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2022-09-02 04:25:17
By the looks of it, Montreal’s music scene is back on track for the fall season, unless COVID-19 throws yet another curveball at us with one more of its variants. In the weeks and months to come, the city will be jazzing on all fronts. For starters, there are always the two main jazz Dens [...]
2022-07-29 07:38:00
Welcome to L'isola di Alcina: Glyndebourne's first production of Handel's opera
[…] a plot perfectly designed to show of the spectacular settings of the Covent Garden Theatre, and we should imagine those first audiences being spellbound by the settings, by the combination of visuals, music and dance.Few modern directors, however, are interested in the mechanics of Handel and his librettist's plot. The libretto describes the final scene as taking place in 'A Prospect of the Splendid Palace of Alcina surrounded with Trees, Statues, Obelisks and Trophies, and Dens of wild Beasts; an Urn rais'd in the Middle which incloses the whole Power of the Inchantment' and the ending to the scene includes a moment when Ruggiero 'throws down the Urn and breaks it, when the Scene wholly disappears, changing to the Sea, which is seen thro' a vast, subterraneous Cavern, where many Stones are chang'd into Men; and among them is Astolfo, who embraces Oberto: They form the Chorus and they Dance'. Now, […]
2020-10-07 12:54:30
2020-07-19 04:00:54
From the gig where Coldplay were first spotted, to the antics of Madness, via the drinking Dens of Oasis and Amy Winehouse, these North London streets have some serious tales to tell
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