Tag Archives: Lionel Lhote

Berlioz with a bronze glow as Benvenuto Cellini crowns 150th anniversary

Posted on September 3, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

Prom 59: Benvenuto Cellini Gardiner/ ORR, Royal Albert Hall, 2nd September 2019 “Concert performance” the Proms Guide had announced, primly underselling what turned out to be an exuberant “production” – fully costumed, if without many actual props – of Berlioz’ … Continue reading →

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Cinders on the couch: Freudian Cendrillon at Glyndebourne

Posted on June 9, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

Massenet: Cendrillon  Glyndebourne, 8th June 2019 Picnic hamper packed? Champagne cooled? Ready for a spot of psychoanalysis, darling? There are enough references to dreams in Fiona Shaw’s Glyndebourne production of Cendrillon to give Sigmund Freud sleepless nights. Massenet’s charmer premiered … Continue reading →

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Under the eye of Horus: a traditional Aida in Liège

Posted on March 10, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

Verdi: Aida Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, 9th March 2019 It’s with no little irony that as the Metropolitan Opera brings down the curtain on its epic “Valley of the Kings” Aida after 31 years of sturdy service, a new staging … Continue reading →

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Boxed in: Pelly serves up a grey Béatrice et Bénédict at Glyndebourne

Posted on July 24, 2016 by Mark Pullinger

Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict *** Glyndebourne, 23rd July 2016 It’s a delicious irony that Shakespeare is celebrated at this most English of opera festivals by a Frenchman directing a French comedy. Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream follows in August, but first … Continue reading →

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Spanish sex and Gallic charm: a perfect Ravel double bill at Glyndebourne

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

Ravel: L’heure espagnole/ L’Enfant et les sortilèges ***** Glyndebourne, 8th August 2015 Sultry Spanish rhythms and bawdy humour are counterbalanced by Gallic charm in the return to Glyndebourne Festival Opera of Laurent Pelly’s productions of L’heure espagnole and L’Enfant et les sortilèges. Composed … Continue reading →

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