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Tag Archives: Samuel Sakker
Alwyn’s Miss Julie rescued from the operatic desert
Alwyn: Miss Julie Oramo/ BBCSO, Barbican, 3rd october 2019 “Crazy, utterly crazy!” No, not Miss Julie’s outrageous behaviour, dancing and cavorting with the servants on Midsummer’s Eve, but that William Alwyn’s operatic take on August Strindberg’s play could have been … Continue reading
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Tagged Alwyn, Anna Patalong, BBCSO, Benedict Nelson, Kenneth Richardson, Miss Julie, Rosie Aldridge, Sakari Oramo, Samuel Sakker
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A sunny evening in Provence: Cilea’s L’arlesiana shines at Holland Park
Cilea: L’arlesiana Opera Holland Park, 25th July 2019 The Italian verismo of Francesco Cilea’s L’arlesiana is drenched in Provençal sunshine, less earthy than the throbbing Sicilian heat of Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana, but with softer, pastoral shades. At just an hour … Continue reading
Herheim’s lavish Vêpres siciliennes returns to Covent Garden in triumphant style
Verdi: Les Vêpres siciliennes **** The Royal Opera, 12th October 2017 A mural depicting Etna erupting is the only hint of Sicily in Stefan Herheim’s opulent staging of Les Vêpres siciliennes, returning to Covent Garden for the first time since the Verdi … Continue reading
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Tagged André de Jong, Bryan Hymel, Erwin Schrott, Gesine Völlm, Jeremy White, Jihoon Kim, Les Vêpres siciliennes, Malin Byström, Maurizio Benini, Michael Volle, Michelle Daly, Neal Cooper, Nico Darmanin, Philipp Fürhofer, Royal Opera, Samuel Sakker, Simon Shibambu, Stefan Herheim, Verdi
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Ekaterina Bakanova a touchingly fragile Violetta in Covent Garden Traviata
Verdi: La traviata *** The Royal Opera, 14th June 2017 Kasper Holten was right. The affable former Director of Opera always defended yet another run of Verdi’s La traviata at Covent Garden by arguing that for every regular operagoer jaded by seeing … Continue reading
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Tagged Angela Simkin, Atalla Ayan, Ekaterina Bakanova, Gyula Nagy, Jeremy White, La traviata, Maurizio Benini, Richard Eyre, Royal Opera, Samuel Sakker, Sarah Pring, Verdi
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Bright singing, grim staging: the JPYA Summer Performance at Covent Garden
Jette Parker Young Artists’ Gala *** Royal Opera House, 17th July 2016 During the course of a season, the Royal Opera’s Jette Parker Young Artists participate in many full productions, mainly in comprimario roles, developing their craft, gaining main stage experience, learning … Continue reading
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Tagged David Junghoon Kim, David Shipley, Emily Edmonds, Gounod, James Platt, Janáček, Jennifer Davis, Johann Strauss II, Jonathan Santagada, Lauren Fagan, Leoncavallo, Paul Wingfield, Paul Wynne Griffiths, Richard Gerard Jones, Royal Opera, Samuel Dale Johnson, Samuel Sakker, Tchaikovsky, Vlada Borovko, Yuriy Yurchuk
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