Blogs about: May Aug 2012
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Peter Grimes, in concert, BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, August 2012
For those who saw English National Opera’s new production of Peter Grimes in 2009, here was a chance to savour the full glory of Britten’s score. With the ENO orchestra and chorus in the v… more →
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Peter Grimes, in concert, BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, August 2012
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wrote 8 months ago: For those who saw English National Opera’s new production of Peter Grimes in 2009, here was a … more →
Cinderella, Gergiev and the LSO, BBC Prom 52, Royal Albert Hall, 22 August 2012
wrote 9 months ago: Combining Valery Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra to play ballet music is a winner. At the … more →
Timon of Athens, National Theatre, NT Olivier, August 2012
wrote 9 months ago: Timon is a tragic figure who fails utterly to understand himself, and therefore cannot come close to … more →
A Celebration of Ivor Novello, BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, August 2012
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wrote 9 months ago: “A gentle, more elegant age” was how the BBC’s Katie Derham referred to the world … more →
Ravel Double Bill, Glyndebourne, August 2012
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wrote 9 months ago: This wonderful pairing of two Ravel operas is a must-see, with L’heure espagnole showing the e … more →
Swan Lake, English National Ballet, ENB, London Coliseum, August 2012
wrote 9 months ago: The English National Ballet’s production of Swan Lake is hard to beat, and it was beautifully … more →
Parsifal, Bayreuth Festival, July 2012
wrote 9 months ago: The present extraordinary Bayreuth production by Stefan Herheim portrays Germany from before the Fir … more →
Lohengrin, Bayreuth Festival, July 2012
wrote 9 months ago: This intriguing production by Hans Neuenfels, now in its third year, concentrates on the people rath … more →
Der fliegende Holländer, Bayreuth Festival, July 2012
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wrote 9 months ago: The 2012 Wagner festival at Bayreuth started in dramatic fashion when the singer in the title role f … more →
The Fairy Queen, Glyndebourne, July 2012
wrote 10 months ago: A Midsummer Night’s Dream as Gesamtkunstwerk, with actors, singers, and dancers in Purcell’s remark … more →
Il Viaggio a Reims, Royal Opera, Covent Garden, July 2012
wrote 10 months ago: This anniversary gala concert united Jette Parker Young Artists with several earlier performers from … more →
Götterdämmerung, Longborough Festival Opera, LFO, July 2012
wrote 10 months ago: After the success of previous years with Rheingold, Walküre and Siegfried, and now with this product … more →
Yevgeny Onegin, Opera Holland Park, OHP, July 2012
wrote 10 months ago: This production by Daniel Slater updates the action by nearly 100 years to a time we all understand, … more →
Metamorphosis: Titian 2012, Royal Ballet, Covent Garden, July 2012
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wrote 10 months ago: This triple bill, inspired by three Titian paintings currently on view at the National Gallery (Dian … more →
Otello, Royal Opera, Covent Garden, July 2012
wrote 10 months ago: We are surely lucky that this revival of Elijah Moshinsky’s wonderful 1987 production — the fi … more →
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Minerva Theatre, CFT Chichester, July 2012
wrote 10 months ago: Bertolt Brecht wrote this play, parodying Hitler as Chicago mobster Arturo Ui, in less than a month … more →
Double Bill: Zanetto/ Gianni Schicchi, Opera Holland Park, OHP, July 2012
wrote 10 months ago: Mascagni, friend of Puccini and composer of the hugely successful Cavalleria Rusticana, produced mor … more →
The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, London, July 2012
wrote 10 months ago: “I’ve come to wive it wealthily in Padua”, as Petruchio sings in Kiss Me Kate, but here … more →
Royal Ballet Triple: Birthday Offering/ A Month in the Country/ Les Noces, Covent Garden, July 2012
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wrote 10 months ago: A second view, with a different cast — see my opening night review for more details. Deirdre Chapman … more →
