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Mountain high, valley low
[…] I was very happy with everything but the one singer who could not seem to make her instrument achieve the transition from Germanic training to Italian flow. One does not, these days, expect Tebaldi or Claudia Muzio or even Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez, but “Ebben? Ne andro” is the sort of aria that only achieves its point if it is sung with buckets of sound hurling those phrases over Alpine crevasses with an elemental sorrow. Kari Postma is a handsome woman and an excellent actress, and one sympathized with her portrayal of the haughty self-destructive heroine, but she did not make us ache for her sorrows. The voice kept to the pinnacles, the surface of the vocal line; it did not plumb depths to back them up. It was a sketch for a verismo heroine, not the achievement of one. The rest of the cast were largely excellent. One thing to […]
2012-04-15 18:05:10
[…] Olivier, London SE1 (020-7452 3000), until 21 April. FilmOnce Upon a Time in Anatolia (dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan) This extraordinary drama depicts a long night of the soul for police officers, prosecutors and defendants as they search for a buried murder victim.ClassicalLa Traviata Welsh National Opera's tidy revival of David McVicar's exemplary production, with Joyce El-Khoury as Violetta, and Simon Philippo in the pit for the final performances. Grand Theatre, Swansea (01792 475715), 20 April.JazzTineke Postma A gifted young Dutch saxophonist with big-name connections (the Grammy winner Esperanza Spalding and American drum star Terri Lyne Carrington have appeared on her albums), Postma's sound evokes thoughts of Wayne Shorter, Lee Konitz and Jan Garbarek. Her compositions are good, too. Pizza Express Jazz Club, London W1 (0845 6027 017), 16-17 April.PopSteps The reformed manufactured popsters party on with a colourful, covers-packed show that's part-karaoke, part-giant hen night. 02 Arena, London SE10 (0844 […]
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