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Royal Opera House Tito – Edgaras MontvidasVitellia – Nicole Chevalier Sesto – Emily D’Angelo Annio – Angela Brower Servilia – Christina Gansch Publio – Joshua Bloom Senators – Jeremy White, George Freeburn Berenice – Fumi Kaneko Conspirators – Amanda Baldwin, Tim Parker-Langston, Nicholas Sharratt Guards – Andrew Carter, Davy Quistin Richard Jones (director) Ultz (designs) Adam Silverman (lighting) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Royal Opera Chorus (chorus director: William Spaulding) Mark Wigglesworth (conductor) Over fifteen months since I had last set foot in an opera house—for Carmen at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden—it felt extraordinary to be back. All else would be secondary. Constant frustrations and persistent fears of the new ‘Johnson variant’ shutting down everything again made for a background of great uncertainty. Comparisons with the crisis of the social order sweeping Europe during the 1780s and 1790s will shed little light, yet all of us this side of […]
2018-12-29 10:44:09
Ten of the best (and worst) novels about composers
[…] doctor, provide the slightly flabby meat. But the music references are fun – Liszt emerges suitably flamboyant and enigmatic, and Erard’s escapement mechanism, Paganini, Berlioz and Giuditta Pasta all get a look-in. But does Liszt get the girl? And is Anne as wet as she seems? The cliffhanger is at least worth waiting for. FACTS: ★★★ FUN: ★★★ Musicians who memorise the music Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard Von Bingen Mary Sharratt (Mariner) A not-so-musical account of the fascinating life of the composing nun A cursory glance at this book’s cover suggests it might belong on the shelves of a market stall specialising in crystals and tarot cards. Fortunately, however, the content inside is much more compelling. Mary Sharratt chronicles the fascinating life of Hildegard Von Bingen, who was sent to a monastery at a young age because of the visions she had been experiencing. Hildegard’s […]
2018-05-17 14:00:19
I’m so excited to be part of my friend Mary Sharratt’s blog tour for her book Ecstasy, w
2017-06-02 22:56:00
Tomb service
[…] Oberon (in German, of course) with Annette Dasch as Rezia opposite the Huon of an American tenor I know absolutely nothing about—Brenden Gunnell. Happily, it will be web-streamed free on 30 July. Weber: Euryanthe Glyndebourne Festival at Proms 12 August 2002 Broadcast Euryanthe: Anne Schwanewilms Eglantine: Lauren Flanigan Bertha: Rebecca von Lipinski Adolar : John Daszak Lysiart : Pavlo Hunka Ludwig VI: Clive Bayley Rudolf: Nicholas Sharratt Glyndebourne Chorus Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Conductor: Mark Elder To download Euryanthe, just click on the icon of a square with an arrow pointing downward on the audio player above and the resulting mp3 file will appear in your download directory. In addition to this week’s Weber, last week’s Vickers-Shuard-Popp-Verrett-Glossip Ballo, more than 70 other “Trove Thursday” podcasts are available from iTunes (for free!) or via any RSS reader. […]
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