Wagner Siegfried Idyll; Wagner Excerpts from Götterdämmerung. London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle conductor. Anja Kampe Brünnhilde. Elizabeth DeShong Waltraute This concert was organised in probably the best way to arrange these ‘bleeding chunks’. Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine Jourmey, plus Waltraute’s narration in the first half; Sigfried’s Idyll, leading to the Funeral March and theContinue reading “Wagner, Götterdämmerung extracts; LSO, Barbican, 24/5/26”
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Du Yun, Angel’s Bone. ENO Manchester, Aviva Studios, pm 16/5/26
Kip Williams, Director; Marg Horwell, Designer, Allison Cook, Mrs X E; Rodney Earl Clarke, Mr X E; Matthew McKinney and Mariam Wallentin, Angels; Kantos Chamber Choir; BBC Philharmonic; conductor Baldur Brönniman This production is the UK premiere of this opera, by the Chinese-American composer Du Yun and Canadian librettist Royce Vavrek, staged by Kip Williams,Continue reading “Du Yun, Angel’s Bone. ENO Manchester, Aviva Studios, pm 16/5/26”
Britten, Peter Grimes. ROHCG, 12/5/26
Conductor, Jakub Hrůša. Peter Grimes, Allan Clayton; Ellen Orford, Maria Bengtsson; Captain Balstrode; Bryn Terfel, Swallow, Clive Bayley; Ned Keene, Jacques Imbrailo; Auntie, Catherine Wyn-Rogers; Mrs Sedley, Christine Rice; Bob Boles, John Graham-Hall; Hobson, Barnaby Rea; Rev. Horace Adams; James Gilchrist; First Niece; Jennifer France; Second Niece, Natalia Labourdette. Director, Deborah Warner; Set designer, MichaelContinue reading “Britten, Peter Grimes. ROHCG, 12/5/26”
Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Met Opera live screening, Sheffield Curzon Cinema, 2/5/26
Conductor, Timur ZangIniev; Asmik Gregorian, Tatiana; Maria Barakova, Olga; Iurii Samoilov, Eugene Onegin; Larissa Diadakova, Filippyevna; Stanislas De Barbeyrac, Lenski; Prince Gremin, Alexander Tsymbalyuk. Production, Deborah Warner, Set Designer, Tom Pye; Costume Designer; Chloe Obolensky; Lighting Designer, Jean Kalman I really haven’t seen many productions of this work – I remember the Peter Hall oneContinue reading “Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Met Opera live screening, Sheffield Curzon Cinema, 2/5/26”
Wozzeck, Berg: LPO, Gardner, Royal Festival Hall, 25/4/26
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner conductor; Stéphane Degout, Wozzeck; Annette Dasch, Marie; Peter Hoare, Captain; Brindley Sherrat, Doctor; Christopher Ventris, Drum Major; Eirik Grøtvedt, Andres; Kitty Whately, Margret; Adrian Thompson, The Fool. London Voices Comments come to mind about London buses…. but I booked this a year ago, long before I knew about the ViennaContinue reading “Wozzeck, Berg: LPO, Gardner, Royal Festival Hall, 25/4/26”
Vinci, Alessandro Nell ‘Indie: Theater an der Wien, 10/4/26
Orkiestra Historyczna, Arnold Schönberg Chor. Conductor, Martyna Pastuszka. Director, Max Emanuel Cencic. Alessandro: Maayan Licht; Cleofide: Bruno de Sá; Poro: Dennis Orellana; Erissena: Jake Arditti; Gandarte: Stefan Sbonnik; Timagene: Nicholas Tamagna Quite apart from the wish to see this production, I was also very interested to see the Theater an der Wien itself – thisContinue reading “Vinci, Alessandro Nell ‘Indie: Theater an der Wien, 10/4/26”
Berg, Wozzeck: Wiener Staatsoper, 9/4/26
Wozzeck, Johannes Martin Kränzle; Drum Major, Dmitry Golovnin; Captain, Jörg Schneider; Doctor, Dmitry Belosselskiy; Marie, Marlis Petersen. Conductor, Franz Welser-Möst; Director, Simon Stone; Designer, Bob Cousins; Costumes, Alice Babidge; Lighting, James Farncombe I spent an interesting morning at the Central Cemetery visiting musical graves – found after a bit of an effort on my partContinue reading “Berg, Wozzeck: Wiener Staatsoper, 9/4/26”
Wagner, Parsifal: Wiener Staatsoper, 8/4/26
Amfortas, Gerald Finley; Gurnemanz, Franz-Josef Selig; Titurel, Matheus França; Parsifal, Klaus Florian Vogt; Klingsor, Werner Van Mechelen; Kundry, Jennifer Holloway; Der damalige Parsifal (?), Nikolay Sidorenko. Conductor, Axel Kober; Direction, design and costumes, Kirill Serebrennikov; Lighting, Franck Evin Travelling immediately after Easter (and for over 17 hours) was not a very wise move – allContinue reading “Wagner, Parsifal: Wiener Staatsoper, 8/4/26”
Wagner, Siegfried. Pappano, ROHCG, 21/3/26
Director, Barrie Kosky; Set Designer, Rufus Didwiszus; Costume Designer, Victoria Behr; Lighting Designer. Alessandro Carletti. Conductor, Antonio Pappano. Siegfried, Andreas Schager; Mime, Peter Hoare; Der Wanderer, (Tommi Hakala, replacing Christopher Maltman); Brünnhilde, Elisabet Strid; Alberich, Christopher Purves; Fafner, Soloman Howard; Erda, Wiebke Lehmkuhl; Woodbird, Sarah Dufresne. A couple of days before this performance, I gotContinue reading “Wagner, Siegfried. Pappano, ROHCG, 21/3/26”
John Adams, Nixon in China. Opera Bastille, Paris. 24/2/26
Kent Nagano, conductor; Valentina Carrasco, director; Carles Berga, set design; Peter Van Praet, lighting; Cast: Thomas Hampson, Richard Nixon; Renée Fleming, Pat Nixon; John Matthew Myers; Mao Zedong; Caroline Wettergreen, Chiang Ch’ing; Joshua Bloom, Henry Kissinger; Xiaomeng Zhang, Zhou Enlai. I was very pleased when I saw this was on Paris Opera’s 25/26 schedule –Continue reading “John Adams, Nixon in China. Opera Bastille, Paris. 24/2/26”
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