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Tag Archives: Gerald Finley
Getting the band back together: Pappano leads The Royal Opera’s return to action
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
A granitic Beethoven 9 from Muti in Salzburg
Muti/ Vienna Philharmonic Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 17th August 2020 The last time I heard Beethoven’s Ninth was in February, the triumphant culmination of the Barbican’s Beethoven Weekender, where all nine symphonies were shared between five UK orchestras. Back then, we feared … Continue reading
Pappano and the LSO bring the Italians out of the opera pit
Pappano/ London Symphony Orchestra Barbican, 3rd March 2019 Verdi, Puccini and Ponchielli don’t exactly get out of the pit much, Italian composers famed almost exclusively for their operatic output. Sir Antonio Pappano doesn’t get out of the pit much either, … Continue reading
Humour and humanity: McVicar’s Meistersinger touches the heart at Glyndebourne
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg **** Glyndebourne Festival, 21st May 2016 Eurovision last weekend, Nuremberg’s Got Talent this evening – it’s evidently song contest season. And what finer work to launch Glyndebourne Festival’s season, under the watchful eye of new General … Continue reading
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Tagged Alastair Miles, Amanda Majeski, Darren Jeffery, David McVicar, David Portillo, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Gerald Finley, Glyndebourne, Glyndebourne Chorus, Hanna Hipp, Jochen Kupfer, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Güttler, Michael Schade, Vicki Mortimer, Wagner
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