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Tag Archives: Rebecca Bottone
Mesmerising Akhnaten returns to ENO
Glass: Akhnaten English National Opera, 11th February 2019 For the uninitiated, it’s not exactly an evening pregnant with promise: an opera largely sung in Egyptian, Hebrew and Akkadian, without surtitles, its two hour score chugging through obsessive ostinatos of A … Continue reading
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Tagged Akhnaten, Angharad Lyddon, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Bruno Poet, Charlotte Beament, Chorus of English National Opera, Colin Judson, English National Opera, Glass, Hazel McBain, James Cleverton, Karen Kamensek, Katie Stevenson, Keel Watson, Kevin Pollard, Martha Jones, Orchestra of English National Opera, Phelim McDermott, Rebecca Bottone, Rosie Lomas, Tom Pye, Zachary James
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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