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Tag Archives: Michael Spyres
Berlioz with a bronze glow as Benvenuto Cellini crowns 150th anniversary
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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Tagged Adèle Charvet, Alexander Ashworth, Ashley Riches, BBC Proms, Benvenuto Cellini, Berlioz, John Eliot Gardiner, Lionel Lhote, Maurizio Muraro, Michael Spyres, Monteverdi Choir, Noa Naamat, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Peter Davoren, Sophia Burgos, Tareq Nazmi, Vincent Delhourne
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Lightning strikes again in Strasbourg: Michael Spyres thrills in La Damnation de Faust
Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust Salle Érasme, Strasbourg, 25th April 2019 Lightning, they say, never strikes in the same place twice. If that’s the case, then somebody please explain the scorch marks streaked across Strasbourg’s Palais de la Musique et … Continue reading
From Auber to Halévy: El-Khoury and Spyres celebrate a pair of French stars in style
Opera Rara: Joyce El-Khoury & Michael Spyres **** Cadogan Hall, 14th July 2017 Opera Rara celebrated Bastille Day with a tribute to two great French singers, Julie Dorus-Gras and Gilbert Duprez. Dorus-Gras was a leading soprano in Paris in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Auber, Carlo Rizzi, Donizetti, Halévy, Hérold, Joyce El-Khoury, Meyerbeer, Michael Spyres, Rossini, The Hallé, Verdi
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A tale of two tenors as Méhul is celebrated by the OAE
Méhul et al: OAE/Cohen **** St John’s Smith Square, 10th February 2017 Étienne-Nicolas Méhul’s music isn’t familiar to most concert-goers. The only work which I know is his First Symphony, the finale of which contains a motif so similar to … Continue reading
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Tagged Beethoven, Gluck, Jonathan Cohen, Jonathan Irvin, Kreutzer, Méhul, Michael Spyres, Mozart, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Salieri
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