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Month: March 2019

Berenice at the Linbury

Posted on March 28, 2019April 13, 2019 by Michael Church
Berenice, Linbury Theatre First a welcome to the hall. The old Linbury Theatre was a Spartan concrete cavity, well suited to the hair-shirted avant-garde performances which were often staged there. N... Read More

Netrebko and Kaufmann at £7,000 a pair

Posted on March 22, 2019April 13, 2019 by Michael Church
La forza del destino, Royal Opera House It’s always news when Anna Netrebko or Jonas Kaufmann grace the stage, and doubly so when they appear together: breath is bated not only over whether these s... Read More

‘Weinte bitterlich’ – and how to sing it

Posted on March 20, 2019March 20, 2019 by Michael Church
There are two words – ‘weinte bitterlich’- in a recitative in Bach’s darkly dramatic Johannespassion when the Evangelist must negotiate his path alone through a frenzy of melodic and emotional... Read More

McBurney’s Flute, and ETO’s stylish Idomeneo

Posted on March 15, 2019March 21, 2019 by Michael Church
The Magic Flute, Coliseum Idomeneo, Hackney Empire Like Ko-Ko’s ‘little list’ in The Mikado, there’s a moment in The Magic Flute which seems designed for topical allusion. As the Freemasons ... Read More

Gerstein, Ohlsson, Hewitt, and the magic of Arcadi Volodos

Posted on March 8, 2019March 14, 2019 by Michael Church
Recital round-up No 53 for International Piano Magazine – April 2019 Wigmore Hall: Kirill Gerstein, Feb 24; Garrick Ohlsson, Feb 27 Royal Festival Hall: Angela Hewitt, Feb 26 Barbican: Arcadi Volodo... Read More

ETO’s superb Elisabetta

Posted on March 4, 2019March 5, 2019 by Michael Church
Elisabetta, regina d’Inghilterra, ETO at the Hackney Empire In a week when English National Opera presents a hyperactive Merry Widow, and the Royal Opera a deranged Cosi fan tutte, it’s sweet reli... Read More

The Merry Widow at ENO

Posted on March 2, 2019March 5, 2019 by Michael Church
The Merry Widow, ENO Nobody ever complains when Ko-Ko’s ‘little list’ in The Mikado is updated to suit the temper of the times, and nobody complains that April de Angelis’s book for ENO’s Me... Read More

How to murder Cosi

Posted on March 1, 2019March 1, 2019 by Michael Church
Cosi fan tutte, Royal Opera House, London Gyula Orendt as Guglielmo, Thomas Allen as Don-Alfonso & Paolo Fanale as Ferrando ©ROH/Stephen Cummiskey The German director Jan Philipp Gloger introduc... Read More

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