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Tag Archives: Donizetti
Beyond Egmont: a semi-revival for Donizetti’s Le Duc d’Albe
Donizetti: Le Duc d’Albe (Opera Rara) European wrangles in Brussels are nothing new. In Donizetti’s Le Duc d’Albe, Brussels is under Spanish rule, Count Egmont has just been beheaded and his daughter, Hélène, is inciting a Flemish revolt. The hot-headed … Continue reading
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Tagged Angela Meade, David Stout, Donizetti, Gianluca Buratto, Laurent Naouri, Le Duc d'Albe, Mark Elder, Michael Spyres, Opera Rara, Opera Rara Chorus, The Hallé
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Flawed and floored: Katie Mitchell delivers a powerful Lucia at Covent Garden
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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Tagged Charles Castronovo, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Daniel Oren, Diana Damrau, Donizetti, Katie Mitchell, Kwangchul Youn, Lucia di Lammermoor, Ludovic Tézier, Peter Hoare, Rachael Lloyd, Royal Opera, Taylor Stayton, Vicki Mortimer
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Still reigning: Leo Nucci’s masterly Rosenblatt Recital
Rosenblatt Recital: Leo Nucci **** Cadogan Hall, 13th October 2015 Received wisdom says “it ain’t over till the fat lady sings”. In the case of a Leo Nucci recital, it ain’t over till the Italian baritone’s sung “Cortigiani, vil razza dannata”. Nucci … Continue reading
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Tagged Bellini, Cadogan Hall, Donizetti, Italian Chamber Ensemble, Leo Nucci, Paolo Marcarini, Rosenblatt Recital, Rossini, Verdi
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Les Martyrs: Revelatory Donizetti on disc from Opera Rara
Donizetti: Les Martyrs When Donizetti’s rarity Poliuto opened the 2015 Glyndebourne Festival a week ago, the music would already have been familiar to a number of audience members. Only last autumn, those operatic archaeologists Opera Rara had put on a … Continue reading
The Wild Man stumbles into Hackney in ETO’s rare Donizetti revival
Donizetti: Il furioso all’isola di San Domingo *** English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire, 12th March 2015 It’s a rare bel canto opera indeed where the central character in the grip of madness isn’t a soprano, but a baritone! Donizetti’s Il … Continue reading
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Tagged Craig Smith, Donizetti, Donna Bateman, English Touring Opera, Florence de Maré, Il furioso all'isola di San Domingo, Iqbal Khan, Jeremy Silver, Nicholas Sharratt, Njabulo Madlala, Peter Brathwaite, Sally Silver
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