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2024-02-02 10:19:00
As chilling and emotional as ever: Kate Lindsey returns as Offred in ENO's strong revival of Poul Ruders' The Handmaid's Tale
Poul Ruders: The Handmaid's Tale - Kate Lindsey, John Findon (film) - English National Opera 2024 (Photo: Zoe Martin)Poul Ruders & Paul Bentley: The Handmaid's Tale; Kate Lindsey, Juliet Stevenson, Rachel Nicholls, Nadine Benjamin, Rhian Lois, Avery Amereau, James Creswell, Madeleine Shaw, Zwakele Tshabalala, Eleanor Dennis, director Annilese Miskimmon/James Hurley, conductor Joana Carneiro; English National Opera at the London ColiseumReviewed 1 February 2024As chilling as ever; Kate Lindsey's emotional rollercoaster performance as Offred anchors a strong revival of Poul Ruders' operaEnglish National Opera's 2022 production of Poul Ruders' The Handmaid's Tale [see my original review] was cut short due to COVID-related problems so that it is good news that Annilese Miskimmon's production returned to the London Coliseum on 1 February 2024 (revived by James Hurley) for five performances with Kate Lindsey returning to the role of Offred and Joana Carneiro back in the pit. Juliet Stevenson was Professor Pieixoto, John Findon was […]
2024-01-04 04:30:00
Igor Levit: Fantasia (CD Review)
[…] releases with some sort of unifying theme. We have reviewed several of those recordings in the past, starting with Encounter, a two-CD set that saw Levit playing music by Busoni (his arrangements of works by Bach and Brahms), Reger, and Morton Feldman (you can read that review here). Later in 2021, we reviewed his album titled On DSCH, another two-CD set that includes the 24 Preludes and Fuguesby Shostakovich plus the fascinating Passacaglia on DSCH by the late Scottish composer Ronald Stevenson (1928-2015) (that review can be found here). Then late in 2022 we reviewed another two-CD recording by Levit, this one titled Tristan, which as you might expect from the title contained some music by Wagner along with some Liszt, Henze, and a piano transcription of the opening Adagio from the Symphony No. 10 by Mahler (that review is located here). In addition, there is yet another two-CD release from Levit titled Life that I greatly enjoyed but did not review. It includes […]
2023-12-01 10:37:00
Monteverdi's first opera, the historically informed Ring Cycle continues, Bruckner's 200th birthday, composer Sven Helbig live - Dresden's 47th music festival
[…] Vogler joins the Philharmonia Orchestra and Santtu-Matias Rouvali for Anna Clyne's Cello Concerto. Patricia Kopatchinskaja and the Dresden Philharmonic are performing a group of concerts including music by Stravinsky, Prokofiev Countertenor Xavier Sabata will be joining the saxophone quartet Kebyart for everything from Handel to Gershwin and behond, soprano Simone Kermes joins with Amici Veneziani, baritone Matthias Goerne and pianist Markus Hinterhäuser in Schumann. Pianist recitals include Francesco Piemontesi in Beethoven & Debussy, Igor Levitt in Mahler arranged Ronald Stevenson, Hindemith and Beethoven's Eroica Symphony arranged Liszt, Anton Meijas, and Seong-Jin Cho.Composer Sven Helbig will be presenting his radio show, Schöne Töne, live on stage.Full details from the festival's website.
2023-11-02 18:30:33
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