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Tag Archives: Rachel Kelly
Rossinian Bake-Off: a delicious double bill at Wexford
Synott: La cucina Rossini: Adina Wexford Festival Opera, 24th October 2019 As operatic incarcerations go, being confined to a giant wedding cake isn’t so bad. This is the fate of the heroine in Rossini’s Adina, or at least in Rosetta … Continue reading
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Tagged Adina, Chorus of Wexford Festival Opera, Claudia Pernigotti, Daniele Antonangeli, Emmanuel Franco, La cucina, Levy Sekgapane, Luca Nucera, Máire Flavin, Manuel Amati, Michele Spotti, Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera, Rachel Kelly, Rosetta Cucchi, Rossini, Sheldon Baxter, Simon Corder, Synott, Tiziano Santi, Wexford Festival Opera
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Getting to the heart of Don Alfonso: Così fan tutte revived for Glyndebourne Tour
Mozart: Così fan tutte **** Glyndebourne, 13th October 2017 I often wonder what happened to Don Alfonso to make him so cynical. In a recent programme note, conductor Philippe Jordan expounds his theory that, in the three Mozart/Da Ponte operas, … Continue reading
Mixed verdict: Jommelli’s Vologeso thrown to the lions
Jommelli: Il Vologeso *** Classical Opera/Page, Cadogan Hall, 28th April 2016 There is no doubt that Niccolò Jommelli’s opera Il Vologeso, set in 2nd-century Ephesus, has an action-packed plot. The trouble is, all this action is confined to recitative which – … Continue reading
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Tagged Angela Simkin, Cadogan Hall, Classical Opera, Gemma Summerfield, Ian Page, Il Vologeso, Jennifer France, Jommelli, Rachel Kelly, Stuart Jackson, Tom Verney
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Betrothal and Betrayal in JPYA’s end of term performance at the Royal Opera
Jette Parker Young Artists’ Summer Performance *** Royal Opera House, 18th July 2015 School’s out for summer and with it the opportunity for the Royal Opera’s Jette Parker Young Artists to showcase their talents in the end of term main … Continue reading
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Tagged Anush Hovhannisyan, Greg Eldridge, James Platt, Jihoon Kim, Jonathan Santagada, Kiandra Howarth, Lauren Fagan, Luis Gomes, Michele Gamba, Nelly Miricioiu, Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Paul Wynne Griffiths, Rachel Kelly, Royal Opera, Samuel Dale Johnson, Samuel Sakker, Yuriy Yurchuk
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