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2024-02-06 08:59:00
Clarity of musical purpose & remarkable intimacy: Regents Opera in Wagner's Siegfried
Wagner: Siegfried - Peter Furlong, Catharine Woodward - Regents Opera (Photo: Steve Gregson)Richard Wagner: Siegfried; Holden Madagame, Peter Furlong, Ralf Lukas, Oliver Gibbs, Craig Lemont Walters, Corinne Hart, Mae Heydorn, Catharine Woodward, director: Caroline Staunton, conductor: Ben Woodward; Regents Opera at the Freemason's HallReviewed by Florence Anna Maunders, 4 February 2024Regents Opera reaches the third instalment of its Ring Cycle with a dramatic, intense and deeply intimate production of SiegfriedThis was the third instalment of Regents Opera's ambitious and successful Ring - performed in the round at the Freemason's Hall (4 February 2024), directed by Caroline Staunton and with a brand new chamber orchestration by conductor Ben Woodward. Das Rheingold and Die Walküre [see Florence's review], the previous two operas in the series impressed enormously, both with their clarity of musical purpose, but also with the remarkable intimacy born from the scant metre or so which separated the singers from the audience, enabling […]
2024-02-01 07:43:00
Being themselves: the young artists of the National Opera Studio in Simple Gifts, a programme of song from across the globe at Wigmore Hall
2023/2024 young artists of the National Opera Studio at GlyndebourneSimple Gifts: Schubert, Copland, Dora Pejačević, Chopin, Tosti, Gareth Glyn, Rui Zhang, Claude Debussy, Richard Strauss, Brahms, Ravel, Sibusiso Njeza, Otilio Galindez, Tom Cipullo, Douglas Lilburn, William Walton; young artists of the National Opera Studio, Wigmore HallReviewed 31 January 2024Wonderfully engaging and committed performances in song that moved from celebrating Schubert's birthday to songs by Polish, Croatian, South African, Chinese, Welsh, American, Venezuelan, New Zealand composersDuring their year studying, the young artists of the National Opera Studio are presented with a variety of performing challenges, not all of them operatic. On 31 January 2024 (Schubert's birthday), the young artists of the National Opera Studio had the challenge of being themselves, on the song recital stage, when they presented Simple Gifts - Songs from across the globe at Wigmore Hall. This featured sopranos Rosalind Dobson, Nikolina Hrkać, Kira Kaplan, Sofia Kirwan-Baez and Heming Li, […]
2023-11-27 09:06:00
A remarkable sense of energy & engagement: Wagner's Die Walküre from the London Opera Company at St John's Smith Square
Wagner's Die Walküre - The London Opera CompanyWagner's Die Walküre; Ben Thapa, Philippa Boyle, Simon Wilding, Simon Thorpe, Harriet Williams, Cara McHardy, conductor Peter Selwyn; the London Opera Company at St John's Smith SquareReviewed 25 November 2023A full scale performance of Wagner's opera projected with remarkable energy, commitment and engagement by a strong cast with an orchestra mixing professionals, students and amateurs. A remarkable achievementThe London Opera Company was formed in 2020 by singers to give opportunities to performers who had lost work in the pandemic. Starting from relatively small beginnings, with chamber versions of Wagner's operas, the company founded its own orchestra last year and presented a full version of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde at St John's Smith Square. The company returned to St John's for Wagner's Die Walküre this year and plans to perform Wagner's Siegfried next year.The London Opera Company performed Wagner's Die Walküre at St John's Smith Square on Saturday 25 November 2023. Peter Selwyn […]
2023-11-10 09:02:00
Never a dull moment: Edward Lambert's Masque of Vengeance, a taut and driven new opera based on Thomas Middleton's 17th-century play, The Revenger's Tragedy
Edward Lambert: Masque of Vengeance - The Music Troupe (Photo: Claire Shovelton)Edward Lambert: Masque of Vengeance; The Music Troupe, David Edwards; The CockpitReviewed by Florence Anna Maunders, 9 November 2023Based on a Thomas Middleton play from 17th century, Edward Lambert's new opera proves to be pacey, and exciting production, with an excellent and committed cast Composer Edward Lambert and his company, The Music Troupe presented Lambert's new opera, Masque of Vengeance, at the Cockpit Theatre from 7 9 November 2023, directed by David Edwards with Lelia Zanette, Charles Johnston, Francis Gush, Lawrence Thackeray, Will Diggle, Mae Heydorn, Laure Meloy, Christopher Foster and Madeline Robinson, plus Alex Norton and Adrian Salinero on piano.The opera is based on Thomas Middleton's 1606 play, The Revenger's Tragedy. Set in a fictitious Italian court, Middleton's farcical play pits ambitious factions against each other in a backstabbing bloodbath of revenge and trickery worthy of an episode of […]
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