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Tag Archives: Stephen Barlow
Revolutionary jungle fever: Verdi’s Alzira staged at the Buxton Festival
Verdi: Alzira **** Buxton Festival, 7th July 2018 It’s not just Paddington Bear and Juan Diego Flórez who hail from darkest Peru. Alzira, Verdi’s eighth opera, is set amongst Incas and Spanish invaders in a plot very loosely based on Voltaire’s Alzire, ou … Continue reading →
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Brush up your Puccini: a 16th-century Bohème at Holland Park
Puccini: La bohème *** Opera Holland Park, 11th June 2016 “The course of true love never did run smooth.” That William Shakespeare knew a thing or two about love. Many of his plays have been adapted as operas and companies … Continue reading →
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Slavery and Voodoo: Delius’ Koanga opens the 64th Wexford Festival
Delius: Koanga *** Wexford Festival Opera, 21st October 2015 If Waterford is famous for crystal, Wexford is renowned for opera. Sadly, Waterford Crystal was a victim of the recession but, along Ireland’s south-east coast, Wexford Festival Opera continues to trade, … Continue reading →
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Taking wing: Dove’s Flight a soaring success for Opera Holland Park
Dove: Flight ***** Opera Holland Park, 10th June 2015 Flight represents a brave new departure for Opera Holland Park. Jonathan Dove’s tale of airport life, which first took to the skies at Glyndebourne in 1998, is the first contemporary opera … Continue reading →
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Frugal simplicity: minimalistic but powerful Carmélites at Grange Park
Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites **** Grange Park Opera, 6th July 2013 The last time I was at Tre Scalini, in Rome’s Piazza Navona, it was a brief visit, merely to scoff down some Tartufo and scribble a postcard or two. Francis … Continue reading →
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