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Tag Archives: Donizetti
Grigolo’s Nemorino intoxicates Covent Garden in L’elisir d’amore
Donizetti: L’elisir d’amore *** Royal Opera House, 19th November 2014 The cheap Bordeaux masquerading as Dulcamara’s ‘elixir’ seemed to have an intoxicating effect on more than Nemorino last night. Conductor Daniele Rustioni’s zippy tempi – whilst welcome – weren’t always … Continue reading
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Tagged Bryn Terfel, Daniele Rustioni, Donizetti, Kiandra Howarth, L'elisir d'amore, Laurent Pelly, Levente Molnár, Lucy Crowe, Royal Opera, Vittorio Grigolo
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Opera Rara: Donizetti’s Les Martyrs a revelation
Donizetti: Les Martyrs ***** Opera Rara, Royal Festival Hall, 4th November 2014 There is no shortage of rare Donizetti operas set in exotic locations – Emilia di Liverpool, Zoroaida di Granata, Harrison di Accrington (okay, artistic license exercised on that final one) – so … Continue reading
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Tagged Brindley Sherratt, Clive Bayley, David Kempster, Donizetti, Joyce El-Khoury, Les Martyrs, Mark Elder, Michael Spyres, Opera Rara, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Wynne Evans
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Terrific double bill at Guildhall
Donizetti: Rita; Tchaikovsky: Iolanta **** Guildhall School of Music and Drama, 9th June 2011 This was an evening which started well and just kept on getting better. A sharp-tongued, tyrannical wife and an innocent, blind princess made for an imaginative … Continue reading
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Tagged Alberto Sousa, Anna Patalong, Ashley Riches, Ciprian Droma, Clive Timms, Colin Grenfall, Donizetti, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Iolanta, Koji Terada, Martin Lloyd-Evans, Matthew Stiff, Natalya Romaniw, Paul Curievici, Rita, Sioned Gwen Davies, Tchaikovsky, Victor Sicard, Yannis Thavoris
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