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Lucia di Lammermoor
Riccardo Frizza conducts Nadine Sierra, Javier Camarena and Artur Rucinski.
2022-04-24 15:38:28
Stained class
With no disrespect to Nadine Sierra, who as Lucia acquits herself honorably if not magically in vocal terms, the undisputed cause célèbre here is director Simon Stone.
2022-04-20 06:31:25
Jake Heggie, Jeanine Tesori, Philip Glass: ENO's new season places a focus on contemporary American opera
Jake Heggie: It’s A Wonderful Life - World Premiere at Houston Grand Opera (Photo Karen Almond, Houston Grand Opera) Apart from works by Philip Glass and John Adams, contemporary American opera has been rather slow to reach performances in the UK. Opera Holland Park is giving the UK premiere of Mark Adamo's Little Women this Summer, 25 years after the work made its debut, whilst Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking had to wait a similarly long time (it debuted in 2000 but waited until 2018 for its UK premiere). There have been occasional bright spots, such as Opera North performing Kevin Puts' Silent Night in 2018 [see my article], but anyone hoping to get something of an overview of what has become quite a distinctive genre will be disappointed. So, it is heartening to see that as part of its 2022/23 season, English National Opera will be giving the UK premieres […]
