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2021-11-09 07:46:36
Walton's comic masterpiece, The Bear, in a delightful new film from Opera Holland Park
Walton: The Bear - Opera Holland Park at Stone House (Photo Laima Arlauskaite) William Walton The Bear; Clare Presland, Richard Burkhard, John Savournin, dir: John Wilkie, City of London Sinfonia, cond: John Andrews; Opera Holland Park at Stone House Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 9 November 2021 Walton's comic masterpiece in a delightfully imaginative filmed production from Opera Holland ParkGiven the wit and sophistication of his early music, it is curious that William Walton did not find his way to opera earlier, but his first essay in the genre was the large-scale romantic drama Troilus and Cressida. Premiered at Covent Garden in 1954, the rather tepid reaction to the piece perhaps led Walton to not consider a further opera until 1965 when he was commissioned by the Aldeburgh Festival. The result, his one act opera The Bear, premiered in 1967.By the 1960s, Walton's output was slowing somewhat; […]
2021-11-09 07:46:36
Walton's comic masterpiece, The Bear, in a delightful new film from Opera Holland Park
Walton: The Bear - Opera Holland Park at Stone House (Photo Laima Arlauskaite) William Walton The Bear; Clare Presland, Richard Burkhard, John Savournin, dir: John Wilkie, City of London Sinfonia, cond: John Andrews; Opera Holland Park at Stone House Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 9 November 2021 Walton's comic masterpiece in a delightfully imaginative filmed production from Opera Holland ParkGiven the wit and sophistication of his early music, it is curious that William Walton did not find his way to opera earlier, but his first essay in the genre was the large-scale romantic drama Troilus and Cressida. Premiered at Covent Garden in 1954, the rather tepid reaction to the piece perhaps led Walton to not consider a further opera until 1965 when he was commissioned by the Aldeburgh Festival. The result, his one act opera The Bear, premiered in 1967.By the 1960s, Walton's output was slowing somewhat; […]
2020-11-28 09:09:27
From Handel's contemporaries to a forgotten Malcolm Arnold opera: I chat to conductor John Andrews about reviving neglected music
Malcolm Arnold: The Dancing Master - John Andrews and BBC Concert Orchestra with Graeme Broadbent, Mark Wilde, Ed Lyon, Eleanor Dennis, Catherine Carby and Fiona Kimm at Resonus Classics recording session The conductor John Andrews is one of those figures who have popped up on my radar quite regularly over the last few years, whether it be conducting Wolf-Ferrari at Opera Holland Park, Mozart at The Grange Festival, Rossini and Donizetti for English Touring Opera, or Thomas Arne at the London Handel Festival, not to mention his series of recordings of rarely and never-before recorded music by Sullivan and his contemporaries. Last month, Resonus Classics issued the world premiere recording of Malcolm Arnold's only full-length opera, The Dancing Master, conducted by John Andrews, and this seemed like a good excuse to catch up over Zoom. There have been relatively few performances of Arnold's opera since it was […]
2020-11-07 12:30:10
Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, live streamThree Florentine women have their moment in this stylish showcase of future opera stars Three one-act operas, three women: one who beats up her docile husband; one a prostitute who dreams of unsullied love; one whose secret, how bad can it get, is that she smokes. The art form has never shied from taxing subjects. In a stylish triple bill, Guildhall School of Music and Drama has made Wolf-Ferrari’s Il segreto di Susanna (Susanna’s Secret), Mascagni’s Zanetto and Donizetti’s Rita (Two Men and a Woman), each set in Florence, speak to a contemporary audience. Conducted by Dominic Wheeler, directed by Stephen Medcalf and involving small casts, a sizable orchestra and a full production team – I counted nearly a hundred names – this classy evening of sex and violence ingeniously negotiates the limits of social distancing. A double cast shares the four […]
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