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Tag Archives: Rossini
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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There’s no place like Rome: Pappano and the Santa Cecilians dazzle in Respighi
Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Respighi: Wang; Santa Cecilia/Pappano **** Royal Festival Hall, 11th May 2017 All roads lead to Rome. Last night however, the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia brought the Eternal City vividly to London in the form of two of … Continue reading
Rossini’s Thieving Magpie doesn’t quite take flight at La Scala
Rossini: La gazza ladra *** Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 12th April 2017 Everyone knows the overture to La gazza ladra. It’s the one that begins with a pair of snare drums snarling across opposite sides of the orchestra which then … Continue reading
Musical statues: Impressive singing in Ronconi’s static Semiramide in Florence
Rossini: Semiramide *** Opera di Firenze, Florence, 29th September 2016 The production photos look good. Italian director Luca Ronconi, who died last year, had an eye for a striking image. His 2011 production of Rossini’s Semiramide at Naples’ Teatro San Carlo, staged … Continue reading
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Tagged Antony Walker, Chorus of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Jessica Pratt, Juan Francisco Gatell, Luca Ronconi, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Mirco Palazzi, Oleg Tsybulko, Orchestra of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Rossini, Semiramide, Silvia Tro Santafé, Tiziano Santi, Tonia Langella
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Plums and turkeys: a musical voyage around 2016
Most people I know cannot wait to see the back of 2016. But in the year in which Brexit, Trump and the Grim Reaper were the big winners, I admit to having had a terrific twelve months. A whirl of … Continue reading →
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