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Tag Archives: Glyndebourne
McVicar’s stylish Entführung emerges as a strong moral tale at Glyndebourne
Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail **** Glyndebourne, 13th June 2015 “Too many notes, Herr Mozart,” was Emperor Joseph II’s response to the composer’s new Singspiel Die Entführung aus dem Serail. I feared “Too many words, Sir David,” would be my response … Continue reading
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Tagged Brenden Gunnell, David McVicar, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Edgaras Montvidas, Glyndebourne, Glyndebourne Chorus, Mari Eriksmoen, Mozart, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Robin Ticciati, Sally Matthews, Tobias Kehrer, Vicki Mortimer
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Sultry, fiery, coquettish: Stéphanie d’Oustrac’s Carmen has it all
Bizet: Carmen **** Glyndebourne, 23rd May 2015 “The very incarnation of vice” was how one critic described Célestine Galli-Marié’s Carmen at the opera’s 1875 Opéra Comique première. That description could equally be applied to Stéphanie d’Oustrac in Glyndebourne’s revival of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bizet, Carmen, Christophe Gay, David McVicar, David Soar, Eliana Pretorian, Glyndebourne, Jakub Hrůša, Loïc Felix, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Lucy Crowe, Pavel Cernoch, Simon Lim, Stéphanie d’Oustrac
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Glyndebourne’s La traviata on tour: or What the Maid Saw
Verdi: La traviata ** Glyndebourne on Tour, Woking, 1st November 2014 Verdi never met Marie Duplessis, for she died five months before the composer’s first visit to Paris, but he was deeply touched by her fate, to be related through … Continue reading
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Tagged David Afkham, Eddie Wade, Emanuele D’Aguanno, Evez Abdulla, Glyndebourne, La traviata, Natasha Jouhl, Tom Cairns, Verdi
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HMS Indomitable docks at Glyndebourne once more
Britten: Billy Budd ***** Glyndebourne, 17th August 2013 After Friday evening’s Prom performance of The Midsummer Marriage, I followed hot on the heels of conductor Andrew Davis to the Sussex Downs, where the former Glyndebourne Music Director is at the … Continue reading