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Tag Archives: Colin Judson
Mesmerising Akhnaten returns to ENO
Glass: Akhnaten English National Opera, 11th February 2019 For the uninitiated, it’s not exactly an evening pregnant with promise: an opera largely sung in Egyptian, Hebrew and Akkadian, without surtitles, its two hour score chugging through obsessive ostinatos of A … Continue reading
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Tagged Akhnaten, Angharad Lyddon, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Bruno Poet, Charlotte Beament, Chorus of English National Opera, Colin Judson, English National Opera, Glass, Hazel McBain, James Cleverton, Karen Kamensek, Katie Stevenson, Keel Watson, Kevin Pollard, Martha Jones, Orchestra of English National Opera, Phelim McDermott, Rebecca Bottone, Rosie Lomas, Tom Pye, Zachary James
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Prom 29: Twilight of the Old Believers as Semyon Bychkov leads a majestic Khovanshchina
Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina **** Prom 29, Royal Albert Hall, 6th August 2017 At the end of Götterdämmerung, Brünnhilde rides her horse onto a pyre. Although his opera’s not quite as long, Mussorgsky trumps Wagner by sending a whole chorus to their immolation as Act … Continue reading
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Tagged Ain Anger, Ante Jerkunica, Anush Hovhannisyan, BBC Singers, BBCSO, Christopher Ventris, Colin Judson, Elena Maximova, George Gagnidze, Jennifer Rhys-Davies, Khovanshchina, Mussorgsky, Norbert Ernst, Semyon Bychkov, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Vsevolod Grivnov
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Enchanted Wood: dream of a Dream at Glyndebourne
Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream ***** Glyndebourne, 11th August 2016 “Out of this wood do not desire to go!” Tytania orders Bottom. Glyndebourne’s revival of Peter Hall’s classic production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is eerily enchanting, weaving its spell right … Continue reading
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Tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, Anthony Gregory, Benjamin Hulett, Britten, Claudia Huckle, Colin Judson, David Evans, David Soar, Duncan Rock, Elizabeth DeShong, Glyndebourne, Jakub Hrůša, John Bury, Kate Royal, Kathleen Kim, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Lynne Hockney, Matthew Rose, Michael Sumuel, Peter Hall, Sion Goronwy, Tim Mead, Trinity Boys Choir, William Dazeley
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Circle of Life: Janáček’s Cunning Little Vixen returns to Glyndebourne
Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen **** Glyndebourne Festival Opera, 12th June 2016 Seventy years before Elton John’s “The Circle of Life” graced The Lion King, Leoš Janáček celebrated nature’s cycle in The Cunning Little Vixen. His inspiration was drawn from … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Vassiliev, Alexandre Duhamel, Alžběta Poláčková, Christopher Purves, Colin Judson, Dinah Collin, Elena Tsallagova, Glyndebourne, Glyndebourne Chorus, Jakub Hrůša, Janáček, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Melly Still, Sarah Pring, The Cunning Little Vixen, Tom Pye
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