Tag Archives: Louise Alder

Dangerous Liaisons and Magic Horns close Oxford Lieder

Posted on October 27, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

Louise Alder, Nikolay Borchev, Konstantin Krimmel Oxford Lieder, 26th October 2019 There is something deliciously perverse about opening the final recital of a 16-day, 80-event song festival with an opera overture, but Sholto Kynoch, pianist, artistic director and programming mastermind … Continue reading →

Posted in Concert | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Semele crashes and burns, but Louise Alder soars up at Ally Pally

Posted on May 3, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

Handel: Semele Alexandra Palace, 2nd May 2019 “Behold a new-erected palace rise!” Iris tells Juno in Act 2 of Semele. Alexandra Palace wasn’t even built when Handel’s “bawdy opera” was premiered in Covent Garden in 1744, but its theatre is … Continue reading →

Posted in Opera | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Truth and Wisdom: a searching Zauberflöte at Garsington

Posted on June 1, 2018 by Mark Pullinger

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 →

Posted in Opera | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Sumptuous Strauss from Louise Alder in Wigmore jump-in

Posted on July 23, 2017 by Mark Pullinger

Louise Alder & Gary Matthewman **** Wigmore Hall, 22nd July 2017 We anticipated a Ukrainian barihunk singing Tchaikovsky, but ended up with an English rose singing Strauss. “Travel problems” detained Andrei Bondarenko from making his Wigmore Hall recital, his place taken at … Continue reading →

Posted in Concert | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment