Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra launched their 2024 Tanglewood Season with two works from a crucial period that not only marked a transition in Beethoven’s development but a watershed moment for music. Gil […]
Puccini Edgar (1905 version, semi-staged, orchestral reduction Toby Burke). Cast; Children from Pimlico Musical Foundation and Tiffin School; Opera Holland Park Chorus; City of London Sinfonia / Naomi Woo. Opera Holland Park, Kensington, London, 02.07.2024 […]
Wild Arts does it again … Mozart Die Zauberflöte (sung in English, translated by Jeremy Sams, abridged). Cast; Orchestra / Orlando Jopling (conductor). Thaxted Parish Church, 30.06.2024 Production: Director – James Hurley Designer – Sophie […]
John Adams’ City Noir was inspired by the cultural and social history of Los Angeles, with the composer himself calling it ‘an imaginary film score’, while Fearful Symmetries exemplifies his steamroller motor rhythms. The album […]
Edgar, the second of Puccini’s operas, is probably the least encountered of the thirteen that he wrote, though New Sussex Opera brought it to the Cadogan Hall in its earlier four-Act version in 2012. Since […]
A fantastic debut album from the fantastic Pacific Quintet. Unity themed, it combines composers from 6 different nationalities, 5 of which correspond to the home countries of the players (Bernstein being the “extra”). The booklet is […]
Mozart Così fan tutte (ed. Ferguson/Rehm). Cast; Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Alexander Soddy. 26.06.2024 Cast: Ferrando – Daniel Behle Guglielmo – Andrè Schuen Don Alfonso – Gerald Finley Fiordiligi – Gold Schultz Dorabella […]
Donizetti: The Elixir of Love – James Atkinson – Wild Arts 2023 (Photo: Lucy J Toms) We humans, alone on earth, are powerful enough to create worlds, and then to destroy them. But we have […]
Handel: Giulio Cesare – Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Louise Alder – Glyndebourne, 2024 (Photo: © Richard Hubert Smith) Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto; Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Louise Alder, Beth Taylor, Svetlina Stoyanova, Cameron Shahbazi, director: David […]
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Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire – Claire Booth & Nash Ensemble at Aldeburgh Festival, 2024 (Photo: Marcus Roth (c) Britten Pears Arts) Soprano Claire Booth and pianist Christopher Glynn have previous when it comes to focusing on […]
