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Tag Archives: Sophie Bevan
Goosebumps at Garsington: an outstanding, shadowy Turn of the Screw
Britten: The Turn of the Screw Garsington Opera, 1st July 2019 How do you tell a ghost story in broad daylight? That’s the challenge that faced Louisa Muller directing Britten’s operatic chiller The Turn of the Screw for Garsington. It’s … Continue reading
A silvery Dream lost among the shadows: Britten at the Aldeburgh Festival
Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream **** Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh Festival, 12th June 2017 Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is an opera swathed in a sensual, yet sinister score, conjured from a tiny ensemble where Oberon’s fairy kingdom is evoked by glistening glockenspiel, … Continue reading
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Tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Andrew Shore, Britten, Clare Presland, Clive Bayley, Eleanor Dennis, George Humphreys, Iestyn Davies, Jack Lansbury, Lawrence Wiliford, Leah-Marian Jones, Matthew Rose, Netia Jones, Nicholas Sharratt, Nick Pritchard, Ryan Wigglesworth, Simon Butteriss, Sion Goronwy, Sophie Bevan
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Stop all the clocks: Renée Fleming’s valedictory Marschallin at the Royal Opera
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier **** The Royal Opera, 17th December 2016 Aware her teenage lover will inevitably leave her for a younger woman, the Marschallin muses that time trickles like sand through an hourglass, flowing ceaselessly. At night she stops all … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Coote, Andris Nelsons, Der Rosenkavalier, Helene Schneiderman, Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Matthew Rose, Renée Fleming, Richard Strauss, Robert Carsen, Royal Opera, Sophie Bevan, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke
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