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Tag Archives: Peter Hoare
Flawed and floored: Katie Mitchell delivers a powerful Lucia at Covent Garden
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor *** The Royal Opera, 7th April 2016 The warning signs were there. Patrons had received the email warning of graphic scenes of sex and violence. Katie Mitchell herself said at a Friends’ Insight evening that “I … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Castronovo, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Daniel Oren, Diana Damrau, Donizetti, Katie Mitchell, Kwangchul Youn, Lucia di Lammermoor, Ludovic Tézier, Peter Hoare, Rachael Lloyd, Royal Opera, Taylor Stayton, Vicki Mortimer
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A second helping for Carsen’s delicious Falstaff at the Royal Opera
Verdi: Falstaff ***** Royal Opera, 6th July 2015 If “all the world’s a jest”, as Sir John Falstaff claims at the end of Verdi’s final operatic masterpiece, then we need players – and directors – with a sense of frivolity. … Continue reading
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Tagged Agnes Zwierko, Ainhoa Arteta, Alasdair Elliott, Ambrogio Maestri, Anna Devin, Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Falstaff, Kai Rüütel, Luis Gomes, Lukas Jakobski, Michael Schønwandt, Paul Steinberg, Peter Hoare, Robert Carsen, Roland Wood, Royal Opera, Verdi
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Carte blanche: A muddled Queen of Spades from David Alden at ENO
Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades *** English National Opera, 6th June 2015 “What if there is no secret? And all this is but the vain delirium of my sick spirit?” Hermann’s lines as he steals into the Countess’ bedroom give … Continue reading
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Tagged Catherine Young, Colin Judson, David Alden, Edward Gardner, English National Opera, Felicity Palmer, Giselle Allen, Gregory Dahl, Katie Bird, Nicholas Pallesen, Peter Hoare, Peter Van Hulle, Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades, Valerie Reid
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