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2024-02-12 07:28:00
Something a little bit special: David Butt Philip & friends gala for St Paul's Opera in Clapham
Rainelle Krause, David Butt Philip, Alison Langer, St Paul's Opera chorus - St Paul's Church (Photo: Craig Fuller Photography)David Butt Philip & Friends Gala; Rainelle Krause, Alison Langer, David Butt Philip, David Stout, Jo Ramadan, George Ireland; St Paul's Opera at St Paul's Church, ClaphamDavid Butt Philip as Florestan, David Stout as Posa, Rainelle Krause as the Queen of the Night, Alison Langer as Mozart's Countess in vivid gala evening for St Paul's Opera in ClaphamTenor David Butt Philip has been singing Apollo in Richard Strauss' Daphne at the Staatsoper in Berlin and in March he will be singing Florestan in a production of Beethoven's Fidelio at the Bavarian State Opera. Opera goers in the UK will have to wait until the Summer, however, when he will be singing Canio in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci at Opera Holland Park. But on Friday 9 February 2023, opera lovers in Clapham got a real treat as David […]
2024-02-05 08:18:00
Keeping it local: David Butt Philip, Rainelle Krause, Alison Langer & David Stout in fundraising gala for Clapham-based St Paul's Opera
As St Paul's Opera gears up for its staging of Johann Strauss' Die Fledermaus at St Paul's Church, Clapham in July, the company's patron, tenor David Butt Philip will be joined by friends for a fundraising gala at St Paul's Church on Friday 9 February 2024.David Butt Philip will be joined by soprano Rainelle Krause (who performs her signature role, the Queen of the Night, in English National Opera's forthcoming production of Mozart's The Magic Flute), soprano Alison Langer (who will be joining David Butt Philip in Opera Holland Park's production of Leoncavallo's Pagliacci in July) and baritone David Stout (who performs Papageno in ENO's production of The Magic Flute). The four singers will be accompanied by pianists George Ireland and Jo Ramadan.The gala's programme of operatic arias and duets plus songs from musicals features Rainelle Krause in the Queen of the Night's Act Two aria from The Magic Flute, and Violetta's 'Sempre libera' from […]
South Florida Classical Review
2024-01-28 16:24:49
Although conceived in two concise acts, Ruggiero Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci is grand […]
Royal Opera House (The Guardian)
2023-12-09 12:30:19
The week in classical: Cavalleria rusticana/ Pagliacci; OAE/ Suzuki: Christmas Oratorio; The Sixteen: Messiah – review
Royal Opera House; Queen Elizabeth Hall; St Martin-in-the-Fields, LondonHot-blooded double bill Cav and Pag hits home in a fine Royal Opera revival, while the OAE and the Sixteen thrill in seasonal Bach and Handel. Plus, the human cost of ENO’s move to Manchester Good taste, that old killjoy, has done its best to smirch the reputation of the Italian double bill known as Cav and Pag. It hasn’t worked. These operas will never lose their appeal. If anything they have more potency than ever. Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana (1889) and Ruggero Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci (1892), one-hit wonders for their composers, portray crimes of passion in impoverished village communities, with soaring music to match. The novelty of seeing ordinary people on the operatic stage caused a popular sensation when the works were new. The perceived sleaze and crudities of the stories only added piquancy.Damiano Michieletto’s 2015 staging, set in a filmic postwar Italy, […]
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