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Tag Archives: Tchaikovsky
Play your cards right: La fanciulla del West and Pique Dame at Opéra de Lyon
Puccini: La fanciulla del West Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame Opéra de Lyon, 15th-16th March 2024 For its spring festival, Opéra de Lyon gambled on a pair of new productions featuring works that both hinge on crucial card games. If Tatjana Gürbaca’s … Continue reading
Netrebko and Eyvazov serve up Russian jewels in Salzburg gala
Tchaikovsky: Mikhail Tatarnikov/ Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 27th August 2020 The artist who raised my spirits the most during lockdown was undoubtedly Anna Netrebko. Whether posting Instagram photos of her cooking (vowing to open a restaurant!), painting intricate birch … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Netrebko, Mikhail Tatarnikov, Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra, Tchaikovsky, Yusif Eyvazov
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Heart’s desire: a gallery of new roles from Aleksandra Kurzak
Desire: Aleksandra Kurzak Morphing Chamber Orchestra, Vienna/ Frédéric Chaslin (Sony) The last operatic performance I saw before lockdown was La traviata at Covent Garden, the first time Aleksandra Kurzak sang Violetta in Richard Eyre’s celebrated London production. And, as it … Continue reading
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Tagged Aleksandra Kurzak, Dvořák, Frédéric Chaslin, Moniuszko, Puccini, Sony, Tchaikovsky, Verdi
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A polished Rite from Thierry Fischer and the RPO
Thierry Fischer/ Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Festival Hall, 10th March 2020 The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra played Borodin at my first concert in London. That was nearly thirty years ago, when Vladimir Ashkenazy was chief conductor, the Royal Festival Hall its … Continue reading
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Tagged Borodin, Esther Yoo, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Thierry Fischer
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An ecstatic, fevered Tatiana from Natalia Osipova as Cranko’s Onegin returns
Onegin Royal Ballet, 18th January 2020 Call it an occupational hazard, but there’s a danger when reviewing a work you love deeply of setting the bar impossibly high. Can the soprano singing the leading lady possibly match your favourite interpretation? … Continue reading
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Tagged Francesca Hayward, Gary Avis, John Cranko, Jürgen Rose, Matthew Ball, Natalia Osipova, Onegin, Reece Clarke, Royal Ballet, Tchaikovsky, Valery Ovsyanikov
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