Tag Archives: La Monnaie

Top ten operas 2022

Posted on December 26, 2022 by Mark Pullinger

This was the year that opera houses got back to something approaching “normality” post-pandemic. It’s easy to forget that at the start of 2022, Covid restrictions were still very much in place: visiting Vienna in January, one needed proof of … Continue reading →

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Listen with Mother: Rimsky-Korsakov’s Tsar Saltan as autism parable at La Monnaie

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Saltan La Monnaie, Brussels, 16th June 2019 Look at it from the point of view of the child. The father he’s never met sentences him and his mother to be nailed into a barrel and … Continue reading →

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On with the motley: Clowns, ruffs and a bullet with Ferrando’s name on it

Posted on November 23, 2014 by Mark Pullinger

Verdi: Il trovatore: DG*** BelAir*** To adopt sporting jargon, Il trovatore comes in for a ‘bit of stick’ in operatic circles. Its plot is frequently held up as an example of how ridiculous opera plots can be and it has … Continue reading →

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