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Opinionated London classical music and opera blog. Reviews of performances, ecstatic polemics and acrid diatribes about composers and their works.

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Tuesday, 17 May 2011

New ENO season announced

And what a fantastic season it is. For obscurists like myself it's an absolute dream, and provides a brilliant contrast to the Royal Ope...

Thoughts on the Met Broadcast Walkure

Die Walkure 14/05/2011 Metropolitan Opera Broadcast Not a proper review and nothing profound to note; these are just some general thoughts a...

Saturday, 7 May 2011

Clemency

Clemency ROH2 Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House 07/05/2011 Hmm, not great. Not bad though either. The best bit about this show is the set w...

Berlioz's Faust

La Damnation de Faust 06/05/11 ENO This show was rapturously received by the audience, but I left the theatre partially dazzled and partiall...

Thursday, 5 May 2011

Werther

Werther 05/05/11 Covent Garden Royal Opera House Werther is often cited as being Massenet's greatest work and you can see why - it's...

Friday, 29 April 2011

Capriccio Met Opera Broadcast review

23/04/11 Metropolitan Opera House broadcast There has been a very large hiatus since my last blog post, unintentional, but caused by my e...

Sunday, 10 April 2011

Into the Woods

I have always been proud to say that I hate musicals - their terrible plots, worse music, corny dialogue, artificial sentiment, manipulative...

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