Mark Adamo News
American composer and librettist (born 1962)
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2023-10-07 09:09:00
Astonishing that no-one has heard or heard of the work: Ella Marchment on directing Camille Erlanger's L'Aube rouge at Wexford
[…] bomb mission. A really tragic piece, the work has an operatic sense of heightened emotion and realism, yet a lot of elements of the opera are represented in society today.She has tried to set the opera in the right place, giving it emotional resonances to events today, yet creating a unified contemporary setting. This use of a modern setting is something that Ella had not done much recently [she directed the UK premiere of Mark Adamo's Little Women for Opera Holland Park in 2022, see my review].With three main-stage productions opening sequentially at Wexford on 24, 25 and 26 October, Ella describes the rehearsal schedule as dizzy and hectic but in a lovely way, as each production time moves between stage and studio in a way far different from conventional opera houses. Essentially, the festival is a repertory company and the different productions share resources such as the dancers, and […]
2022-11-06 04:00:00
Myslivecek: Adamo & Eva (Peter van Heyghen, Il Gardellino)
Josef Myslivecek (1737-1781)Adamo & Eva, Sacred Oratorio (1771)Peter van Heyghen, Il Gardellino(Period Instruments)Passacaille 1053 (2019) 2-Disc set [Flac & Scans]
2022-08-09 09:07:00
Prom 30: Gavin Higgins' Concerto Grosso for brass band and orchestra with the Tredegar Band and BBC NOW
[…] great Handel gems in the company’s repertoire such as Ariodante, Giulio Cesare, Rinaldo and Theodora - opera reviewFinely poetic: Ernest Chausson's early Piano Trio alongside works by his contemporary, Eugene Ysaÿe - record reviewRiotous comedy & humanity: Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore at West Green House Opera - opera reviewSerious Songs: Jess Dandy & Martin Roscoe in Schubert, Brahms, Wolf, Strauss at Wigmore Hall - concert reviewSouth Pacific: Stupendous performances from Julian Ovenden & Gina Beck head this striking new version of Rodgers & Hammerstein's classic - music theatre reviewLittle Women & after: I chat to composer Mark Adamo about the UK premiere of his opera & more - interviewWelcome to L'isola di Alcina: Glyndebourne's first production of Handel's opera - opera reviewHome
2022-08-08 09:07:00
Two very different approaches to Bach's Goldberg Variations from harpsichordist Nathaniel Mander & violinist Jorge Jimenez
[…] great Handel gems in the company’s repertoire such as Ariodante, Giulio Cesare, Rinaldo and Theodora - opera reviewFinely poetic: Ernest Chausson's early Piano Trio alongside works by his contemporary, Eugene Ysaÿe - record reviewRiotous comedy & humanity: Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore at West Green House Opera - opera reviewSerious Songs: Jess Dandy & Martin Roscoe in Schubert, Brahms, Wolf, Strauss at Wigmore Hall - concert reviewSouth Pacific: Stupendous performances from Julian Ovenden & Gina Beck head this striking new version of Rodgers & Hammerstein's classic - music theatre reviewLittle Women & after: I chat to composer Mark Adamo about the UK premiere of his opera & more - interviewWelcome to L'isola di Alcina: Glyndebourne's first production of Handel's opera - opera reviewFrench-style elegance, Italian lyricism and virtuosity: Adrian Butterfield in Leclair's violin sonatas - record reviewHome
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