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2024-03-16 12:00:05
Classical home listening: Michael Spyres and Les Talens Lyriques: In the Shadows; Nicola LeFanu: The Path Above the Dunes
The tenor teams up with Christophe Rousset and co to explore the operas that influenced Wagner, while Gemini excel in LeFanu’s chamber music• Ahead of his debut this summer
2024-03-16 09:57:00
From Early Music to contemporary: the Royal Festival Hall organ is 70 and organist James McVinnie is celebrating with a Southbank Centre residency
[…] 2024 - The Royal Festival Hall at 70 concert seriessee Southbank Centre website.29 June 2024 - American Minimalism, Purcell Roomsee Southbank Centre website.Never miss out on future posts by following usThe blog is free, but I'd be delighted if you were to show your appreciation by buying me a coffee.Elsewhere on this blogAlmost an expressionist nightmare: Janáček's Jenůfa at ENO with Jennifer Davis in the title role - opera reviewLittle short of a revelation: Michael Spyres, Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset explore Wagner's influences with In the Shadows - record reviewUpheaval: cellist Janne Fredens & pianist Søren Rastogi in music by four women composers from the years 1911 to 1918 - record reviewSomething astonishing: Olivia Fuchs' new production of Britten's Death in Venice for Welsh National Opera involved a collaboration with circus arts, NoFit State - opera reviewLumen Christi: I chat to Master of Music, Simon Johnson about his first disc with the choir of Westminster Cathedral - interviewSzymanowski's rarely performed Harnasie from the LPO, with […]
2024-03-15 09:42:00
Almost an expressionist nightmare: Janáček's Jenůfa at ENO with Jennifer Davis in the title role
[…] the theatre, anchored by powerful performances particularly from Jennifer Davis as Jenůfa and Susan Bullock as the Kostelnička. As a performance of David Alden's production, this could not be bettered, creating an almost expressionist nightmare out of Janáček's drama.Never miss out on future posts by following usThe blog is free, but I'd be delighted if you were to show your appreciation by buying me a coffee.Elsewhere on this blogLittle short of a revelation: Michael Spyres, Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset explore Wagner's influences with In the Shadows - record reviewUpheaval: cellist Janne Fredens & pianist Søren Rastogi in music by four women composers from the years 1911 to 1918 - record reviewSomething astonishing: Olivia Fuchs' new production of Britten's Death in Venice for Welsh National Opera involved a collaboration with circus arts, NoFit State - opera reviewLumen Christi: I chat to Master of Music, Simon Johnson about his first disc with the choir of Westminster Cathedral - interviewSzymanowski's rarely performed Harnasie from the […]
2024-03-13 08:05:00
Little short of a revelation: Michael Spyres, Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset explore Wagner's influences with In the Shadows
In the Shadows: Auber, Bellini, Berlioz, Halévy, Méhul, Meyerbeer, Rossini, Spontini, Weber, Wagner; Michael Spyres, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset; EratoReviewed 12 March 2024A wonderfully imaginative recital, showcasing both the wide range and variety of Wagner's musical influences as well as Spyres' own virtuosity and adaptabilityThe mature Richard Wagner would have wanted you to think that his art sprang directly from his imagination, without the influence of other composers, but the reality was more complex. The young Richard was something of a sponge, soaking up influences from all over. For instance, in 1833 Würzburg Theatre staged Giacomo Meyerbeer's Robert le Diable (premiered in Paris in 1831), it was the operatic event of the year. Richard Wagner's brother Albert was singing the title role and had managed to get Richard a job as chorus master at the theatre. 20-year-old Richard rehearsed the choruses of Meyerbeer's opera and this first exposure to the piece […]
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