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Sunday, 29 September 2013

L'Orfeo at the Barbican

28/09/13 Academy of Ancient Music This "concert hall staging" of L'Orfeo was the first in a projected Monteverdi cycle tha...

Friday, 27 September 2013

Calixto Bieito's Fidelio at ENO

25/09/13 Opening night at the ENO proved to be a much more exciting affair than the run of the mill Turandot that the ROH proffered. The ...

Tuesday, 24 September 2013

Elektra at ROH

23/09/13 There's this myth that is still perpetuated by many that Strauss was a progressive up until Elektra and that from Der R...

Friday, 20 September 2013

Turandot at ROH

09/09/13 After my previous Puccini experience I vowed not to go to any more Puccini. But curiosity got the better of me and amazingl...

Wednesday, 18 September 2013

Le Nozze de Figaro at ROH

16/09/13 David McVicar is back at Covent Garden to direct this revival of his production of Mozart's most perfect opera. When it was d...

Wednesday, 11 September 2013

Anne Schwanewilms and Roger Vignoles at the Wigmore Hall

09/09/13 Anne Schwanewilms is one of the most accomplished and distinctive sopranos on the international circuit today, and this lunchtim...

Saturday, 7 September 2013

Die Walkure Act I at St. John's Smith Square

05/09/13 This was a great way of spending an hour. Even in this reduced setting, the three soloists in concert dress with piano accompanim...

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