Tag Archives: Charles Castronovo

Getting the band back together: Pappano leads The Royal Opera’s return to action

Posted on September 6, 2020 by Mark Pullinger

The Royal Opera: Live in Concert Royal Opera House, 5th September 2020 It’s déja vu all over again! The last work staged at the Royal Opera House before lockdown was La traviata, so it was somehow fitting that this Live … Continue reading →

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Ermonela Jaho makes a haunting return to Covent Garden’s Traviata

Posted on January 15, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

Verdi: La traviata **** Royal Opera, 14th January 2019 One of the great jump-ins at Covent Garden happened almost eleven years ago to the day. Imagine the general disappointment, the wailing and gnashing of teeth when an indisposed Anna Netrebko … Continue reading →

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The peasants are revolting! Lalo and Coquard’s La Jacquerie revived by Palazzetto Bru Zane

Posted on August 27, 2016 by Mark Pullinger

Lalo/Coquard: La Jacquerie  Radio France/Palazzetto Bru Zane (ES 1023) Édouard Lalo wasn’t averse to a bit of recycling. He raided his 1868 opera Fiesque for both his Symphony in G minor and his most famous opera, Le Roi d’Ys. He … Continue reading →

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Flawed and floored: Katie Mitchell delivers a powerful Lucia at Covent Garden

Posted on April 8, 2016 by Mark Pullinger

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor *** The Royal Opera, 7th April 2016 The warning signs were there. Patrons had received the email warning of graphic scenes of sex and violence. Katie Mitchell herself said at a Friends’ Insight evening that “I … Continue reading →

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