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Tag Archives: Madeleine Shaw
Christiane Lutz casts Rigoletto into the limelight as Charlie Chaplin
Verdi: Rigoletto Glyndebourne, 17th October 2019 Wandering Glyndebourne’s foyer in the interval of its first ever production of Rigoletto, there was a common thread of conversation: what on earth was going on? Those not in earnest discussion were rifling through … Continue reading
Full immersion, total immolation: Götterdämmerung crowns Opera North’s magnificent Ring
Wagner: Götterdämmerung ***** Opera North, Royal Festival Hall, 3rd July 2016 Wagner would have made a dreadful Neighbours scriptwriter. His “Previously inThe Ring” at the start of Götterdämmerung is hardly snappy, as the three Norns wind the rope of destiny and … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Foster-Williams, Chorus of Opera North, Fiona Kimm, Giselle Allen, Götterdämmerung, Heather Shipp, Jeni Bern, Jo Pohlheim, Kelly Cae Hogan, Lee Bisset, Madeleine Shaw, Mati Turi, Mats Almgren, Opera North, Orchestra of Opera North, Peter Mumford, Richard Farnes, Sarah Castle, Wagner, Yvonne Howard
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Disobedient daughter, outraged wife: Wotan’s woes mount in Opera North’s Die Walküre
Wagner: Die Walküre **** Opera North, Royal Festival Hall, 29th June 2016 In Anna Russell’s wittily deadpan analysis of Wagner’s Ring cycle, she describes Wotan as “the head god” – pausing for dramatic effect before adding “and he’s a crashing … Continue reading
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Tagged Claudia Huckle, Die Walküre, Fiona Kimm, Giselle Allen, Heather Shipp, James Creswell, Kate Valentine, Katherine Broderick, Kelly Cae Hogan, Lee Bisset, Madeleine Shaw, Michael Weinius, Opera North, Orchestra of Opera North, Peter Mumford, Richard Farnes, Robert Hayward, Sarah Castle, Wagner, Yvonne Howard
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Dipping a toe into the Rhine: Wagner therapy from Opera North
Wagner: Das Rheingold **** Opera North, Royal Festival Hall, 28th June 2016 Richard Jones has a lot to answer for. His cartoon-kitsch Ring for The Royal Opera back in 1994-5 scarred me so deeply that I’ve been reluctant to return … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Foster-Williams, Ceri Williams, Das Rheingold, Giselle Allen, James Creswell, Jeni Bern, Jo Pohlheim, Madeleine Shaw, Mark Le Brocq, Mats Almgren, Michael Druiett, Opera North, Orchestra of Opera North, Peter Mumford, Richard Farnes, Richard Roberts, Sarah Castle, Wagner, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Yvonne Howard
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Miller’s ‘mafioso’ Rigoletto still powerfully persuasive
Verdi: Rigoletto**** English National Opera, 21st September 2009 Jonathan Miller’s mafioso take on Verdi’s Rigoletto premiered at English National Opera in 1982, since when it’s become a company stalwart. This is its twelfth revival and the powers that be obviously … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Michaels-Moore, Brindley Sherratt, English National Opera, Iain Paterson, Jonathan Miller, Katherine Whyte, Madeleine Shaw, Michael Fabiano, Rigoletto, Stephen Lord, Verdi
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