En passant: the OAE’s triumphant Semele… And a patchy ENO Rodelinda

Posted on October 19, 2017October 30, 2017 by Michael Church

Semele, Royal Festival Hall, 18.10.17 I’ve seen quite a few stage productions of Handel’s Semele, but I can’t remember one as dramatic as the one I’ve just heard by the Orchestra of the Age of... Read More

En passant: Graham Vick’s ‘Mitridate’ – still original after 26 years… and the evergreen Turandot… and an interesting Proms experiment

Posted on June 27, 2017September 26, 2017 by Michael Church

Mitridate, re di Ponto, Royal Opera house, London Nobody ever talks about Graham Vick’s 26-year-old production of Mitridate, re di Ponto – it seemed to have sunk without trace – but Coven... Read More

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