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Tag Archives: Steven Page
Martinů’s The Greek Passion: an opera for our times
Martinů: The Greek Passion Opera North, Leeds, 14th September 2019 It is a sad reflection on our current climate, where posters depicting queues of refugees are deployed to incite anti-immigrant feelings, that Bohuslav Martinů’s opera The Greek Passion stings with … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Edwards, Chorus of Opera North, Christopher Alden, Doey Lüthi, Garry Walker, Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts, John Savournin, Jonathan Best, Lorna James, Magdalena Molendowska, Martinů, Nicky Spence, Opera North, Orchestra of Opera North, Paul Nilon, Richard Mosley-Evans, Stephen Gadd, Steven Page, The Greek Passion, Tim Claydon
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Nuns on the run: laughs aplenty in Chelsea Opera’s Le Comte Ory
Rossini: Le Comte Ory *** Chelsea Opera Group, 25th June 2016 Whether fortuitous or sly programming, all three operas performed by Chelsea Opera Group this season have featured nuns: Isabella, propositioned in Wagner’s early comedy Das Liebesverbot; Leonora, about to … Continue reading
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Tagged Benedict Nelson, Chelsea Opera Group, Claire Booth, Heather Lowe, Le Comte Ory, Margo Arsane, Mark Milhofer, Rossini, Steven Page, Toby Purser
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ENO’s new Magic Flute mixes high-tech with simple stagecraft
Mozart: The Magic Flute **** English National Opera, 7th November 2013 For all the risk-taking in the operatic world, productions which are guaranteed bums-on-seats bankers are like Nibelung gold. To scrap not one but two such productions is a brave … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Johnson, Brian Galliford, Clare Presland, Complicite, Cornelia Götz, Devon Guthrie, Die Zauberflöte, Eleanor Dennis, English National Opera, Finn Ross, Gareth Fry, Gergely Madaras, James Creswell, Mary Bevan, Michael Levine, Roland Wood, Rosie Aldridge, Simon McBurney, Steven Page
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