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Saturday, 28 January 2012

Da Ponte "Cycle", Part II: Cosi Fan Tutte

Cosi Fan Tutte is the most perplexing of the Mozart-Da Ponte collaborations, and also the one with the most cultish following. The libretto ...

Wednesday, 18 January 2012

Don Giovanni at ROH

Final Dress (ticket from a generous friend: you know who you are, Cheers!) And so in the Royal Opera House's dubiously dubbed "cycl...

Sunday, 20 November 2011

Eugene Onegin

ENO 18/10/2011 This was quite enjoyable. It didn't quite work that well and isn't as good a production as many seem to think, but...

Tuesday, 8 November 2011

La Sonnambula

Royal Opera House La Sonnambula is hardly a staple of the ROH's repertoire so it was nice to get a chance to see this opera. Or at lea...

Tuesday, 25 October 2011

Jonas Kaufmann

Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 24/10/2010 I've seen Kaufmann once before in the wonderful produc...

Sunday, 23 October 2011

ROH: Der fliegende Holländer

Sitting in the amphitheatre I have to say that this was one of the most starkly beautiful productions I've seen at the Royal Opera House...

Saturday, 22 October 2011

Glyndebourne On Tour: Don Pasquale

20/10/2011 Glyndebourne Donizetti comedies are not exactly my favourite corner of the operatic repertoire, and Don Pasquale is not a great b...

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