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Tag Archives: Mozart
Monsters of the mind: Idomeneo at the Buxton Festival
Mozart: Idomeneo *** Buxton Festival, 8th July 2018 When Martin Kušej staged Idomeneo at the Royal Opera back in 2014, his use of a rubber shark to represent the sea monster in Mozart’s opera seria drew a fair amount of derision. Stephen Medcalf, in his new … Continue reading
Harem capers: Copley directs a knockabout Seraglio at Grange Festival
Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail *** Grange Festival, 24th June 2018 “Too many notes, dear Mozart.” The authenticity (and translation) of Joseph II’s judgement on The Abduction from the Seraglio may be creaky but the Emperor’s quip is oft-repeated possibly because … Continue reading
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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Celebrating Linz’s favourite son: a majestic Eighth from the Bruckner Orchester Linz
Bruckner Orchester Linz/ Poschner **** Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 6th May 2018 The Bruckner Orchester Linz nails its colours firmly to its mast. Its history goes back further than the composer whose name it takes, only adopting Linz’s favourite son in its title … Continue reading
Zinging Haydn and Mozart from Ádám Fischer and the OAE
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/ Ádám Fischer **** Royal Festival Hall, 27th February 2018 Two years ago, when I told Ádám Fischer that I owned his recorded cycle of the complete Haydn symphonies, he chuckled and apologised, explaining that he didn’t like … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Fischer, Haydn, Mozart, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stéphanie d’Oustrac
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