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Tag Archives: Katie Stevenson
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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Truth and Wisdom: a searching Zauberflöte at Garsington
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte **** Garsington Opera, 31st May 2018 “Square your actions and circumscribe your desires.” Across the façade of a great house, the square and compass – symbols of Freemasonry – are projected as brothers busily work at architectural … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Thompson, Benjamin Hulett, Christian Curnyn, Die Zauberflöte, Garsington Opera, James Creswell, Jonathan McGovern, Katherine Crompton, Katie Stevenson, Lara Marie Müller, Louise Alder, Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Mozart, Netia Jones, Richard Burkhard, Sen Guo
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