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Tag Archives: The Queen of Spades
Caged bird: Tchaikovsky stars in Herheim’s remarkable Pique Dame at Dutch National Opera
Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades ***** Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam, 9th June 2016 “Wept terribly when Hermann gave up the ghost,” wrote Tchaikovsky in his diary. What was it that drove the composer to identify so closely with such an … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexey Markov, Amsterdam, Andrei Popov, Anna Goryachova, Dutch National Opera, Larissa Diadkova, Mariss Jansons, Misha Didyk, Olga Savova, Philipp Fürhofer, Pique Dame, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Stefan Herheim, Svetlana Aksenova, Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades, Vladimir Stoyanov
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Carte blanche: A muddled Queen of Spades from David Alden at ENO
Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades *** English National Opera, 6th June 2015 “What if there is no secret? And all this is but the vain delirium of my sick spirit?” Hermann’s lines as he steals into the Countess’ bedroom give … Continue reading
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Tagged Catherine Young, Colin Judson, David Alden, Edward Gardner, English National Opera, Felicity Palmer, Giselle Allen, Gregory Dahl, Katie Bird, Nicholas Pallesen, Peter Hoare, Peter Van Hulle, Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades, Valerie Reid
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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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