumed, if without many actual props – of Berlioz’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Adèle Charvet, Alexander Ashworth, Ashley Riches, BBC Proms, Benvenuto Cellini, Berlioz, John Eliot Gardiner, Lionel Lhote, Maurizio Muraro, Michael Spyres, Monteverdi Choir, Noa Naamat, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Peter Davoren, Sophia Burgos, Tareq Nazmi, Vincent Delhourne
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Don Giovanni all at sea at Opera Holland Park
Mozart: Don Giovanni ** Opera Holland Park, 3rd June 2017 This production opens like the perfect whodunnit. Passengers embark with their luggage aboard an ocean liner for a transatlantic cruise, busily locating their cabins. Within moments there’s an attempted rape, … Continue reading
A heroine on heroin: ENO’s cold Bohème lacks heart
Puccini: La bohème ** English National Opera, 16th October 2015 Did anyone hear sobbing? La bohème is one of the great operatic tear-jerkers, yet Benedict Andrews’ new production for English National Opera, previously seen in Amsterdam, left me dry-eyed. Judging by the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashley Riches, Benedict Andrews, Corinne Winters, Duncan Rock, English National Opera, Johannes Schütz, La bohème, Rhian Lois, Simon Butteriss, Xian Zhang, Zach Borichevsky
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Wedding chaos, deception and duplicity in Garsington’s Così fan tutte
Mozart: Così fan tutte **** Garsington Opera, 5th June 2015 Weddings bring out the cynic in me. They also bring out the cynic in Don Alfonso and it’s at a wedding breakfast that John Fulljames sets his production of Così fan tutte, … Continue reading
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Tagged Andreea Soare, Ashley Riches, Così fan tutte, Douglas Boyd, Garsington Opera, Kathryn Rudge, Lesley Garrett, Mozart, Neal Davies, Robin Tritschler
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