Tag Archives: Wagner

Gardner chisels out the bigger picture in Sibelius 2

Prom 52: Bergen PO/ Gardner **** Royal Albert Hall, 21st August 2018 The Bergen Philharmonic was in pretty good shape when Edward Gardner took over as Chief Conductor in October 2015, but it continues to go from strength to strength under his leadership. It … Continue reading

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Swan cruise: Nelsons navigates a musically impressive Lohengrin at Covent Garden

Wagner: Lohengrin *** Royal Opera, 7th June 2018 You wait ages for a swan, then a flock descends. Swiftly following the debut of Liam Scarlett’s Swan Lake, here glides in David Alden’s new staging of Wagner’s Lohengrin, the first at Covent Garden … Continue reading

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Heaven and Earth: Marek Janowksi ascends Bruckner 7 and admires the view

Wagner, Bruckner: LPO/Janowski **** Royal Festival Hall, 26th April 2017 Long climbs often provide the best views. The Adagio second movement of Anton Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony bears the tempo marking Sehr feierlich und sehr langsam… and it is very solemn … Continue reading

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A pilgrim to Monte-Carlo: Tannhäuser en français

Wagner: Tannhäuser  Opéra de Monte-Carlo, 25th February 2017 Guest post by John Johnston As a pèlerin visiting the opera houses, large and small, it has been an ambition since seeing Pressburger and Powell’s film The Red Shoes as a child … Continue reading

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Full immersion, total immolation: Götterdämmerung crowns Opera North’s magnificent Ring

Wagner: Götterdämmerung ***** Opera North, Royal Festival Hall, 3rd July 2016 Wagner would have made a dreadful Neighbours scriptwriter. His “Previously inThe Ring” at the start of Götterdämmerung is hardly snappy, as the three Norns wind the rope of destiny and … Continue reading

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