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2023-12-18 08:39:00
Pandora's Box: great tunes, a neat moral, energetic performances, London Youth Opera premieres Stuart Hancock & Donald Sturrock's new opera
Stuart Hancock: Pandora's Box - London Youth Opera at Susie Sainsbury Theatre, Royal Academy of Music (Photo: Nina Swann)Stuart Hancock: Pandora's Box; London Youth Opera, conductor: Alastair Chilvers, director: Valentina Ceschi; Susie Sainsbury TheatreReviewed 16 December 2023Full of good tunes, with an underlying moral and in a performance full of energy, London Youth Opera premieres Stuart Hancock and Donald Sturrock's new operaFor over 50 years, W11 Opera presented opera for families, performed by children. The company's remit is no longer restricted to the W11 postcode and to reflect this, relaunching with a new name, London Youth Opera, the company presented the premiere of composer Stuart Hancock and librettist Donald Sturrock's third collaboration with the company. Stuart Hancock: Pandora's BoxCharlie Swann (Prometheus), Mahala De Santana SantosTodd (Zeus)London Youth Opera (Photo: Stuart Hancock)On Saturday 16 2023, at the Royal Academy of Music's Susie Sainsbury Theatre, London Youth Opera presented Pandora's Box with music […]
2023-11-11 14:18:00
West-Eastern Divan Ensemble/Barenboim M. - Hindemith, Carter, Hensel, and Beethoven, 9 November 2023
Pierre Boulez Saal Hindemith: Trauermusik for viola and strings Fanny Hensel: String Quartet in E-flat major Carter: Au Quai for bassoon and viola; Duettone for violin and cello Beethoven: Septet in E-flat major, op.20 Michael Barenboim (violin, viola)Miriam Manaserhov (viola)Assif Binness (cello)David Santos Luque (double bass)Daniel Gurfinkel (clarinet)Mor Biron (bassoon)Ben Goldscheider (horn)Images: Peter Adamik 9 November is a date full, too full, of resonance for German history. From the proclamation of the Republic in 1918 to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, it takes in also the Munich putsch of 1923 and the November pogroms of 1938. At the best of times, whenever they might be, it is impossible not to feel conflicted and at times close to overwhelmed by the imperatives of remembrance; and these, I hardly need add, are anything but the best of times. On the 85th anniversary of what English-speaking countries still refer to as […]
2023-03-21 07:35:51
On this day in 1908 soprano Ellen Beach Yaw made her debut and only performance at the Metropolitan Opera as Lucia di Lammermoor.
2022-09-25 04:00:00
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