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2024-02-26 07:40:00
Marking the centenary of Puccini's death, Opera Holland Park in his early Messa di Gloria
Chorus of Opera Holland Park, the City of London Sinfonia, conductor John Andrews with soloists David Butt Philip and Ross Ramgobin (Photo: Opera Holland Park)Puccini: songs & arias, Messa di Gloria; Eleanor Broomfield, Fflur Wyn, Philip Costovski, Joseph Buckmaster, José de Eça, David Butt Philip, Ross Ramgobin, Chorus of Opera Holland Park, City of London Sinfonia, John Andrews; Holy Trinity Church, Sloane StreetReviewed 22 February 2024Opera Holland Park launches its Puccini celebration early with a fine account his early and intriguing mass setting, plus a chance to preview the tenor hero in the Summer production of Tosca2024 sees 100 years since Puccini's death and Opera Holland Park are marking that by performing Tosca (in Stephen Barlow's iconic 2008 production) and Edgar (a great rarity on the operatic stage) this Summer. But on Thursday 22 February 2024 the company launched its Puccini commemoration early with a concert at Holy Trinity Church, Sloane […]
2023-12-22 00:00:00
Vaughan Williams Christmas Music, Christmas Baroque, Orchestral Christmas & On Chritmas Night (Richard Hickox, Marc Taddei, Charles Gerhardt & Andrew Nethsingha)
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Christmas Music:01 Fantasia on Christmas Carols (composer's arrangement for baritone, choir, organ and strings) ^ [12'19]02 - 16 On Christmas Night. A Masque, after Dickens' A Christmas Carol [28'08]17 - 24 The First Nowell. A Nativity Play * [29'09]Roderick Williams- baritone; Sarah Fox- soprano *; Joseph Cullen- organ ^; Joyful Company of Singers; City of London Sinfonia conducted by Richard HickoxChandos CHAN10385 [recorded December 2005; issued 2006][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead, LondonRecording engineer: Ralph Couzens; Producer: Brian CouzensChristmas Baroque:Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. J Kuhnau): Sinfonia from Cantata No. 142, BWV 142 [1'14]Giuseppi Torelli: Concerto di Pastorale, op.8 no.6 [5'15]Francesco Manfredini: Sinfonia Pastorale, op.2 no.12 [6'17]Michel-Richard de Lalande: Simphonie de Noëls [5'12]Giovanni Ferrandini: Sinfonia Pastorale [8'38]Michael Haydn: Pastorello, P.91 [9'22]Johann Stamitz: Sinfonia Patorale, op.4 no.2 [12'22]François-Joseph Gossec: Suite de Noëls [5'20]George Frideric Handel: Pifa from Messiah, HWV 56 [2'25]Giuseppe Valentini: Sinfonia […]
2023-06-17 15:35:00
Hänsel und Gretel, Opera Holland Park, 14 June 2023
Hänsel – Charlotte Badhma Gretel – Laura Lolita Perešivana Peter – Paul Carey Jones Gertrud – Meeta Raval Witch – Eleanor Dennis Sandman – April Koyejo-Audiger Dew Fairy – Charlotte BowdenJohn Wilkie (director) Neil Irish (designs)Robert Price (lighting)Michael Spenceley (movement)Opera Holland Park Chorus (chorus master: Dominic Ellis-Peckham) Children’s Chorus from the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School (chorus master: Scott Price) City of London SinfoniaKărin Hendrickson (conductor)Hänsel (Charlotte Badhma), The Witch (Eleanor Dennis), Gretel (Laura Lolita Perešivana), Images: Ali Smith It is always a joy to return to Holland Park: to Opera Holland Park, that is, the park itself being available all year around. Sometimes, the sense of it heralding summer can seem wildly optimistic; doubtless it did for those initially sampling the year’s first production, Rigoletto. Now that spring has finally not come, winter having suddenly jumped into summer, the season’s second, Hänsel und Gretel, was able to bask in that long anticipated magic of sunshine and […]
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