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DIRECTOR – Damiano Michieletto; REVIVAL DIRECTOR, Noa Naamat; SET DESIGNER, Paolo Fantin; COSTUME DESIGNER Carla Teti, LIGHTING DESIGNER, Alessandro Carletti; CONDUCTOR, Antonio Pappano Turridu – SeokJong Baek; Nedda and Santuzza – Aleksandra Kurzak ; Canio – Roberto Alagna; Alfio, Dimitri Platanias; Lola, Aigul Akhmetshina; Mamma Lucia. Elena Zilio; Tonio, Dimitri Platanias; Silvio, Mattia Olivieri; Beppe,Continue reading “Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci – ROHCG, 08/07/22”

Haydn – String Quartet in G minor Op. 20 No. 4; Brahms – Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34 This was a great concert. The Brahms was magnificently done with energy and passion. The third and first movements had a magnificent sweep, and the second a quiet thoughtfulness. The last – complex, jumpy, moody,Continue reading “Cuarteto Casals: Haydn, and Brahms.  Wigmore Hall  03/07/22 lunchtime “

Haydn – String Quartet in G minor Op. 20 No. 3; Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 1 in C Op. 49’; Mendelssohn – String Quartet No. 3 in D Op. 44 No. 1 I had had an excellent afternoon walking for 3 hours on the South Downs near Lewes with an old friend, and thisContinue reading “Cuarteto Casals: Haydn, Mendelssohn and Shostakovich.  Wigmore Hall  02/07/22  “

DIRECTOR, Jan Philipp Gloger; SET DESIGNER, Ben Baur; COSTUME DESIGNER Karin Jud; Conductor Julia Jones; Fiordiligi, Jennifer Davis; Dorabella, Julie Boulianne; Ferrando; Bogdan Volkov; Guglielmo, Gordon Bintner; Despina, Serena Gamberoni; Don Alfonso, Lucio Gallo  It was lovely to hear Cosi Fan Tutte live again in the opera house – it must be more than 10 yearsContinue reading “Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte – ROHCG  01/07/22 “

Richard Farnes, CONDUCTOR; Sam Brown, DIRECTOR; Bengt Gomér, SET & LIGHTING DESIGNER; Stephen Rodwell COSTUME AND WIGS; Toby Spence, PARSIFAL; Katarina Karnéus, KUNDRY; Robert Hayward, AMFORTAS, Derek Welton, KLINGSOR; Brindley Sherratt, GURNEMANZ; Stephen Richardson, TITUREL. Opera North Chorus and Orchestra I was meant to be going to a performance of Die Tote Stadt at LongboroughContinue reading “Opera North: Wagner Parsifal: Royal Festival Hall, 26/06/22”

Baroque In The North was formed in 2003, initially as a chamber ensemble (Northern Baroque). Their Baroque & Beyond Summer concert series has been aimed at improving access to live music for all and is taking place in venues across Derbyshire in 2022. This concert series has been generously supported by a grant from theContinue reading “Baroque In The North, St Edmund’s Church, Castleton, Derbyhire”

HAYDN Op.33 no.4 in B flat major; DVOŘÁK Selection from Cypresses, B11; ELGAR Early quartet fragments; MENDELSSOHN Op.44 no.1 in D major –  Victoria String Quartet I have now got my hearing fully restored. How nice to hear things properly…. As you can see this was at the Stoller Hall, part of Chetham’s Music SchoolContinue reading “Haydn, Dvorak, Elgar, Mendelssohn: Victoria String Quartet, Stoller Hall, Manchester 17/6/22”

Richard Farnes, CONDUCTOR; Sam Brown, DIRECTOR; Bengt Gomér, SET & LIGHTING DESIGNER; Stephen Rodwell COSTUME AND WIGS; Toby Spence, PARSIFAL; Katarina Karnéus, KUNDRY; Robert Hayward, AMFORTAS, Derek Welton, KLINGSOR; Brindley Sherratt, GURNEMANZ; Stephen Richardson, TITUREL. Opera North Chorus and Orchestra This was for me a much looked-forward-to concert. The Bridgewater Hall was – as itContinue reading “Opera North: Wagner Parsifal: Bridgewater Hall, 12/06/22”

BRITTEN Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes, ADÈS Inferno Suite, WALTON Belshazzar’s Feast. The Hallé with Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus and Leeds Festival Chorus; Conductor Finnegan Downie Dear, Baritone, Benjamin Nelson This sounded like a very good concert though my hearing is a bit all over the place till Tuesday afternoon (visit to clinic). The City HallContinue reading “The Hallé with Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus and Leeds Festival Chorus: Britten / Ades / Walton: Sheffield City Hall – 11/06/22”

CAST: Bradley Daley SIEGFRIED; Adrian Dwyer MIME; Paul Carey Jones THE WANDERER; Mark Stone ALBERICH; Simon Wilding FAFNER; Julieth Lozano WALDVOGEL; Mae Heydorn ERDA; Lee Bisset BRÜNNHILDE; CONDUCTOR Anthony Negus; DIRECTOR Amy Lane; SET AND PROPS DESIGNER Rhiannon Newman Brown; LIGHTING DESIGNER Charlie Morgan Jones; COSTUME DESIGNER Emma Ryott What is it with Wagner andContinue reading “Wagner: Siegfried; Longborough Festival Opera – 05/06/22”