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2022-06-24 11:42:00
Hackney EmpireViolet – Anna DennisFelix – Richard BurkhardLaura – Frances GregoryClockkeeper – Andrew MacKenzie-Wicks Jude Christian (director)Maya Shimmin (assistant director)Rosie Elnile (designs)Cécile Trémolières (costumes)Jackie Shemesh (lighting)Adam Sinclair (animation)Jasmin Kent Rodgman (bell sound design)Sound Intermedia (sound design)London SinfoniettaAndrew Gourlay (conductor)Completed in late 2019 and scheduled to premiere in the lost year of 2020, Violet, an excellent new one-act opera by Tom Coult and Alice Birch finally had its first performance earlier this month in Aldeburgh. Jude Christian’s production for Music Theatre Wales has now reached, for one night only, London’s Hackney Empire, under the Royal Opera House umbrella. In a pre-performance talk, Coult recalled his fears during that terrible intervening period that his first opera would prove a white elephant, that it would never be seen, that the companies involved would go bankrupt, and so on. Whilst I am sure it will be no comfort, the greater hunger so many of […]
2022-05-23 06:17:31
Anglais - Nothing to Frighten the Horses in My Fair Lady at the London Coliseum
[…] night’ really bloom, it is never less than compelling. Harry Hadden-Paton is an interesting Henry Higgins because he initially seems particularly cruel for the reason that he makes it difficult for us to see the flaws in his own character that would generate just a little sympathy for him. However, as the evening wears on he does reveal all of the facets to his personality, so that he becomes quite a fascinating figure. Malcolm Sinclair is a suitably noble and gentle Colonel Pickering and Maureen Beattie an excellent Mrs Pearce, while if on her first appearance Dame Vanessa Redgrave seems to bring more class than focus to the role of Mrs Higgins, after this she certainly applies both to everything she does. However, Sharif Afifi feels just too silly as Freddy, even though he is supposed to be nice but far from intellectual, while Stephen K Amos does not […]
2022-02-27 11:46:40
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2021-10-31 08:47:25
Hi-jinks on the high-seas: Cal McCrystal's production of Gilbert & Sullivan's HMS Pinafore at English National Opera
[…] to include all the dialogue [Amazon]. Another one with complete dialogue is the 2000 D'Oyly Carte recording with conductor John Owen Edwards and this includes a number for Captain Corcoran, 'Reflect, my child' which was cut before the first night [Amazon]. There is also the classic one from 1958 with Sir Malcolm Sargent conducting a fine array of British singers from the period including George Baker, Richard Lewis, Elsie Morrison, Owen Brannigan and Monica Sinclair [Amazon]. The 1929/30 recording was supervised by Rupert D'Oyly Carte and featured Henry Lytton (as Sir Joseph Porter), a singer who had worked with Gilbert & Sullivan [Amazon] There is even a film version on DVD with comedian Frankie Howerd [Amazon] Never miss out on future posts by following us The blog is free, but I'd be delighted if you were to show your appreciation by buying me a coffee. Elsewhere on this blog […]
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