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2022-07-11 18:13:00
The Blue Woman, Royal Opera, 6 July 2022
Image:Camilla Greenwell, ROHLinbury Studio TheatreWoman 1 – Elaine Mitchener Woman 2 – Lucy Schaufer Woman 3 – Gweneth Ann RandWoman 4 – Rosie MiddletonCellos – Louise McMonagle, Su-a Lee, Tamaki Sugimoto, Clare O’ConnellPercussionist – Angela Wai-Nok Hui Actor – Eve Ponsonby Voice-over Artist – Eleanor HendersonKatie Mitchell (director)Lizzie Clachan (designs)Emma Doherty (assistant director)James Farncombe (lighting)Grant Gee (video)Ellie Horne (dramaturgy)Matthew Fairclough (sound design)Jessica Cottis (music director)Jamie Man (conductor)What is opera? It may seem self-indulgent to begin by repeating, rehearsing, even reheating that question. It both matters and does not. The Tête a Tête Festival has surely shown London opera-goers that opera can be pretty much anything one wants it to be. And that, I think, is the point here. One may think The Blue Woman as much a theatre piece or even an installation as an opera, but does it matter? In some cases, it might—or at least might be interesting. This […]
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Poulenc: Organ Concerto & Saint-Saens: Symphony No.3 - Thomas Trotter & Arvo Volmer
01. Francis Poulenc - Concerto for organ, strings and timpani in G minor, FP.93 [21'55]02. - 05. Camille Saint-Saens - Symphony No. 3 in C minor, op.78 [36'00] Thomas Trotter- organ, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Arvo Volmer Atoll ACD116 (recorded March 2010; CD issued 2011) (digital download; flacs, booklet, cover and inlay scans) Recording venue: Auckland Town Hall, New ZealandRecording engineers: Paul McGlashan & Adrian Hollay; Producer: Wayne Laird Here are two very fine performances made by the celebrated British Organist, Thomas Trotter with my nearest symphony orchestra and the Estonian conductor, Arvo Volmer. The recordings were made in concert on the occasion of the re-inaugaration of the 100 year old organ by Klais of the Norman & Beard original. A full specification of the organ is given in the booklet. If the powerful lobby group of our current government, media and Air New Zealand have their way, no […]
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